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I am a PhD student in Psychology - Vision Science. I've just started to learn Adobe Illustrator in order to prepare the visual stimuli for an upcoming experiment. I'm not well experienced and since I am having a hard time getting the work done I would like to understand whether this is at all the right software for my purpose and, if so, how to get the best out of it. What I want are simple drawings of lines with high amount of control. In particular I am interested in producing many different variations of a line that differ from each other in the kind of edges they have (smooth curves, angles, cusps, and possibly many other). I will display these edges within lines whose segments are of different length and orientation (i.e. initially drawn by connecting a random/arbitrary set of points). I have drawn these initial simple jagged lines with the Pen Tool. Now I would like to find a systematic way of modifying their edges to produce other variants. So far, I've had satisfactory results only by converting these initial jagged contours into curves (Convert Anchor Point Tool). AI just does it right. But I can't figure out a way of making any other edges, like cusps, and especially making them geometrically correct rather than merely "looking good". I have been able, for example, to make a transition from a jagged line to a curve or to a line that has cusps in place of the angles (all starting from the same initial jagged line) but only manually. Can you think of a good way of generating cusp-like edges? I have been manipulating the handles manually, but (i) I cannot really control them: it looks like handles move jerkily and (ii) I still can't think of a geometrically correct way of drawing them (e.g. so that the 2 lines making the cusp-like edge are tangent to the bisector of the angle). If not cusps any other smooth/pointy edge that I could get systematically starting from a simple jagged line (as I get nice Bèzier curves given a jagged line)? Do you have any advice other than adjust the edges manually? Using construction guides? Scripting? Changing software? If so, what software would be appropriate to have better geometric control over lines/curves or to generate different variations of edges given the initial drawing of a simple jagged line (more than the simple round VS angular distinction)?
I have an image in photoshop I want to print at 200%, and right now it's 48x18 inches, and the resolution is 72 dpi. I read somewhere that changing it to 600dpi would allow me to scale it by 200% at time of printing without any degradation, but I want to make sure. Should I change the dpi to something larger like 600dpi? Or what would be good? (I've also chosen Bicubic smoother in the image size dialogue box) Thank you for any help!
I am working on a fashion website for my own portfolio, that allows users to have their own account where they save fashion related items. A sort of Pinterest for fashion items. Now, I know that the most widely used colours for online fashion stores are black and white or white and black. With so much choice, I wondered if it is ok to add tints of other colours, and also what would be a good way to do them. is there a particular set that is best suited? I was thinking of a sleek, modern and retro(ish) design, that is largely flat. The fonts I'm thinking of using: Gotham Bold, Helvetica + undecided Serif (Bodoni vs Rockwell)
I have 50 or so layers (imported images as smart objects) that I would like to scale down, while they stay in place. Is there a way of doing this? I know After Effects has, is there a similar Scale property in photoshop?
Recently, I was working on an image in Photoshop and wanted to save it for web usage. I wanted to know whether there is a good size to go with for the modern design standards when it comes to websites. I am a little hesitant to save it as a 1920 X 1080 simply because it is on the higher end and then use CSS to move it around as a background. I am also not sure that using the more common 960px as the width will really serve my needs when the viewport size of a browser goes beyond that with all the new resolutions out there. Furthermore, I am a little concerned with the size of the image and loss of quality as we get into higher resolutions considering that if I start small, I am left with little growing room and then having to deal with a diluted image as the size of the viewport goes up. Any recommendations or links that talk about this? I am trying to build a site using responsive design and I have seem some JavaScript utilities that let you resize images but I am more concerned with the size of the image to start with and moving from there. Thanks for any help or suggestions here.
I currently have xxx amount of patterns that I want to apply to a shirt silhouette. My challenge is that I naturally want to apply the pattern with realistic "twist" and form on arms, collar etc. So far ive been looking at Photoshop and the actions auto batch processor, but im wondering if this can be automated and done at all here. Or in any case, which other software I could use for this. My thought is to: - Split up the shirt in different sections, like : left arm, right arm, body etc. - Fill the pattern in each section - Do individual section "twist" forming the pattern in "correct" realistic direction. To very roughly outline what im looking to do, ive put together a small gif that can be seen here: Any suggestions?
I want to move a set of objects towards a central point. Think moving objects that are outlining a circle towards the middle. I know you can do this through the bounding box, but that results in the objects being resized and I don't want them resized. The effect that I have in mind is like the Symbol Scruncher tool except that I want to move the objects at a specific distance. I also won't be able to use the Scruncher because I didn't spray my symbols randomly.
I have a client that wants me to create some designs to promote their book. I have done work for them before, but having a hard time trying to come up with a price for this project. The project includes creating 14 Facebook covers that act like a countdown for the book and 10 photos to share with their fans on their Facebook timeline. The images will include custom graphics. I was going to charge $7 ($98) for each facebook cover and $5 ($50) for each photo which totals to $168. Is this too much to ask? How much would you charge?
