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Is there a way to make an Illustrator script run over all files in a certain folder and perform operations on these? I am using CS5 on mac.
I made a poster, for my own use, that uses a few lines from a well known song and I liked the outcome so much I'd like to share it. However, I'm not sure if taking part of a copyrighted material and displaying it in another way would be a derivative work. By changing the medium and not having a direct 1:1 representation is that enough to be new? By extension, would this apply to any "inspirational quote" style poster or graphic? So far everything I've read is all about visual reproduction and has little insight on written or spoken material.
What is the best way to find an open source alternative to a commercial font? I was thinking as some service as alternativeto.net or a whatthefont.com that would spit out fonts that are similar to the one uploaded. For example: What is the open source font that looks most similar to Scala Sans? (see picture) What would be the criteria and tools to identify similarity?
There are many fractal generation softwares such as the free Xaos and Fractal Architect 2. I normally use Mathematica to generate fractals and process them later with editing tool but this time have to work with an art project where things must be perfect. We are creating a large indoor print over the facade that will be up for a month. Our idea is to create a flower facade with fractals, orbifolds and other mathematical patterns -- we have so far worked with Mathematica but tools such as Fractal Architect 2 may speed up designing and crafting. For the print, we need apparently CMYK colors so have to be sure the software support it or other printing colors. And we need to make sure there is a way to export Mathematica things. So far, we don't know yet which softwares even support CMYK or similar. Is there any superior fractal generation tool designed for graphic artists? What kind of features should I look at in such tools?
Using Photoshop CS6, I have a PNG with some transparencies with soft edges. I need to clone a semi-transparent area, but when I do that I always end up overlapping the original image, losing the original transparency. An analog procedure is to create a transparent square/rectangle starting with just a transparent triangle and without losing the original transparency info.
I'm working in a very complex Photoshop document with many folders. I'm quite shortcut-savvy and use the square brackets + control and alt keys to select layers, reorder them, etc. What would make my life much easier is if I could collapse folders using keyboard shortcut instead of collapsing them by clicking on the disclosure triangles. For instance, if I could select a folder with ALT/OPTION [ , expand it with CTRL + ALT + ] (as an idea), check the contents, and then collapse it again with CTRL + ALT + [ (as an idea), that would make a world of difference to my workflow. Does anyone know if this kind of shortcut exists?
Imagine this scenario: User A opens the book User B opens the book and make important changes User B saves the book User A closes the indesign and it's asked if wants to save the changes to the book Chooses YES In this case all the changes of User B are lost! But Indesign "tells us" to never open the document outside the book. As you can see here they say the following: "Note: If you are sharing book files over a server, make sure that you have a file management system in place so that you don’t save over each other’s changes accidentally." This is exactly my scenario; They say "file management system" but how exactly to implement it for this case? thanks
I've made a document on inDesign CS5 on OSX containing a section typeset in Palatino small caps. These appear fine when viewing the exported PDF on a Mac however on a Windows computer some of the letters do not render properly. This is how it appears on my computer and others running OSX. I'm sorry this is the only image I have of the problem as it is on someone elses computer and apparently they don't know how to take a screenshot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I would like to achieve an effect in Photoshop that involves airbrushing flames, similar to what is done in this video: However, I can't figure out a way to mask the canvas from part of the brush (basically what he does with the stencil). Any tips on how to do this? Sorry if it's obvious, but I'm pretty new to the software!
I created a curving arrow shape that starts wide at the bottom and thins out near the top where the point is. I also created a brick pattern swatch but when I apply it to the shape it appears like the pattern is overlaid instead of like a real road where the bricks follow the shape and narrows near the most distant point. How can I apply a perspective to the brick pattern without looking like I used a clipping mask? Here is a link to what I achieved with a clipping mask - not what I want though. I need the bricks to look like they are inlaid just like in real life.
I just created a big web application, and I need a way to present it. I want to allow people to visualize the amount and complexity of code I coded ("wow this is a giant bunch of code" and "wow this code is sooo complex(independent of the fact that complex code is bad quality)"), but in a style readable for those not familiar with programming. It would be nice if this visualization is also optically pleasing. Because it needs to show the complexity and amount of work I put into it, I do not want a simple pie-chart. Are there any tools I can use to do this? How do you think I should present it? This is not about being proud of much/complex code and code refactoring tools. This is about visualizing amount/complexity of code/programs for non programmers in a visually pleasing way.
I've been making my templates by just saving a psd file but that brings up the problem that I might save over the template on accident. When I go to File> I don't see a "Save as Template" option. Is it somewhere else?
I am trying to draw freehand ovals and circles. I'm not having too much difficulty with circles, but ovals are are more challenging. As you can see in the photo below the ovals are irregular, and not real ovals. The circles I can "flesh out" correcting irregularities, but not the ovals. What can I do to improve my ability to draw them? I know I could use tools, but my goal is to do this freehand. Right now I am simply drawing them over and over, but I word prefer some direction.
I have this big PSD file (300MB) which I need to somehow, export each layer as a web format (PNG for example) to fit them in a HTML. The only thing I found in PS is in the Scripts menu, the Export Layers to File option, but it takes forever and it doesn't even save all layers. I also like them to be exported in a directory hierarchy, like they're in PS, but this is optional. Thanks.
