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Currently when I am creating headings, subheadings and body copy I am using a hard return to move the text onto a new line. I understand that a hard return is an indication of a new paragraph so probably not the best to use for headings and subtitles as they are not paragraphs?
Also I am using space after for paragrap... |
I made fonts for logo design 3 weeks ago and I want to give it to others so they can use it for free.
Would you please tell me the process how to do it?
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Hello I am very new to Adobe Illustrator, and I want to check how much distance or gap I am giving between objects, can anyone please tell me how to do that ?? One way I know is to use the measure tool but I am not pretty sure how to use that.
Can someone please tell me the other way to do it, for example in Figma we s... |
You might be working with a picture containing some detail that you want to eliminate or hide.
Once upon a time, in a previous version of Gimp, it worked well to select some neutral area of the picture, copy it, drag it over top of the matter to be hidden, and to anchor it in place.
But: You might want to edit your sub... |
I am following along with a tutorial and I noticed the lady hits shift+C on the pen tool path, hovers it in the middle of the path and it curves the path upwards symmetrically. I doesn't look like there was an anchor point in the middle. I tried to do it myself and it didn't work.
I am guessing this is a new CC featur... |
This post may be too much on the technical side for this forum, but I don't know which other forum may be appropriate.
I would like to use the SVG clip path to act as a threshold for if you will show the object underneath or not. I would want to be able to take the decision to not show the underlying object based off o... |
ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.1001fonts.com/tostada-font.html\nI quite like this font but I'm not 100% on it, I've searched for \"alternatives to tostada font\" but my searches don't come up with much. Is there a special name for this sort of font? I don't have the vocabulary to describe the style, it's serif but the bars(?) are invisible.\nFailing that, do you know of any alternatives to this you could share with me?\n" |
You can see on the pictures things are dissapearing.
When i click on the W button the text and background are dissapearing, i can't find the problem, does anyone know how to fix this?
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I made this PDF form button with three different states (and images) for normal, mouseover and pressed, and all works as expected.
However, there still appears this dotted rectangle around the button as soon as the button gets focus (e.g. by pressing it, or by just hitting the Tab key on the keyboard):
How can I preve... |
I want to make a rectangle with a custom brush applied (so I load my custom brush library), and it works fine for the first image, but if I do that in automatisation, it does not load my brush for the next images, and there isn't an action for selecting by default my brush, so it just does empty rectangles for the rest... |
I am trying to colour geometrical patterns similar to the one attached here. Any suggestions which software I can use for this purpose?
I am making these patterns in Geogebra and it offers to export them in vector and other picture formats e.g. jpg, png etc. Question is these patterns have repeated units so i am lookin... |
With the new version of Photoshop 2022 (version 23) the text bounding box where you can resize text is invisible. This is a screengrab of a selected text box that I can move around but not resize. 100% of my work in Photoshop involves text, and this is going to make it very difficult to work. In searching for answers t... |
Is there a way to make paragraph borders for opening paragraphs respect the edge of text frames? Paragraphs occuring elsewhere in the copy work as-intended, but the 'space before' setting won't kick in for a first paragraph, so it overlaps the top of the frame, making it look misaligned. Does anyone have any suggestion... |
Looking around it seems like the accelerated Shift + arrow keys movement default is 25 pixels. Somehow mine seems to be 2 pixels. Can this be customized?
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What may cause failure of displaying letter M?
Extra: what is the best place for the questions related to encodings / displaying failures?
UPD20211113. Link to the affected document: http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1918617.pdf.
In contrast in the similar document from the same manufacturer the M is ok:
The properti... |
I'm looking at the accent circles behind the gentleman's portrait. It seems like this has been a common graphic style for a while. Primarily used in loader animations, but I've also seen flat graphics of straight lines with the breaks/sliced vectors.
I would say it's properties are "broken path, offset, circle, simple... |
I would like to use this image as a vertical wallpaper, but it's impossible to crop it so all the detail fits on the screen, so I'm looking to recreate the image from scratch, using GIMP.
I found the photo of the statue used as the base here, and it seems plenty tall, so if I can just apply the same effects, I can pro... |
I am very new to Adobe Illustrator, I created a text outline by doing
1. Select the text
2. Goto Type -> Create Outlines (CTRL + SHIFT + O)
But what if I want to make those outlines again as a text? Please let me know.
For your reference below I am attaching the screenshot, please find the attached screenshot.
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I use Illustrator to create gradients with the Freeform Gradient tool.
When I export a gradient as a PNG, banding is clearly visible. That's why I'd like to increase the color depth to 16 Bit.
Is that possible? If not, is there another way to avoid banding in my final export (besides adding noise afterwards)?