Which of the following approaches should I take to design icons in many resolutions? Create them in vector graphics, as SVG or AI and then rasterize them Design them directly as bitmap graphics (BMP, JPEG, or PNG and separate files for each resolution) I'd like to consider the following factors: Dependable: will not fail to provide a good quality output and force to start from scratch Easier to learn for beginners in computer-aided graphic design Faster to finish Easier to modify later Better quality of output More common to be used Have good tools, including open-source tools and support for Linux The use case is launcher icons for an Android app: Launcher icons on a mobile device must be 48x48 dp ( denisty-independent pixels: 1dp is one pixel on 160 dpi screen),therefore 3 sizes needed Launcher icons for display on Google Play must be 512x512 pixels. That is the fourth size
How would I go about highlighting an inline part of a paragraph decorated with a "highlighted" effect as if it were marked by a real highlighter on paper. <p> The dog <em>jumped over</em> the lazy fox.</p> Here I want to apply that effect to the em element. Im looking for something more than just background-color: yellow. Something thats a little non-linear. For instance, something like in this picture -
I switch between the original, 2-up and 4-up modes frequently, yet can't find a keyboard shortcut for it anywhere. What is the keyboard shortcut for changing the preview mode? If there isn't one, is there any way for me to create the keyboard shortcut myself?
G' day dear Graphic-design-experts, I am new to Stackexchange's Graphic Design and I have no clue if this is the right place to ask, so bear with me and steer me in the correct direction if i am wrong in asking thanks. I am new with Gimp and I would like to know if I can add an effect to my image. I currently have this image: I would like to make this image look like the below image in Gimp but I am new and I do not know how.
I manage our company's in-house graphic design. We have a lot of requests that are very simple (ie, ad-resizing, simple web banners, logo-adjustments, etc) and a number of requests that are complex and require a lot of back and forth (ie, brochures and magazines ranging from 3 to 200 pages, concept design for new ad campaigns, etc...) Currently, we employ a very simple issue tracking system (which is technically for software development) for all requests. For the most part it does the job. Users can write a description of the materials they need, upload attachments, leave comments, but because our company is growing in size and the amount of requests are steadily growing, I was looking for a more robust solution. After doing a lot of research, I've found a number of new systems I could potentially upgrade to, however, everything I have found explains how their system is best suited for an IT/software development team. So before upgrading to a newer, more robust project management system that is specifically geared toward software development/IT desktop support, I was wondering if anyone of knew of any ticketing/collaborative systems specifically geared toward graphic design? Thanks
Hello This is may first question here. I was working with small projects. I have problem with the Brochures (Tri-fold). At the Back Cover the content are only programme 2 fold and raffle entry 1 fold (i'm not sure what called for 3 fold). I don't have problem with this. And the front cover is content the cover of our program and committee profile. My problem is it's OK to use a smaller font at the profile around 4 to 5pt since the whole member is almost 15 people with name position and description. Any advice since they what to put the description.
I have an illustration that someone else created in Illustrator. I need to be able to choose the exact point in which to fill half of the shape with one color and the other half with another color? How do I do this? I guess something like how you could mask something in Photoshop so you couldn't edit that part while making changes to another part. I'm not sure if 'illustration' or 'shape' is the right word to use because I have no experience with Illustrator.
I have a rectangle, shown below, which has a gradient so that the top and bottom edges fade to black. I wish to reshape this this rectangle into a triangle (like the one pictured) so that top and bottom edges of the triangle still fade to black. To produce the triangle below I converted the rectangle into a path, removed one of the nodes on the left, and then centered the remaining node on the left. The gradient I am trying to implement, however, should look more like the one below (which I created in Microsoft Word). Notice how the directions of the gradient are in line with the sides of the triangle. Are there any ways to create a triangle that has the gradient pattern shown above? Thanks all.
Can anyone suggest a free equivalent of the Hoefler Text font On Identifont
In Photoshop we can easily increase/decrease any values by using arrow keys or dragging left/right after hovering mouse on the subject. But I found neither is possible in Fireworks CS6. Am I missing something?
What is the name for these type of images? I love these kind of graphics and it's so flat which totally matches my current product development. Do we have a name for it? A name will make it easier to search for examples and how to's.
I might need to present content at multiple levels depending on the distance of the observer to a display. Let's say from far away the user perceives a flat colour, but from a close distance the user needs to be able to read some text. The tricky part is the flat background colour is given/can change/I have no control over. So far I've whipped out a really basic prototype to work out the text colour from the background colour (click to pick a random background). This is a very trivial approach: I take the hue and offset it by 90 degrees (so it's different enough) and invert the brightness in HSB color space so I get a colour that's different enough to be readable/have a decent contrast with the background. This sometimes works: sometimes doesn't: Is this approach good/in the good direction ? If so, how can I make this better ? If not, which direction should I follow ? Unfortunately I don't know much about type and colour theory so any hints/tips from people with experience are very helpful. This will be displayed on a screen, not printed. What relationships between background and foreground colours am I looking for ?