I've just started with graphic design, and I want to put some of the stuff I'm doing up on a Tumblr blog. I'm also taking some classes and doing a Certificate Program at MCAD soon, and want to form good habits as I'm starting out. What considerations should I be taking in regards to copyright? Should I use a watermark, should I embed information in the image?
First, let me preface by saying i've read through James Maivald's Designer's Guide to InDesign and XML, but i'm still really confused. I have an XML document that looks like: <foo> <bar> <one>1234</one> <two>5678</two> <three>9101112</three> </bar> (multiple more bar elements) </foo> In an ideal world, I would be able to import this document into InDesign with the following "table" | Alpha | (one's value) | | Beta | (two's value) | | Delta | (three's value) | With the tables repeating, of course. I can't seem to find a good guide to making this work - even basic XML import was a little challenging, though I finally got that working. Do I need to use XSLT to transform the document into an equal number of cells, or can someone tell me what I need to complete the process? Is there a better reference for XML in InDesign that specifically covers table shenanigans?
I just read on an article about designing for iPhone retina display that you can keep the 2x images in the same document and use a Photoshop Action to scale up the 1x to see how the larger version will look. Other than creating a separate canvas, I'm not sure how this could be done? Would the action be designed to scale up the entire canvas, including all contents, to the larger pixel dimension? As a secondary question, I'm looking for retina-ready icons for a tab bar at the bottom of the app I'm designing. The only appropriate one I can find is bitmap, and looks blurry compared to the retina-ready vector image to the left of it. Would it be easier to design one like this from scratch or how could I otherwise go in and "clean up" the image to the left to make it ready for retina display? Thanks so much in advance for any advice with these two (admittedly, beginner) questions.
When exporting a document from InDesign CS6 to PDF, is it possible to set the "initial view" of the PDF, so that the PDF opens up in "two up" (side-by-side) format by default? I can do this in Acrobat. Can it be done directly in InDesign?
I am attempting to clean up the below vector image at the bottom, since the pixellation is not very sharp. However, I am told that I will need to rasterize it in order to adjust the pixels. So my questions are: 1) Should shape layers or vector images not have exact pixel dimensions rather than this fuzziness? and, 2) How can I make it sharper without rasterizing it? Thanks very much in advance.
I have a shape path that contains two shapes within it. I want to merge two anchor points from - note that the two anchors are on different paths on the same shape. Here is an image. Is it possible?
I don't really use Illustrator, but as the techy I am I help someone who does use it regularly - not a techy at all. The problem is I've installed her CS6 because of the 64 bit support, but she has to deliver those files to people who still uses CS5. So it's started to be a problem for her to remember changing format to CS5 when saving the file. Is there any way I can make CS5 the default saving format in Illustrator? Switching back to CS5 is an option, but if I can avoid loosing the 64 bits capability, I'll be glad.
I'm trying to create a favicon in Photoshop CS5 by painting individual pixels. I've tried using the square brushes but for some reason each square brush preset has one rounded corner in the bottom right. The hardness settings are 100% and also greyed out. How can I get the square brushes to go back to being perfectly square and full hardness so it doesn't bleed into neighboring pixels?
I come from a Computer Science background and i'm used to write my reports/documents in LaTeX. They look great and things like Hyphenation and kerning (using microspace package) are automatically treated. It looks way better than WYSIWYG editors like Word. I asked a Designer if he knew LaTeX and he didn't even heard about it. What do you designers use if you want to produce professional quality reports, with minimum effort? I mean, for instance if you need to write a quick yet professional presentation letter. Smallest Effort possible.
I've been using Photoshop CS3 for several years. All of a sudden today, I could not apply a gradient to a layer mask. Nothing happens. I was, however, able to use a brush on the mask. Click layer mask button. Choose gradient tool. Click and drag on the layer. Screen capture: http://youtu.be/iUefbJr5cxU?sc Screenshot:
(I already asked the question on graphicdesign but people redirected me here. I guess there are people with that kind of expertise here.) I have a PDF book to be translated in Japanese, and what wondering which fonts to use. My main languages are French and English and I have no experience with asian fonts. I would not be able to say if a font is OK for reading a Japanese book or not. For example, in English or French books (Latin-alphabet typography), the font types normally used are serif font (Times Roman, Caslon, Bodoni and Garamond). Other font types would not be appropriate. Is there such thing as Serif font or Roman fonts in Japanese? Do you have any suggestions for a common Japanese Roman font?
If careful, reading, understanding, and form can be improved when mixing fonts carefully. For example, using carefully matched sans-serif fonts for titles with serif-fonts for text can achieve a unique and engaging design. I was wondering if this same effect can be achieved by mixing Kaku/Maru fonts with Mincho fonts. I often find most people do not mix fonts for fear of causing bad clashes, but can a successful blend of mixed fonts be achieved in Japanese?
I am trying to figure out what the standard grid layout is for ios6 and possibly android. I use photoshop cs6 and recently sketch 2. What dimensions should I set?
I have a screen shot image for my app. What I am trying to do is insert it into a nice image of the actual device. So I downloaded this image: but I am clueless about how I can cut out just the front-facing ipad image, and place my screenshot instead of its screenshot. Could someone please explain the process? Thank you!