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I'm creating interior graphics for a client's nonfiction book and came across something I can't explain. I created a small, transparent graphic in Photoshop, exported it as a transparent PNG file (24-bit, not 8-bit), placed it in an InDesign document, and exported the document as a PDF/X-1a:2001. Everything looked fine... |
What is the recommended way to remove the "3" and circle it contains on this logo? The magic eraser/wand I didn't seem to fix it with. Any pros willing to assist?
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I have two pages in my Figma project.
I then hit the menu > File > Export Pages as PDF.
The resulting PDF only has a single page added to it, and the other is missing. What gives?
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I am working with some type thats aligned to the baseline grid. I have made the baseline grid the same as the type leading. I have been changing and playing around with the bodycopy pt size but whenever I change the baseline grid is there a way to update it automatically everytime I change the pt size? As I have been g... |
I am trying to adjust the leading of text. There are all different type sizes in the same text frame. I highlighted the two lines that I wanted to adjust the leading of but nothing changed. It seems all the text is inter-related I guess I am not using leading in the right way?
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I'm rather new to InDesign, and have been having a little bit of trouble with all the pages stuff.
I'm trying to create a document that, once printed, will be folded in half. The document itself is A3 size, but the content (on either side of the split) will be A4 size.
What's the best way about creating this? In InDesi... |
I am not much of a designer. I have been given a PSD file and want to code that using HTML/ CSS. The PSD can be found here (https://www.mediafire.com/file/t6i8jy6kx2fwat5/restaurant.psd/file). I am trying to take the logo from the PSD and use it in my HTML. I generally use the slice tool but since the logo's background... |
I'm trying to recreate this effect with the slightly shaded 3D border. I'd love to create a template so that I can more easily showcase my websites in a good looking way.
The closest that I've been able to come to this effect is by using Vanishing Point and creating some additional perspective, and adding a Satin effe... |
Hard to formulate the question, so here's what I'm not asking (unless it answers it and I am missing it...)
I do not mean mirroring a rectangle in perspective by finding the center point with crosses, and then drawing a line from one corner through the midpoint of the rectangle to extend it perfectly in scale along the... |
I merged two layers to create an image but when I merged two layers there are transparent pixels between the layers. How can I remove those transparent pixels?
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I am trying to determine which font is used, from the cover to the book The Dawn of Everything:
Ocean Sans seems the closest, but, for example, the angle of upper G is different.
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I have designed a psd file which includes many elements in English, now I want to reproduce it in Persian language which is a right-to-left one so I need to flip whole the document horizontally. Normally I can flip each element by Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal but this option is not active when I select several layers... |
I want to render something in 3ds max for geometry education purpose. I want it to be like in CAD softwares, with right outlines and intersection lines (but without lighting). Semi-transparent faces are also needed. Like the following style:
I want to know how to make this kind of thing.
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Is there a line of JavaScript that can be used to show/hide (ideally alternately as a toggle) the default toolbar in Adobe Reader -- i.e. the same that happens when you press F8?
I have tried
app.execMenuItem("ShowHideToolbarBasicTools");
from the Adobe JavaScript Reference, but it didn't do anything.
This is probabl... |
I work on a MacBook and use an iPad as a secondary monitor. Sometimes, when jumping between applications, the Adobe apps resize or reposition themselves out of my working screen area. In Premiere Pro there is a fast easy solution Command+\. This function maximizes the working window to fit the screen. Is there a simila... |
I have a document with multi-level numbered headers that are set in bold small caps. The numbers are separated from the text by 2 picas.
As far as I know, small caps should have increased tracking. Do I need to use the same increased tracking for numbers as well?
Normal tracking:
Increased tracking:
Increased trackin... |
I found a graphic that I like on Adobe Stock:
Basically, I'm wondering how to re-create this graphic in Illustrator. I understand how to create a gradient from left to right, or even a shape with three gradient markers as you see above (orange, dark blue, light blue) - but I don't understand how the top edge of each e... |
I found this website thanks to user Lim. But please explain like I'm five the two options below.
What does "soft" vs. "hard" mean?
"(k-means)" vs. "hard (Force vector)"?
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I tried 4 different sets of definitions below, but they're still too abstruse! English ISN'T my first language. You don't have to read any thing below this line...I'm just showing all my work like math in school!
What a load of CROP! | Acrobatix!
CropBox – Defines the boundary for the contents of a page when it’s d... |
I read
Scott's explanation, but Slug still feels redundant to me. Because Bleed < Slug, then whenever you cut the paper at Bleed, you inescapably will have cut off the Slug simultaneously.
What does Scott mean by "actual stock"?
Bleeds are used to ensure any trimming which may be slightly inaccurate does not resul... |
I've read many explanations, but either they all are too abstruse or they gainsay each other.
Why Dots Per Inch Isn't Pixels Per Inch
A dot refers to ink density, effectively; a pixel refers to image density on a screen.
Well what does "density" mean?