How do you create a Photoshop action to do the following: Save for Web, at full size, using the (PSD) filename with "@2x" appended (and .png) Save for Web, at 50% size, using the (PSD) filename (and .png) So, if you are editing myImage.psd; you should end up with myImage.png (50% size) myImage@2x.png (100% size) Apologies if this question is amazingly simple or has been answered elsewhere, but I have yet to find a straightforward answer explains how to export to png using the iOS naming convention. Thanks.
I have rudimentary desktop publishing experience, and I would like to create a resume (not in the publishing field!) that I can give to prospective clients as a free iOS app (iPad/iPhone), Android App, and Web Page/PDF (for those on a desktop computer). Ideally, I would like to only have to design the content once, and 'publish' to the multiple targets - with graceful fallback (i.e. where interactivity is not possible, such as printing out the PDF, it should still make sense). Is there a tool out there which is designed to meet this goal? I know you can probably do it with the various DPS products, but I think you need to be a bit of a wizard at it to get it all to work. Thanks
Let's say I have transformed an layer/element in Photoshop and I'm well past the point of being able to undo, or it would be highly inconvenient. Is there a way to revert the transformation back to 100% size, 0° rotation, etc?
I am trying to find whereabouts and name for this kind of automatic paper scissors, source of image here. I understand it so that one plugs in image with formats such as vector and raster and then it will print. I need to do a lot of repeating cuttings and see a lot of different printing designs in practise. What hardware options are there to facilitate this process for me?
The title says it all, I want to know what the simplest way to export the selected objects. In Inkscape, there is a menu option called export selected which does just this. The aforementioned option lets you export the selection as a composite image or as a batch of individual images. Both would be nice, but in this scenario I want to export the selected objects as a single image. I can already create a new document, and paste in the selected items. I am looking for a way that is easier than this. How can I save / output / export only the objects I currently have selected, to an image file, in Adobe Illustrator CS5?
I want to set the brush to transfer, I tried more than 100 times but nothing. This image shows what I want: Is it because I don't have a tablet that this function doesn't want to work?
This question addresses my problem about handling derivative works but I am trying to find some Git compatible solution. Extensis Portfolio may be a good candidate but for me it is essential that I am able to work smoothly between graphics assets repo and programming repo. SourceTree/Git combo works to with programming projects but graphics easily ruins things because the graphics repo can expand extremely fast. Suppose a screenshot/work/etc with specific time-stamp/index/description, I don't want to lose this origin but I still need to use this work for things such as sprite-generation so I have change its description and location. In Git, I would use git mv to maintain the history -- now I want that the GUI will automatically handle this without me typing this command. Another scenario: I need to create many different versions of the same image so I clone many of them and change the name, I want the GUI to handle this in a way that I can later come back and see graphically how different art assets evolved. Extensis Portfolio apparently requires you to set up some groups but I would like the GUI to handle the group creation the time I create a new folder -- in a way I am trying to find a solution that is closely tied to the file system and Git: the software cannot add everyhing to Git unless the exponential size increasing easily. Does there exist any software to manage the evolution graphics assets on file-system level? The file-system level means that I could just create folder/file and then it tracked the evolution of files automatically like each file is an object where a field stores its historical paths.
I'm new to the web design and web comic fields. I'm a huge fan of The Oatmeal, and thought his tile layout was a good way to share the most amount of comics for given real estate. So, following the "Power Grid" pattern from this site (the last option), http://designshack.net/articles/layouts/10-rock-solid-website-layout-examples/, and drawing from elements of my favorite comics, TheOatmeal.com, XKCD, etc... I created my comics site: Hitting Trees with Sticks.com I recently received a complaint from an avid The Oatmeal fan claiming I've "totally ripped off and imitated The Oatmeal"... I asked the author, Matthew Inman, what he thought... and he said my site design and subject matter were quite similar... While I'll agree the tile layout I currently have is like his... I think it's also a standard/generic enough template... That being said, here are my questions: 1) Are the designs too similar? The Oatmeal.com: My website: 2) If so, what are some of the guidelines/rules of thumb on designing a website based on templates that are used by other comic artists? Do you think I should change mine? I mean, it seems like so many comics use the same "click-to-get-next-comic style... and I like The Power Grid/The Oatmeal's style... I feel there aren't many other ways for me to display the latest comics and most popular comics for the user to see... is that wrong? Thanks!
I need to generate sprites where images must not intersect. How can I get a custom-sized grid in Photoshop?