I am working on this image: And I need to get rid of that gray background, and resize the image itself. Right now if I try to resize the image, is says it is pixels: 3285 by 2000. Thanks!
How can you create watercolor-esc transparencies, varying levels of depth of color and also creating imperfections, like these two images bellow? (both by Elisa Webler) I've tried taking a vector drawing, adding transparency to the shapes and adding noise over the top, but it doesn't get the same look, it looks much flatter. I've put a basic drawing similar to the ones bellow in a .ai file in MY DROPBOX - if anyone wants them to experiment with filters, effects etc.
I was trying to clean up the bottom of this bitmap bookmark by replacing blurry (i.e. Between black and the main grey color) pixels with the main grey color of the bokmarks. I selected paint brush, then used the eye dropper tool to select the main grey color. When I subsequently tried to change the foreground color to black or any other color, however, the brush simply continued to paint in the grey color! Eventually I figured out it is because the eye dropper must have picked up the layer style rather than the actual color, and so I was painting in the layer style. When I "cleared styles," however, all of the grey in this image disappeared and was replaced by whatever I had as the foreground color (the brush would then also finally paint in that color, but at this cost described...) Could someone please explain why this happens, and how it might be possible to simply paint on to this layer in different colors without changing the existing layer style? Thank you in advance.
I am trying to align a text layer to the vector mask directly below it - the top two elements displayed in the Layers Panel in the below image. For some reason, with both layers selected - although the align tools become active - clicking on any of them does not produce any result. Through a process of elimination I have made certain that the problem is with the shape layer, not the text layer. The shape layer also behaves erratically in that when I select it and attempt to move it, as in the image, the entire canvas area seems to move (as denoted by the grey outline), but the shape layer itself stays put. The shape layer is not locked, or linked to any other layers. I have tried restarting PS with the same result. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?! EDIT: I would add that I tested this kind of alignment in another part of the document, with the following two layers selected, and I was unable to perform all alignments without problem. Unless there is something I am missing, I can only assume this is some kind of bug? For what its worth, these white boxes that I am attempting to align the text to were copied in from another document, but I can't see how anything might have happened when they were brought over.
I am attempting to align the horizontal centers of background box here with the bookmark icon and associated text (all three are on separate layers). The problem I'm having is that when I select all layers and click Align Horizontal Centers, the icon and text shift left to align with the box, whereas I would like the box to shift right to align with the icon/text. I believe it is possible to set a "key/reference layer" in Illustrator which will make other layers align to it, but how can the same be done in Photoshop?
After pressing OK button new paragraph rule created. But I need to modify basic paragraph.
I'm about to create an A4 business brochure magazine style of 8 pages and i was wondering how to setup my document. I have two options. 1 would be creating an A4 document, facing pages with proper margins and bleeds with page numbers on the left page and right page on my A master.The problem with this option is that in my page panel, the pages are hierarchically organized as followed: page 1 alone facing 2-3 facing 4-5 facing 6-7 last page 8 alone On the other hand, options 2 would make more sense i think and would be hierarchically organized as followed: facing 8-1facing 2-7facing 3-6facing 4-5 This way i'd have a real duplex document printed on both sides, i feel that would be the right way to go but is it? If so, how can i achieve that? And if not, how professionals usually do this montage? Thanks a lot in advance for your enlightenment.
Is there a way to select an inner border in Select Inverse? Here is one example I need to select the border pointed by the red arrow. With the basic select inverse both borders pointed by the blue and red arrow are selected. Thanks
I just downloaded the icons from http://www.entypo.com Say I want to just get the lightning bolt icon, how do I get that specifically from the PSD file, and since it's vectored, at the resolution I want?
I'm sorry I could not name this question any better -- if anybody knows of a better term to refer to this by, please let me know. I'd be happy to edit my question. At any rate, I have a design problem i'm trying to solve for and need some help in terms of resources, sites i could use for inspiration, etc. I have 10 items in a list. These 10 items must be assigned to two buckets. I need to make sure that the 2 buckets can be toggled at any time. However, I need to make it explicit to the user that I'm assigning items to the individual buckets. These items can be assigned to either bucket or both. Is there any good design pattern or anything someone could share that best shows how to solve for this problem?
I'm trying to find ways to make images more visible under daylight (i.e., when daylight reflects off the image screen/print). For my project, I want to display digital images on an electronic display in daylight, but I am generally curious about techniques/tricks for enhancing visibility in daylight for both digital and print images. I recently stumbled across the term "daylight grayscale", but am having trouble finding out exactly it means? Is it a technique that can be accomplished/reproduced using image editing software?
Related to this SO question, I got an idea to go for an unique 3D human face model which fits all the the human faces. 1) Where can I get a ready made human head model? I have seen some tools like Blender where I could create it, but it seems to require a big effort. Sites like turbosquid don't seem to have these unique face models. 2) Is there anywhere I can use candide in ios to render a 3D face?
I've seen the response here, but the built-in script is excruciatingly slow (I let it sit for 3 hours before giving up) and the custom one in the response thinks there's only one layer (and only exports one PNG). What are my options? EDIT: I actually want to save each layer to a separate PNG, not export the current visible layers to a single PNG.