A quick PSA on "dots" versus "pixels" in LCDs | TechCrunch
It’s a... |
I tried to draw such a triangle using 3 circles and lines, but I couldn't fill the shape with color. Using a line and giving it a rounding also did not work, using a square with rounded corners - I'm not sure this is the best way. What tools and approach should I use to draw such a shape
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I'd like to CNC draw an image. The image is composed of many, many shapes that overlap with each other.
Say I'd like to draw this image:
Visually I can see the outline of the star, but part of the star's outline is occluded by the outline of the rectangle (because it's filled).
I'd like my CNC machine to draw the pict... |
I'm stymied trying to hand letter the text in a one off sign for my yard:
NO LIFE
MATTERS
WHERE
BLACK LIVES
DON'T
Using Libre Office Draw I centered the text (Liberation Sans, 72pt) in a window sized to the proportions of my sign. I put a bounding rectangle over each word to find the position and size of each word w... |
Older CRT displays have a specification for "dot pitch." What is this, and what is its connection with pixels and "dots" as used elsewhere in graphic design?
(This question is a rephrasing of Cody Gray's comment, "Then how do you explain a monitor's "dot pitch"?", on an answer to the question "Dot vs. Pixel - rudimenta... |
I found this Image on an obscure YouTube channel and since then I've had a hard time trying to recreate this effect . I would like it to know what's the key to achieve that lighting using photoshop , and that grunge lines texture too if possible .
thanks alot in advance :)
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I searched this font letter, a capital T, during some hours and I did not find it. The type of font is formal. The second image is the original source, the flower is not part of the font.
Anyone know which font is? Thanks.
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Sometimes, applying Minus Front on two shapes in Adobe Illustrator 2021 returns a normal single shape, other time, it returns a compound path. Why? Is it possible to force returning a normal path? Or is it possible to convert the Compound Path into Normal Shape after substruction ?
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Would buying an external hard drive such as the SanDisk SDSSDE81-1T00-G25 Extreme Pro 1TB Portable NVMe SSD, USB-C, up to 1000MB/s and using it as a scratch disk help to improve the performance of running Adobe Illustrator and or Adobe Photoshop?
Here's why I ask:
Towards the end of 2020 my late 2013 iMac was upgraded ... |
I actually am trying to make a simple logo for my website and was thinking of using inline SVG for the logo. I made it with illustrator but the path code is too long, not like I see on other sites. On other sites, it is much small and compressed, but when I am outputting the SVG code it is too big.
I even tried the sim... |
I'm trying to investigate / create a pink color pallet. I need to know what is the lightest shade of pink that can give a contrast ratio (see WCAG) of 3:1 -- and maybe even 4.5:1 -- with white (#FFFFFF).
By playing around with color sliders, I think that shade of pink might be #FF5B73. However, I'm not 100% sure if tha... |
I would like to kindly ask if you can give me your view on either purchasing a font or going with a free font for a logo design. In addition, I will add a few more questions that popped in my mind.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of one over the other? (Personally I think that as free fonts are more widely distr... |
Photoshop has "pixel aspect correction", for which Google lists what appears to be thousands of answers on how to turn it off. I don't want to turn it off, but I want to apply it so that it's off but the image is now the aspect ratio that it was appearing to be with it on.
Simply put, I have an image which has the D1/D... |
I don't understand this part of leftaroundabout's critique. I don't know what "roof ridge" means — is this my red line? What exactly is the hitch here? English ISN'T my first language.
Next, you add some stripes – evidently you do this on the side wall...
...and continuing onto the roof
But that already is incompat... |
I'm trying to add a group of graphic elements next to the artboard (page) that would be used on each created page. I tried to place the group next to the artboard on the master page, but it doesn't show up on the pages (see screenshots - the yellow triangle is placed on the master page and is supposed to be visible on ... |
When I clip a path and then transform it using the skew tool, the skewed version has a variable width. E.g. the green path is a clipped version of the red one. Copies at the bottom are skewed at once. Their width is different. There are no filters used.
If I release the clip before skewing, width is constant. If I rel... |
I have a problem, How do I export all assets in the same artboard size. I mean if I use artboard 1000x1000px. how I export all assets with 1000x1000px png images.(In adobe illustrator)
Every time I export size is changed. Please help
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I'm trying to draw rectangles but found that the tool has been disabled.
I'm sure I subscribed to Illustrator but why so many tools are disabled?
They look grey here:
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I'm trying to use gimp for pixel art. In a tutorial I saw someone making a selection in photoshop and then use the selection to draw. Not sure if I explain it right, so I clipped a couple of seconds from youtube where you can see what I mean.
https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxNpTY0RibapZUFHP5WnJl0AJx7x7rLzRl
Now I wonde... |
I'm looking for this font used in one Smart scale (Aria2).
I'd like to create a small display which displays my weight but with the same font.