I am designing a website with Adobe Fireworks and I want to have a design where I have divs with rounded corners. Inside those divs I want to have an image that gets cut (rounded) by the containing div (rectangle in Fireworks) with rounded corners. I found this tutorial, though it cuts out everything inside the the vector image. With a bit of tricking (ctrl-x) the marquee and delete the old image underneath I was able to do this. I can't imagine there isn't a better way, but how? BTW: this is not in HTML or CSS but in Adobe Fireworks.
So I've downloaded a google font known as 'Didact Gothic' from Google Fonts. It works perfectly when embedded in a website. However, Photoshop CS6 does something really odd to the 'w' glyph: The .ttf file completely fine: And it even works in Pages: So what on Earth is going on? The rogue 'w' in photoshop appears to be from a different font called Mistral, I think. Bizarre. Any and all help appreciated.
I've had my eye on Craigslist for a few months looking for a silkscreen press. I've only ever dealt with my own 1 color/1 station press which I purchased new, so I'm not especially well versed in what sort of things can go wrong. What sort of defects should I look out for when shopping around for a pre-owned multi-color multi-station press?
I don't see it often, but I've seen it a few times in vector files: some of the shapes were left unclosed. The SE logo is not an example of this, but I modified it to illustrate my question: You can see from the outline view that all the shapes are left un-closed. It has no effect on the rendered appearance, but I'm not sure why someone would be inclined to opt for this instead of closing the shapes. The only reason that comes to mind would be to reduce the file size of the artwork. However, the amount of disk space saved for the example I provided comes out to be a whopping 236 bytes. Is there another reason for this sort of practice?
Whenever I am working with Adobe Illustrator, I can't figure this out for the life of me so I end up doing all kinds of knifing to get it sort of the way I want it. I am posting this here so I can find out the actual way to do it once and for all. Basically, in the below image (left), I want to trim the overlapping elements so nothing gets past the inside of the black border like the image on the right. Do I select all three elements (the border and the two shades of ground) and use a tool in the pathfinder? How do I go about this?
Please take a look at this image. It's the logo of the charity Childline. Source How can I achieve this bubble wrapper effect around text in photoshop?
Prompted by John's question about leaving paths unclosed. Drawing with the pencil tool (or the paintbrush tool) in Illustrator leaves the paths it makes open. Unlike the pen tool, there isn't an obvious or intuitive way to close paths when you've finished drawing them. What's the easiest way to close paths drawn with the pencil tool?
How do I 'lock' layer effects? In that, when I rotate the layer, the fx rotates with it. Currently, when I rotate a layer, the fx I have applied (a gradient) doesn't rotate with the layer, resulting in an odd look. Don't want to rasterize.
I am working in a table. I am creating cell styles for various kinds of cells. I want to create what is essentially a spacer cell (unless there's some way to create padding-above like in CSS :) ) which always has an exact height of p6. I can do this manually, but I can't find anywhere to do it in a style sheet. Is there a way?
Ive seen many examples of people using icon fonts but I am wondering what is the best way to execute this process. An example of icon fonts: Raphaël Icon-Set via @font-face. A tutorial I have read. Any ideas on how to go about creating these?
When resizing a vector group in Illustrator CS5.5 with a custom made symbol in the group I get distortion of the proportion of the shape. I've tried Tried resizing with selection tool holding down shift or option Turning off align to pixel grid in the transform panel Turning off align to pixel grid in the symbol option Checking Enabled Guides for 9-slice scaling is turned on Checking Scale Stroke & Effects is turned off in preferences Can you help me resize this without the distortion?
Is it possible (for pros & semi pros) to use Photoshop effectively without shortcuts? (PS newbies, as far as i know, don't use very many Shortcuts)
Is there a way to export a document in Photoshop using an action that would preserve the file name? Example: I have a document called Home.psd. I'd like to run an action, and it would create a Home.png in some specified location, like the Desktop. I can do all of this pretty easily by recording the action, except to set the save destination and file type, I must enter a name.
As a school project, I am graphically designing my own mobile OS. I already have hundreds of hand drawings of each aspect of the OSs design and I need to make the step to digital mockups. As the designs that I will be concepting are not "usual" iOS or Android elements, I am going to need to make a lot of the elements from scratch. I am fairly proficient in Photoshop but I hear that Illustrator might be a better tool to accomplish my goals. Which software do you think I should use? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Michael
So we often run into print designers who choose all these crazy fonts that don't look good for the web. As a backend web programmer, what do I tell print designers to help them select non-system fonts that will render well via CSS3 on the web? What is the checklist of requirements? Or perhaps someone can show me some good blogs on this subject? Additional Note: The biggest problem has been that these print designers make things that look amazing in photoshop. But as soon as we implement their designs into a website, they are not satisfied with how inconsistent and unpolished it looks depending on the browser and operating system you're using. Some fonts do a better job than another. What is the science behind selecting a font that works well across all browsers and operating systems?