I'm looking to create a vector (ideally) illustration with an abstract sea, much like this (not the dolphins or sun): How can I go about this using free tools such as Inkscape?
A site I'm creating is a directory which sorts and displays information for about 300 businesses which are part of a specific business partnership/network. The site is meant to provide information to consumers, so i want it to seem professional, but I'm foreseeing a lack of pictures to work with and wondering how one could cover up a lack of pictures with other design elements so the page doesnt look bare. Also, if someone could link me any examples of well styled pages that dont rely on images it would be greatly appreciated! On a side note, i was thinking of maybe trying to spruce it up with the least arbitrary seeming free stock photos i could find, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea.
I figured out that there are possibly more than one methods to convert RGB to CMYK. Using Adobe Illustrator CS6 (Mac) the color conversion is completely different as the conversion via Wolfram Alpha. I used the simple cyan (CMYK 1,0,0,0). I already know that most computer displays use RGB to outline the color and I cannot “trust” the CMYK color on my display. But how to correctly convert a RGB to CMYK color and why displays Wolfram Alpha the color completely different as Illustrator does? Wolfram Alpha shows the cyan very light whereas Illustrator shows it darker. Which one is more “correct”? I want to have a corporate color and use it on the Web and for some print products. Assuming that my display is calibrated and I like a specific color. Is it better to choose a RGB color and then convert it to CMYK or vice versa? And how to ensure that the color looks the same everywhere?
I'm all new at Graphic Design, so correct me if you can. I found this graphic picture today from Earth Hour's website for 2012: I really want some fonts that looks a bit like them. Someone having a clue which family they are in? And maybe know about some similar fonts? Appreciate any thoughts and ideas.
I'm building a website for a client. I look at it and it just doesn't look cool. It gets the job done, which all of the websites I've built get the job done. But I don't think I've ever built anything that looks cool. I follow the basic structure of a websites I've seen online, but I wouldn't compare it to a Zappos or a Stack Exchange. These sites aren't the flashiest sites but they follow the same structure of a million other websites and still come out looking cool, fresh and different. Does anyone have any reading they recommend? Or design patterns or rules that I should follow? Here is a picture of the current site I've built:
I have beeen working on a website design into a psd format , the file size reached around 300 megabytes.... So is my PSD file as intial design reaching this size is terrible ! I need to end up with fast loading page , Right now is should be loading in 80sec @ 65kbps any hints or fixing guides will assure me and i would be Thankful to everyone. my project is to create my user interface (looks like facebook as a live example that everyone knows)
I always have a difficult time choosing color schemes and I think I often end up overloading my designs with color because there's "just something missing." Today I realized that part of the problem is that I often overlook using black and white as a choice. I use Kuler and Color Scheme Designer a lot (and have used various others over the years), but I've yet to see one actually incorporate black, white, and/or gray into the color wheel/harmony and, as a result, none of them would help me find a color scheme like this: Ideally, I'd like to find a tool that does that (preferably free for personal use). I will also accept strategies for using the tools I already use to incorporate black and white more easily.
I'm having issues with artwork I would like to use for my website. Unfortunately, the artwork I have came included with a white background behind it. I realize I can manually remove the white background using tools like the Magic Wand in Photoshop, but I've found that the edges of the artwork lose their sharpness. Is there anyway in Photoshop to just save an image out where the white background is picked up as the part of the artwork that is suppose to be transparent?
I have a website, www.xphoenix.co.in. Before, it's homepage had too much text but no pics, news feed, countdown timers, etc. Actually it's for our team participating in the F1 in Schools competition and other team members said that www.xphoenix.co.in/home.php is a bit boring. So I updated it, but still think something is missing as a homepage. Please don't tell me to put a slideshow because we don't have many good pics of our team together. Please specially comment on the small text box's design as that's why I'm asking the question Thanks in advance, Ishpreet.
I am trying to get a series of shapes (rectangles) to follow a path (sine wave) that I made with the pen tool, but I have no clue how to do that or if it is possible. I have tried warping a rectangle into the sine wave path, but it takes many different warped rectangles and it isn't smooth. I thought this process might work for rectangles, but it only works for text.
What I am trying to do is to move a PNG of semi-transparent gradient above another PNG of a box in it within a video editor. So imagine the first gradient slowly moving to the left on top of the box, but the problem that I have run into is that once these layers are outside of Photoshop they don't seem to interact anymore. I even tried layer the images in a browser and they don't have an effect on each other. Do layers with blending modes overlay and soft light not interact once they are saved and outside of Photoshop? It also seems like my transparency from the gradient goes away completely, even though I saved it for web & devices and PNG-24. I don't know if this is even possible, but I cant find any answers so I have to ask. Is there a different file format that saves these properties?
The image The layer panel The yellow top rect is the layer with vector mask, the one with full gradient is the shape layer. They are both applied a gradient overlay, but the layer with mask does not have any effect. I've also tried to check or uncheck the Align With Layer, the result is still same. Could anyone explain this? Or is there any method that could turn the layer with a mask into a shape layer directly? Thanks in advance.
I am trying to figure out the most efficient method for editing raw scanned documents so they look best at 72PPI when published on a website. I have an example here which is from a 600DPI source scan. I have already applied a Gaussian Blur onto both images. This 1st graphic is resized using Image -> Image Size... where I merely updated the DPI from 600 down to 200. This auto-resized the image dimensions from 800x560 down to 269x187... and you can't really see the dots anymore, but the graphic is much smaller than the original. Now here is a sample of the raw image which I basically copied from a 600DPI doc into a new doc(same dimensions) at 72PPI. It looks exactly the same, and the dots are still very noticeable. Here is a shot from the 600PPI copied into a 72PPI document: I am wondering why the difference between 600 and 72 isn't noticeable when copied over into a new doc, but when rescaled it does appear much smaller and smoother? And to finish my question, is the "native" size for this image always going to be way smaller than the original scan? Meaning no matter if I scanned at 300DPI, 600DPI, or 1200DPI it's always going to look the same when rescaled down at 72PPI? The bigger graphic above simply has way too many dots and I don't see any possible way to clean it up and still keep the dimensions 800x560. If I can clarify anything else please let me know. I've been struggling with this for a while so any help would be more than appreciated!
I have a simple animation built in Adobe Edge Animate. It works great on Desktops with decent speed but it is slow to load and jerky on any other computers and mobile devices. Are there any tips to improving performance with Adobe Edge Animate across devices for a quicker loading, smoother experience? Here is what I have done thus far: Trim PNGs of all extra transparency Do not save any meta data with PNGs Code on the website is as small as possible at this point. Here is a link to the animation on a webpage. IMPORTANT NOTE! This animation is on a website for an organization that fights for the legalization of marijuana. There are marijuana leafs and references to marijuana on this page. This may not be safe for some work environments.
I'm having a trouble cropping at all sizes when using W x H x Resolution. For example, I choose 500px as W and H, and then 300ppi for resolution- and then I have to wait. And I mean WAIT ALL DAY. The progess bar just stops at a certain point. Do I have something set wrong?
I'm having some trouble on Illustrator CS4. I'm creating a metro map and am having trouble with items taking too much of a jump when I nudge them with the arrow keys. I've been through other threads and couldn't find a specific answer to my problem. I've deselected all the obvious grid options etc. As you can see from the screen shots I'm zoomed pretty close in, and when I am trying to position the black dot (the first of many stations) precisely in between the edges of the brown line, one press of the arrow key is taking it too far to the left or right. I'm also having this problem when trying to position the lines (for example where the green, brown and yellow lines run parallel) next to each other. I want them to sit completely flush with one another, with one not obscuring another, but when I am nudging them back and forth there will either be some overlap or a white gap in between. Links to screen shots can be found below: http://s10.postimg.org/4dzj09tc5/Screen_shot_2013_03_23_at_22_11_02.png http://s10.postimg.org/frm2bh3ut/Screen_shot_2013_03_23_at_22_11_40.png
I'm currently working in illustrator CS5 creating 2d game art for iphone, and I'm just wondering about the best way to save the art to still keep the quality but have low memory. In save for web and devices, I choose .png, but I don't know if I need PNG24 or PNG8 Is there any other way after I save my files this way to reduce the memory? If I should for example use a sprite sheet. I have heard people say texture packer is good, but I don't know a whole lot about how it works and when it is best to use it.
In terms of tips, are there any good resources or things to keep in mind with things like font and typography? Any "ideal" or happy medium sizes to keep in mind? I'm working on a project where the UI is heavily data-populated. I'm attempting to take a large amount of data and translate it into a UI comp (to hand off to developers). Ideally, the page wouldn't have to scroll--which means every space and fonts as well as font sizes is extremely important. I was wondering if anybody out there had any particularly good advise to give me? I'm a bit of a n00b :)
I have been making a 2d game art for iphone in illustrator CS5, and buttons and background elements which use gradients and some textured effects are saved in .png. I noticed using these effects dramatically increase the file size. Is there any way to reduce it?
I need to save an image from Illustrator at 150 LPI (lines per inch) for a printing vendor. How do I do this? Bonus Question : Reccomended file format? (JPEG, TIFF, etc)
I want to chop up an image into blocks of lets say 10x10px (the size is arbitrary). The blocks can only have one color and therefore it is allowed that the image will be slightly changed (its the intention that the blocks are visible). How is this process called? Is there software or a web service that automates this?
I am new to Illustrator and vectorizing Logos. I need to vectorize this logo My questions are: how can I find out the two font types and colors? What will be the best way to vectorize this Logo 1:1 in Illustrator? Because I am new to Illustrator it will be helpful if you tell me how to do it.
I think this is a pretty simple request, but how can i get it so that when i select a colour on my image using the eyedropper that is goes to my clipboard without me having to open up the dialogue box and coping it. I'll be using this in photoshop and fireworks.