Using Photoshop, i'd like to create a realistic sun lens flare, like the one shown on this picture : What I have already tried : draw a white circle, then apply radial blur effect multiple times, but results are poor and not convincing.
I want to know how to draw waves like patterns in photoshop easily. I have attached an image of it so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about: (source: gstatic.com) Please anybody help me in this.
Basic colour theory tells us that a colour palette of Green, Yellow and Red is a laughably ugly, they are colours that clash. If we take Green as the prominent colour, the analogous colours that go with it are Red and Blue - there is no room for yellow in such a colour scheme. So, is there any way that one can combine Green, Yellow and Red in a colour scheme without blinding the users? As my example, I have a page on a website where these colours are used to measure the required level of a skill for a project against a given user's actual level of this skill. Green satisfies or exceeds this level, Yellow indicates a slight shortfall in expectation and Red means that they are either not good enough or totally lacking in a given skill. Here is my example (ignore the orange and grey fields around the lettering, they are unrelated). We can all surely agree that this looks pretty terrible, but it is this format I need to adhere to, the whole Green-Red-Yellow thing. :/ Being a programmer mainly, as opposed to a Graphic/Web designer, my understanding of colour theory and user experience is limited. To put a point on it, my question is How can one establish a traditionally clashing colour scheme without detracting from the User Experience? (If my question is unsuitable I will remove it, I was not sure where to ask this, it seemed the most appropriate)
Customers are usually proud of their (offline) identities. As webdesigner, I regularly find myself having to explain that I can't legally use their licensed font in their webdesign. When I do, it always ends up as either a long e-mail or me talking to them on the phone, knowing I lost them halfway through. Is there a good and concise way to explain how online fonts work and don't work?
I just want to use some specific fonts for a non-profit project. I'll never sell or get any money (not myself or anyone related) with this. Not myself or anyone or the makers of those fonts will make any money, at all. I just thought "these fonts looks great, I want to use them". Before doing anything though, I prefer asking about it. Am I legally allowed to use copyrighted fonts for non-profit work?
By default when sampling colors in Photoshop with the eyedropper the color selected shows up as the foreground color, currently when i try sampling a color it sets it as the background color -how can i fix this error? (any clues how this change occurred?)
How do you create random diamond, crystal design like this ad on Photoshop? Could anybody please teach me and also identify what's the proper name for design like this call? Thanks a lot! ^Check out the picture design that I'm talking about here. Thanks!
So here's my problem: I made some vector images (e.g. figures of people, houses, apples, etc.—ones that you use for infographics). I made them for practicum but since my practicum is ending, I need to leave these stuff to my placement, where no one is well-versed with any kind of photoediting software. My best bet for them if they want to recolor these images is PowerPoint. However, I don't know how to turn them into a Microsoft clip art that may be subjected to functions like "Fill Color". Whenever I use fill color, it just fills up the background, not the intended area. Fill Color only works the intended way when you create the image out of autoshapes in PowerPoint. So my question is, does anyone know how to turn an image (i.e., vector image) to an element that is editable by Microsoft office applications? Thanks!
I'm interested in getting an iPad to use Omnigraffle. I'm a 5-year+ Omnigraffle fan on Mac, and so far it looks like reviews say that Omnigraffle on iPad has all the same features, except for Applescript. But what about fonts? Can iPad, or the Omnigraffle app specifically, support using any font file that I can get ahold of, like the Mac?
Take this image for example: How would I then go and select more of the rabbit after I made that leg selection up into its body?
Ok, so this is a bit embarrassing: But I cannot for the life of me find instructions that show me how to achieve this type of effect in Photoshop. If anyone knows what it is called or how it can be done, I would be most grateful.
I'm failing to find a replacement for Univers Condensed to use on the Web. I'm using Typekit (portfolio), and right now using LFT Etica Web which is much wider than Univers. I tried Googleing but no luck, so I decided to sign up and ask the pros.
When drawing straight lines in Photoshop, and I'm not snapping to the horizontal or vertical, doing diagonal lines by clicking on the start point and then shift clicking on the end point is hard to do if I need the line to run through several points. Is there a way that after clicking once and holding shift, a line guide will appear to show me where my potential line will appear?
I was making a GIF animation with GIMP. When I tried to play it back, though, it skipped directly from my first frame to the final frame and missed all the others. Is this a glitch in GIMP, or am I doing something wrong?
I'm a newbie. I want to ask how to create a double shadow like this: I don't know how it's called!
I want to know how to deal with printing mistakes and how to make sure that my work after printing has the least amount of mistakes. How to deal with print houses in regards to mistakes in printing? like bad colors, colors not centered, wrong page order etc. How to make sure the work delivered is right? How to deal with any mistakes?
This is not really a translation question - more of a designer vocabulary. How do you call the set of visuals, logos, designs, colors, fonts... that make a whole design project? In French we would call it "Charte Graphique", and I've seen some translate it to "Graphic Charter" but I think this is just a google translate translation. Is there a word to describe this?