I am currently creating a book layout with inline code and code-blocks. For those code parts, i would like to add a background-color. It should handle code similar to the way it is displayed on StackExchange. Codeblocks As there is no option in paragraph-styles, that would add a background, I tried to use paragraph rules, underline rules, strikethrough rules and some other experimental approaches. Strikethrough rules The striketrough rules are displayed above the text, making it completely useless for this purpose. Underline rules Underline rules are displayed under the text, which makes it possible to use it as a background. The problem is, that it depends on the character-length. That makes it possible to use it over lines that have an automatic line-break. The problem is, that you can’t add margins to it and that you can’t insert a background with a fixed width. Paragraph rules Paragraph rules are pretty close to a solution. You can determine, if you want the line above, or below your text, you can add margins and the line fills the whole width of the block. The problem here is, that it is a paragraph line, meaning that it adds a rule for the whole paragraph instead of each line. That is no problem if every paragraph is only one line high, but if a paragraph that includes multiple lines, you end up with a gap in the background. I could add a forced line-break here, but I would like to avoid that. A solution would be, if I could add a forced line-break on the end of each line through a GREP-style, but I haven’t seen any way to add a character this way. Inline Code I am using character styles for inline Code. Underline rules seems to be the most appropriate way to go here. The problem is, that I am massing margins here. If I add a space on the beginning and the end of the inline code, I end up with a nice result, but that means I have to add characters to the text, which I would like to avoid and it would not work on the beginning and the end of a line-break, because inDesign deletes the character if it is not needed. I am searching a way to add some space before and at the end of the inline code. So, that would be it. I am searching solutions to this problem for a long time now, so any ideas would be appreciated. Oh and sorry for the crappy image quality. The missing retina display support of inDesign made it possible.
I tried searching on WhatTheFont Site and asked in the forum to identify the font. Here is the Logo: The font type of the "MSB" 3D text needs to be identified.
What is the diffrence between EPS and PSD in making a mockup in: 1. Quality 2. Size in loading page 3. Easier to use 4. Similarity between both of them Thanks in advance....
I really like the GuideGuide plugin for Photoshop that really quickly allows you to setup guides. Is there something similar to this in illustrator ?
What do you call the style, trend or design commonly used by bodies mentioned in the title? I always see these designs in sci-fi movies and dashboards used by FBI or CIA. Do you know any toolkit using it? Sample:
My system came with DejaVu Sans and DejaVu Sans Condensed installed by default. PROBLEM: Inkscape only shows DejaVu Sans. Do I have to configure something special in Inkscape? Or is DejaVu Sans Condensed supposed to be obtained by selecting DejaVu Sans and pressing Toggle bold or normal weight? Or am I misundertanding something about fonts?
I have a picture where I have already removed an inner oval portion with the Quick Selection tool. (Am using Photoshop Elements 6.0). I'd like to insert another picture, which is a background, into that oval. Am a rank amateur & have no idea which way to proceed. I have done various searches and also have looked through several YouTube videos, but have been unable to find the info I need. Thanks.
http://www.coteetciel.com/collections What font is being used on this website? It's like a beautiful cross between ITC Avant Garde, and Helvetica. I love the way the lowercase L has a tail on it.
The layer being edited always have a black border around it, this is rather annoying especially when I draw something small, anyone knows how to remove it? Thanks.
I'm trying to model a lens distortion to apply to a vector image. I originally tried to use the Warp > Inflate effect, and I was able to get close in some scenarios to what I was looking for, but the problem is the inflate effect's scale is uniform throughout the x/y axis. The effect I'm looking for is for the effect to be on a logarithmic scale based on distance from the center. I've got an example of what I'm looking for: The original image on the left, an approximation of what I'm looking for in the center, and what the inflate effect is doing on the right (note the consistent spacing in between each warped ring). So I guess the main question is, does anyone know of an effect that can implement the effect I'm looking for? or am I stuck writing a custom plugin or something?
What are some flexible, open-source, free/public-domain templates I can use that are easy to customize with my text, a logo and a color scheme? Plain-old HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (no Coffescript, Node.js, jQuery, or anything requiring some specific back-end like ASP.NET). It doesn't have to be for mobile either, although the ability to detect-and-self-adjust to mobiles would be a nice-to-have. Something I could learn some best practices from too would be ideal. Well written code, clean, simple, modern, compatible, and that uses free resources (web fonts, public domain graphics, etc.) that can be given back as a template.
I was asked to mimic the following using RMagick (which uses ImagMagick within the Ruby programming languages) applied to photos. Anyone know a) were these likely originally photos, or were they hand drawn? b) if they were photos, how are these effects created? I'm thinking it's something like posterize and some sketch filter, along with a texture that gets overlayed on a white background, and then finally the coffee stains are applied.
I have a frame in which different photos must shrink and fit into (frame size is absolute), and then save into different file names (preferably same name as the file that was fit into the frame). There are a total of 1400 images (with more coming in the future), so its hard to do with hand. I tried data sets and variables. But that only lets me fit one image into the frame each time (with layer pixel replacement) . As the replacement pixel will only take a file, not iterate through a folder. Also i couldn't find a way to automate this process with actions. So is there a way to have Photoshop iterate through the files of a folder. Fit them into the frame, then save them with the same name?
I need to use the font "GM Londinium" in a certificate header. But I can't find the downloadable font. Could anyone suggest some alternate fonts similar to GM Londinium or else suggestions as to where it can be downloaded from. I used Myfonts to check the font name. I am providing the fonts that I need(I can't post more than two links, hence I have altered the links as here). I'm using an SVG file.
I'm new to Photoshop and I'm looking for a book which helps me to learn design iOS Apps and user interfaces. I don't look for a book that teaches me about good UI, I'm looking for techniques I can use to make a button look good with Photoshop. Any recommendations?
I heard most of the roll-ups are printed in CMYK. I am wondering if it is possible to print with a Pantone on a Roll-up (canvas)?
When I paste Cmd+V a new layer is created instead of pasting into the layer's mask that I created. What I'm trying to do is take a black and white layer and make it the mask of a all white layer. This way I have a white cut-out of the shape in the black and white layer. I'm coming from a background of working with GIMP, which to me is so much more simpler than Photoshop (really, Adobe?), however, GIMP is very slow on OSX so I'm trying to get used to PS.
I record a Photoshop action to save file as png format. It works except one thing: file sizes differ when I do manually save and when I play the save action (recorded exactly the same steps in manual save). For example, in manual save the file size is 10KB, in action save it becomes 40KB. I tried several different files and got similar results. Action save always increases file size by around 20-30KB, which matters to me since I am doing iOS dev and keeping file sizes minimum is essential. Any idea what cause the file size difference, and more importantly, how to get rid of it?
Trying to do something which seems so simple and failing badly. I have created a simple Type layer. I need to add two strokes to the layer. But I would like the stroke to be on the outside of the layer, but the options for the stroke do not let me select that. The options are greyed out, I have the type layer selected in the appearance panel. What am I supposed to do?
As I've seen several people do as well, I am constantly switching back and forth between illustrator and photoshop. Illustrator, IMO, is much easier to work with when creating graphics (as far as strokes, type, live color, etc.) and photoshop proves to be necessary for editing rasterized images - clearing background, cropping, etc. I've had the hardest time when trying to create ONE file, but using both programs. And sometimes, when I save a file from illustrator for my blog, it is a little blurry. What's the deal? Anyone have a simple (grandmaw-ish) overarching explanation for this? I could detail all the issues I have, but I figured that a guru would already know exactly what I'm referring to. Please discuss/comment if you're in the same boat!
I've been working with Photoshop for a long time, and every once in a while I work on a file, sometimes in a rush, sometimes just being lazy.. what happens is that I end up ruining it. I save, go on with my day, and then I open it later only to realize/remember that a previous version was better, only if I would of saved it in multiple versions as I usually do.. but sometimes it happens and I DON'T. Do you know of a plugin or an add-on or something that does this, is there some option somewhere in Photoshop that I don't know about ? I saw some new features about Recovery Information Under Preferences > File Handling but I find no use for it.. I want something that prevents me from overwriting, or rather it doesn't even prevent me, it just saves a different file with an incremental number at the end. (What I need is something that won't let me overwrite a file when saving, but rather create another file with the exact same name and a number at the end. Something like Save as but not Saves As and not me writing a different file name every time. I wan't it as part of my normal routine, to be safe and never sorry that I lost something I spen hours working on and ruined it in a few minutes, then saved the turd and wonder at it later.) For example, when I use the default Ctrl + S (Save) multiple times, I want it to automatically do: ThisPsdFile-1.psd ThisPsdFile-2.psd ThisPsdFile-3.psd [Please restrain from comments like: "you are too lazy, blabla.." it just happens sometimes, and I want this error solved forever... something I install once and boom, that's about it. Thank you for your time.
Is there a way I can find out who owns the rights to an image I want to use on my web app? Are there any websites that provide that kind of information?
I'm trying to remove the white background of an image (replacing it with transparency), however, the challenge I'm having is that the image has white parts that I would like to maintain. Below is the image I'm working with. Bare in mind that this image is work I've done and all rights are reserved under copyright law. The center part of this wave is white, which adds a glowing effect. What I want to do is remove the white background around the outside of the wave, while still keeping the white colors in the center of the wave. I'm using Photoshop for editing. What could I do in Ps to achieve my desired results? How could I select the white colors on the outside of the wave, without selecting the center white colors? If I could get a good selection, then I can just simply delete the colors, but maybe selections aren't the only way to solve this problem? Please give me some useful explanation, or perhaps a tutorial even, video tutorial, giving instructions on how to remove the background for this particular image. Thanks for reading. All help is highly appreciated.
I'd like to add the below leather pattern effect to the bookmark I have made below that: The bookmark is simply white pixels with some layer effects added. How do I "drain" the texture of colour so that I can define it as a pattern and add it as a pattern overlay? Currently it "blackens" everything when I do so, and reducing its opacity has the simultaneous effect of reducing the texture effect... Also, in cases like this, should one change the scale of the image before defining the pattern, or simply do so when adding as a patttern overlay? UPDATE: Thank you all for the detailed answers - they're all great. I still must be doing something wrong, however, as I keep getting the following result only (with a Pattern Overlay... Normal Blend Mode, but lighter ones do not produce any noticeable result): To be clear this is pixel data, not a vector image. I'm not really sure what's going wrong? Having said that, I just converted it to a smart object and the pattern overly began applying fine. Since the image is already rasterized, what's the change that I need to make in order to allow the pattern overlay to display correctly
Is there a photoshop action for exporting a 1024x1024 canvas as all the required icon resources for a OS X app? Seems like something the design community would have made, but I can't find anything so thought I'd ask. Filename Size of canvas (in pixels) icon_512x512@2x 1024x1024 icon_512x512 512x512 icon_256x256@2x 512x512 icon_256x256 256x256 icon_128x128@2x 256x256 icon_128x128 128x128 icon_32x32@2x 64x64 icon_32x32 32x32 icon_16x16@2x 32x32 icon_16x16 16x16
I made the first of these white cells, then wished to duplicate down to fill the rest of the screen. Predictably, it didn't fill the space exactly, so I needed to try to resize all of the boxes at once. I selected them all then transformed them at once by stretching the box at the top and the bottom, but now it seems they are all of different sizes. If this is not the correct method, how does one go about resizing a bunch of elements uniformly? Secondly, is the method any different if one would wish to include other elements (e.g. In this case, the text) in the resize? Thank you in advance!