Kerning - adjustment of the space between two specific letters. I am just wondering what computer subsystem is responsible for font kerning. Is it font engine? Or it is quality of specific font? If it is quality of specific font, can you please give me the names of most known fonts which uses a kerning?
I'm a newbie in graphic design. when I do my design in illustrator I create a big artboard usually 800X500px, but I don't use all the size. So what should I do to get an image of exactly of my design. For example I create an artboard size 800X550px after I do my design the size is only 300X300px, so I need to have a png file size 300X300px.
Often designers who are on Behance or Dribbble (or other design social platforms) do not upload there design as is, they pre-process them a bit in Photoshop to make them look better of give them some depth. In web design, Ipad and monitor screenshots are trending. For print design, people often just adjust the light and take a picture. When taking pictures of my print design is not possible, how can I virtually create them in Photoshop to achieve something like the followin example?
I want to use a background image from here though these are usually just used for websites. I am worried the quality will not be sufficient enough for print. Would I be correct in this assumption? Is there a way to make the image more print friendly (eg: shrink the image and repeat it)? I am using Illustrator and wish to place my vectors over the top of it.
I am producing an A0 poster. I have been told that the printer is a Canon iPF8300. The spec says; Maximum Print Resolution 2,400 x 1,200 dpi Nozzle Pitch 1200 dpi x 2 I'm not sure what these numbers mean. i.e why the max print ratio is 2:1, I thought that it would be square like he nozzle pitch. Would I be right in thinking that it would be 39732px x 56184px for A0 (33.11 x 46.82)
A designer has created (for money) a set of button icons (Facebook, Settings, ...) for me, where all buttons have the same rounded rectangle outline: Now I need to add few more buttons, for example with a train picture - but the designer doesn't answer my mails since weeks (longer vacation? busy?) So I am trying to do it myself, but being a programmer I know Photoshop even less than Gimp. How could I add the train picture to the existing buttons? I've created a new layer and pasted the train there, but have 2 problems: How to scale down the train, so that it fits into the rectangular outline? Yes I can scale the train image in Gimp, but I'd prefer to do it "live" while editing the button icons file in the Photoshop - so that I could move and scale the train pictue until it looks well. But I don't see a "scale layer" command in Photoshop's menu? I have problems with the outline, it is covered by the train's grey background. Or vice versa - if I move the train layer underneath it: Any help please? Here is my psd file available for download.
Our company uses gmail as the email client, and so our signatures are made up of text that can be edited in the text editor and images that have to be hosted on our server. CSS is not an option. Any idea on how I can prevent my email icons from showing up as blurry?
So you often see the first paragraph, for example of an about us page, where the first paragraph has a larger font and just kind of gives an enticing bit of information to read further. Anybody know what these are called? thanks. Heard it referred to once as an exciter, but not sure if that's just something the person made up or not.. edit: added image.
I'm using Photoshop CS6. As I make a selection and cut it (copy and delete) I would then like to paste it in the exact same position but on another layer. As I use the "paste in same position" command, a little gap is left. This ALWAYS happened since I use Photoshop (CS4, CS5 or CS6). How can I prevent this? Thanks!
On most of my documents, I have places where people can write their name and number. I found, many people do not print clearly, so I cannot read the numbers. For e.g., many write their 5's like 3's. I know of one method used to provide student numbers on testing forms which involves a series of many bubbles, and people fill-in the ones corresponding to their numbers, however, this takes of a large amount of space on the page. Is there any way to design the forms so that people print their numbers clearly?
What is the name of this font? I have checked in many sites but could not get a proper answer. In the given picture, the letter T looks modified.
Is there a name for this effect and what would be the best way to achieve it in Photoshop or Illustrator in terms of filling a different vector shape with a similar distribution of rainbow circles? Another example: I did something like this long ago, but it was painstakingly slow by hand and I'm sure there's a better way.
How do I rotate the this image by 30 degrees but still have it be tileable? https://i.stack.imgur.com/4bAnk.png
I'm an amateur graphic designer, with a decent head for theory, and intermediate skills. I would like to run a graphic design course for my friends, but I would prefer not to spend months on developing the course. I recently ran a workshop on using git, and for that I used someone else's open source git tutorial, which I modified, and expanded. I would love to be able to do the same with a graphic design course (ideally, a short series of workshops). Is anyone aware of such a course? e.g. a set of editable slides, or a course outline/framework, that is available under an open source license (creative commons, GFDL, etc.)? There are plenty of courses available on youtube, but for the most part, they aren't available under an open license, so I can't re-use the content. There is also the wikibooks graphic design book, but it's pretty empty, and also not really in a suitable format.
I'm attempting to create a login box based on the below, but with a line (in the same style as the outer stroke) dividing the two sections. Is the best way to do this to literally draw a line as a new shape layer through the middle of the box? I'm wondering if there might not be a better way involving combining paths, or something that would make the whole thing into one shape... Any advice appreciated.
I wish to create a bookmark shape within a bar shape and make it look like it is "part" of the underlying bar shape, i.e. It conforms to the same gradient, but is only a different color. I created the below bookmark before I wished to do this. It is currently a smart object and also a raster image, so I am assuming it will be of no help. My idea was to use the Pen tool to create a work path as part of the bar (using this existing bookmark as a template for the shape). I did this, but I was not sure where to go from there. Any advice would be very much appreciated.
I recently learned to create custom brushes by selecting an area and using the "custom brush by selection" option. What I'm trying to do is make a square brush with a slight tilt to it (I'm using transform to rotate a perfect square to a small degree). Every time I highlight the angled square and create the custom brush it gives me a circular brush that seems to be the exact same as the default Hard brush. Has anyone experienced this issue or know how to work around it? Is creating a square brush impossible or do I need to build something more rectangular?
Currently working on a redesign for a dental laboratory. While testing the home page with a user, they never clicked on the links in the subnavigation. They clicked on the larger buttons in the links to the main pages. The asusmption when I created the wireframe was that the user would click on the descriptive links based on what they needed to do. I thought it would be super convenient to have a list ready for them to just click on the action that they intended to do. I would also appreciate suggestions for Font size Font color Font family for the headings List item Ideas for images where the thumbnail is supposed to go, or maybe it needs to be removed. Round out the buttons a bit more? Let me know any thoughts and why you feel that way, thanks. EDIT: After some suggestions from other professionals here, I created another revision (not yet tested with users)
I am working on a HIPAA page (legal disclaimers in the medical industry). I am including a screenshot of the bottom portion of the page. I think this looks good but wondering if I should perhaps go with a darker font. I was also told by a tester that it "looked to casual." The actual font I used was 'Sintony.' Also wondering if maybe I have too much margin in the footer and open to other suggestions.
I have two lines with a double appearance: which I would like to be joined at their intersection: (which I did with Object->Path->Join). However, I don't want the lines to be joined at the end; rather, they should look like: I was able to achieve this effect by converting the lines to objects and unioning them, but that makes it very difficult to adjust them later, which I need to do fairly often. Any ideas?
This is a fine piece of iPhone app icon: I'm wondering how they created the fine texture along with the slight 'glow' on the edges: I suppose the texture is made by a semi-transparent layer on top of the red background, but how did they do the light red glow on the border of the icon?
I'm trying to think of a way to graphically represent the idea of credit, as in money owed. Are there any conventional solutions to this?
I'd like to improve the visual appearance of these widgets. What tools are available to help me? I am in need of advice on how to make widgets I create look and feel professional. I am no artist and have been tasked with making these widgets pretty, but I am not sure where to start. Some ideas I have are: make the background black or dark gray to match the overall dashboard these widgets sit in. Change the text to white. Make the text boxes have rounded corners or just make them invisible. As far as tools I am using, I am simply using Eclipse with GWT (Google web tool kit) to build the widgets, but this may change as we also use the Dojo JavaScript tool kit. The dashboard is a custom layout that holds 5 different widgets with specific dimensions.
I have a huge SVG file that I filled with all the characters for a font. There are a lottt of characters and it'd take forever to manually copy each of them into its own file. Each character has all of its paths combined into a group, so if something could automatically put each group into its own SVG file, that would solve my problem. Any ideas? Thanks!
I know I can hold down shift to drag a line constrained to 45° or 90° with the pen tool in illustrator. However, I'd like to see the line previewed interactively as I draw. I can get that behavior with the line segment tool, but need multiple segments linked together. Is there a way to do this? (Obviously one option is to draw all of my segments individually with the line segment tool and then join them together, but then I have to do a lot of post-hoc adjustment to the joins if I didn't line up the ends perfectly in the first place.)
I have an image/chart that takes a long time to print - actually, a long time to create the post script file. Years ago I had a tool that allowed me to 'inspect/view' the chart and it visually showed that the chart had some highlighted areas that were "out of bounds" from the top of the image borders. This tool allowed me to edit the metadata and change the value from, say 10,000 to 10 - and that area was back within the image borders. Apologies if this is vague/unclear. Basically, I have an EMF file that MSPaint errors with "Paint cannot read this file. This is not a valid bitmap file, or its format is not currently supported". It really is an EMF file since the app that creates them saves the charts as EMF. So, does anyone know of an open source tool that would allow me to edit the metadata of EMF files? Thanks
Can anyone suggest a good stack of fallback fonts for Adobe Garamond Pro (serif) and Proxima Nova (sans-serif)? The obvious choices are of course: "Garamond Pro","Hoefler Text","Times New Roman",Times,serif and "Proxima Nova",Arial,sans-serif Thank you,
I've recently moved to linux from Windows7. The only program I can't do without is photoshop. I make a lot of banner ads and small landing page creatives. My question, is it realistic to switch and would I be able to easily create graphics like this? They're fairly straightforward but I do use a few filters such as drop shadow, inner glows etc.