I'm trying to get the best size to quality ratio on images that are being scaled up (bc of size constraints). When saving out a jpg, is there any guidelines as to what generally looks better at a smaller size: 50% quality - height: 300px; 80% quality - height: 200px; 1% quality - height: 10000px; These are not specific numbers, just trying to give you an idea of what I'm wondering (quality % is in Photoshop). I know a case by case comparison will be better, but there are batches of many files
I have been making vector art recently and am looking into hopefully selling it either on existing websites or maybe creating my own, the website in a way would also be a portfolio and it would give me more experience in making websites and UI elements. If I were to make my own website there would be various Png versions (probably png 24) of the art at different resolutions and then a vector version. My main question is how to save my existing vector art I have made (in Illustrator CS5) and make it available to anyone who hopefully buys it and downloads it. I was thinking I can't just let them download them the AI file because not everyone has Illustrator and if they do not everyone has the CS5 version and would a CS5 document even open in CS4 and earlier or even CS6? When saving my existing artwork should I go back to EPS10, which is what some of the research I have done on the topic suggests and what is the process of saving as EPS10 and what are the restriction in doing so or should I just stick to illustrator and pick a version e.g. CS2 as the minimum requirement to open the art?
I'm trying to create a UI design for my 1024x768 screen. I know there's a grid system out there. I've read about the benefits, etc. I understand, I think from a fundamental level, why I need to use them. But I'm so confused about how to create my own grid for my designs. How, for example, do I decide how many columns to use? Is there some way to take a look at a wireframe prototype and immediately be able to assess how many columns I'd need to use? I'm essentially taking wireframes and "skinning" them out in Illustrator. The other thing I've noticed is that sites that talk about grids sometimes show examples that confuse me a bit. For example, I've noticed that a site will have 12 columns, but some of the boxes that align to the left side of this column have an overflow on the other side--meaning they don't fit into the column perfectly. Can anybody help me decipher grids? I've looked through other threads, but it still answering my questions as to HOW you step-by-step set up a grid to fit your design.
Is there a convenient way of creating a grid, or a collage of images, without having to do it manually? Ideally I want a 64x64 square grid of images that are each 100px * 100px. I've seen them done a few times, I think Groupon used to have one. Are there any plugins that exist for this or any way of doing it without having to resize each image manually?
I use temporary keyboard shortcuts for navigating my work area... e.g.: Hold down Space to get hand tool Hold down Space + Cmd / Space + Cmd+Option to get zoom in/out tool All of a sudden these no longer work. Some of them do other things- some do nothing. Anyone know how this would happen?
I'm very new to the whole graphics and web design thing, and upon trying to put together the first few pages for a site im working on, have realized that nothing looks as good as i imagined it would. The major problem seems to be that everything looks like a kindergarten school project, with solid, blocky colours that are too bright. I've realized that i need to make things more sleek- Subtle patterns instead of solid colours, shadows, multi-faceted borders... Only thing is i have no clue where to start, so i was really hoping someone could give me like 5 of the top/most commonly used techniques that tend to be used to make a page look more elementary and less professional. I guess 2 tips that i have so far seem to be that i should use softer (less vibrant) colours and that i should use subtle patterns instead of solid colours. Thanks in advance!
I would like to create a professional quality icon. Currently, I have created an icon with IcoFX. The icon looks great -- when it is scaled at the right size. When it gets scaled to the wrong size, the text in the icon becomes fuzzy. Is there anything that I can do about this? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
I'm working on an illustration and want to have an effect such that the type looks imprinted into a textured leather background, as if it had been stamped in place. Examples: In the real world, this would be a combination of deformation (embossing), and then you'd color or gild the interior of the type to make it stand out even more. I've tried using the Emboss function of the type tool, but the effects were miserable. Have you successfully replicated this look?
I have an image that's been image traced. All I want to do is cut out horizontal stripes out of the image. Since I want to cut out a lot of evenly spaced stripes, I thought the easiest way would be to make a pattern with a horizontal line. Then I drew a box with the pattern, placed it over the image, and clicked "minus front" in the pathfinder tools. Of course, this did not work. I've tried many, many, different things to get this to work, but I'm having no luck. So rather than explain everything I've tried, I'd just like to ask the easiest way to achieve this result? This seems like a really simple thing. As a Photoshop veteran, Illustrator is very frustrating, as nothing seems to work as you would expect. Thanks
I have 3D image and this is several 3D layers merged in one. But when I try to rotate it layers become transparent What I should do if I want to remove this "transparent effect"?