I found a logo of a company named Ibbt. As you can see, there is a separation between elements (the shapes in the left). Can anybody tell how to create such effect in Illustration?
InDesign GREP rules can get a bit mind-bending. Suppose you want a paragraph style with a GREP style rule that applies a character style to everything except text after a certain character. Something that doesn't apply to characters after a certain character, but applies to everything else? For example, imagine a long list of article titles. Some are short titles, some are two parts with a short title then a colon then an elaboration. You want the whole of the short title ones to be emphasised, and everything up to and including the colon to be emphasised in the long ones: Adders of Angola Brilliant Badgers: the brawniest beasts of Britain Caravanning Crazes of Coastal Canadian carp Danger: the dastardly ducks of Denmark I've tried a bunch of rules but none seem to work for this. I thought it might be possible using a 'negative lookbehind', like (?<!:.*). or something, but nothing like that seems to work: it looks as if 'lookbehinds' and 'lookaheads' can only apply to the character immediately before the character you're looking for. Any GREP experts got any ideas? Here's one thing I figured out after a lot of browsing and trial and error, which I think logically should work, but doesn't work, for reasons I can't figure out: \<[^:]*|\<[^:]*: In theory, that should mean "Grab everything from the paragraph start until the end of the first run of characters that aren't ':', or, if there's a run of characters that aren't ':' from paragraph start until a ':', grab that including the ':'". In practice, it just applies to everything. Can't figure out why.
The client I work with has undergone an internal branding exercise. The result is that all of their documentation standards have been updated to include a common header. The header contains a black background with an orange electric wave as a prominent design feature. I've now been asked to incorporate this into their intranet design. Can anyone please provide me with any examples of web design elements incorporating an electric wave? The designs can be either prominent or subtle. I'm basically struggling to design around this without it looking dated. Any inspiration would be appreciated.
The ideal measure for single column of text is most widely accepted as around 65 characters, but does this depend on the language of the text? Some languages like French have much longer words than English (on average), and thus can fit less words per line. This can be thought of as less information per single line of text.
If you were to do a google image search for cyber security you'd see exactly what I mean. Even the slickest images representing cyber security or cyberspace seem to fall under a style that IMO is very iconic to computer related subjects in the late 90's and early 2000's. Eg. glowing blue streams of light, glowing blue anything, ones and zeroes repeating themselves, and desaturated, or of course, blue, wires or illustrations of circuits fading into each other. I understand that this imagery, the wires, circuits, and binary representation, are on point depictions of the subject we're talking about, but they're still iconic to a certain era of computing. I need to make a facebook cover photo for an organization involved in networking and cyber security, and could use a basic direction to go in. A facebook cover photo is a lot of space for imagery, and we're not using a group photo, if we even have one. So how can I represent cyber security, networking, etc, while avoiding this iconically dated look?
I have created an arrow shape (rightmost in image), from which I wish to cut out the majority so that only two thin sides remain. The most accurate way to do this would be to duplicate the shape and to somehow use the duplicate (leftmost in image) to remove the chunk that I no longer desire from the original. I am not sure what to do after the duplication, however, or if this method is even possible? Is there a better one?
I had a catalog layout with 200 captions. They all have the same distinctive character style. I am searching for a solution to export only these caption texts with the distinct character style out of InDesign in a new document as for example, an RTF text. The format doesn't matter. It's more important to have only the captions out of the whole catalog.
I'm working with a .png (a logo with text) found here. When I import to gimp and try to scale it down, to fit my canvas, the text above "DON DAVIS LECTURESHIP... etc" becomes illegible from pixellation. How should I go about solving the problem, if I can.
How would one go about creating a lined 3D effect as shown in the image below?
I have the following icon as a raster image, and I need to extract the "i" to do something with it. I'm not able to identify the font (it isn't Times), so how might I go about "removing" the i from this so that I can manipulate it further? I tried Quick Select but it gets messy.... Is tracing it with the pen tool going to be my best bet?
BACKGROUND OF PROJECT Initially I envisioned that the header would have an image that can span the entire width of the page. I was thinking centered, and it would be so wide that as you stretched it, you would see more but it would blur progressively outward. However without having a photographer to shoot that with a better set and models I only have the current image to work with. And here is what I have created so far. *disregard the items on the top bar which are in progress CURRENT OBSERVATIONS My thought process when I created this current example was that a dark background would force visual focus to the image. The models are then redirecting you with their eyes to the message and call-to-action. I was wondering what your experiences have been or if maybe I should go with a different color.