I tried searching for it with both "whatfontis.com" and "whatthefont", but I was unsuccessful.
Here is a sampled image from the scale:
To see more, here is a <50s video from th... |
I have a path in GIMP, that is missing a single segment between two anchor points. How do I connect/join them?
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I am searching for what tool that is used to create such sketchy drawings to be used in technical (software) related projects, and hopefully it is open source.
The main point here is that I already make my technical diagrams with a good flowchart and dependency diagram tool named draw.io, but I want more. Lines, fills ... |
I have a PDF scan of a line drawing that someone made by hand. I'd like to turn it into an editable PowerPoint diagram. The image is pretty simple, like a cartoon with no shading, and has some text labels, similar to the one at the end of this but in PDF format. Is there a good way to do this, besides just trying to se... |
Someone had a similar problem a year ago and this question was already asked and answered regarding Inkscape by someone else a year ago. Here.
The problem is that I'm such a noob on Photoshop that I don't understand the previous answer for Inkscape.
Can I perform "Object > Transform - Apply to each object separately" i... |
I am creating grids in Illustrator using this method.
I want to alter and tweak gutters, margins and columns though. Is there a way to do this or an alternate method? Because right now I have a rectangle shape on a separate layer split into a grid and when I want to update the grid I delete it and just make a new rect... |
I am using Inkscape 0.92.
I open a PDF using poppler/cairo import. Then I get a group with a bounding box like this:
Now I import an image which also has a bounding box:
I'd like to snap a corner of the image bounding box to a corner of the group bounding box, but it does not work.
What do I need to do to get it work... |
Someone has asked this question before, but for SVG files. This is the scenario: I have a source file in a DTP program (Scribus in my case). It contains a lot of large images, but only small bits of them are actually visible, most of the image is cropped by the image frame. When exporting to PDF, the resolution can be ... |
I just started learning how to make graphs in Illustrator. I’d like to be able to align my graphs just like I’m able to with other groups of objects. However, when the Selection tool is chosen and a graph is selected, I don’t see any alignment options in the Control panel. Also, clicking the alignment options in the Al... |
I use Linux, maybe in Windows dialogs are different, but on Linux e.g. when color is edited if I press Esc key changes are reverted back, I want to choose Ok w/out using the mouse. I was not able to find if / how to do that, looking at what I've found via web search https://www.gimpusers.com/gimp/hotkeys and https://do... |
I want to change transparency of a layer where the transparency can be changed by a brush
ex: increase top layer transparency by 50% when I draw a line over a place.
what I’m trying to do is have streaks of color over a black of white copy of a image. the streaks are also custom brushes that look like paint brushes eve... |
i have a Compound Path in Illustrator, that needs to be scaled in line thickness/weight without changing outer Bounds.
This Path was initially created by outlining a simple stroke. The Path consists of points and is closed
(only part of image is displayed here)
There are also the hard requirements:
Number of points m... |
When exporting by layers, all my PNG files contain a tiny white outline. I haven't found the cause of the problem, since when inside of Photoshop all my layers look fine, and no outline is to be seen.
These are the exporting settings I am using
My project also contains many folders, but I don't think it has anything... |
I am new to freelance design and would love some advice on how to deal with a magazine design project. I will be designing a magazine for a client. Would I provide them with some kind of initial comp to determine the style and get approval? If there are any magazine designers reading this that are willing to share thei... |
I am applying Blend into two different object in Illustrator. One with 100% opacity and another one with 50%.
I want the blend to be smoothly spread out. but when I select them both and click "blend' (make)
it only creates three shades of circles. I want it to be at least 10 shades and evenly spaced.
I dnt understand ... |
Background: I did a PDF for a commercial printer and got a test proof print, which was OK. The final print product looked different, the colors where darker and more saturated. This difference was probably cause the proof might be digitally printed and only simulates the end profile, and the actual product is offset pr... |
I would like to create a chart in Illustrator (not yet sure if it will be an area chart or a stacked column chart), but need to "skip" some values (as in this question on English StackExchange, which queries what to even call such a thing).
Ideally, I would like to do it with the graph tool, so that changes are easier ... |
My company asked me to make a sort of chart with the x-axis being product parameters and the y-axis being the names of different products, something like this:
I tried to create one in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 with the Insert -> Chart tool and got something like this:
But every bar starts from 0, whereas I need them... |
I have a text in yellow background but the eraser tool erases with white colour.
How can I set it to erase with the yellow background?
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I am applying Effect-gaussian blur on an Object with 50% Opacity. Instead of producing a smooth blur effect it ends up with a box around the shape.
why does this happen? Thank you.
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I have an InDesign document typed with a handwriting font. I want to make the color of this font as close to the color of my ballpoint pen as possible.
Does ink colors that are used for ballpoint pens have corresponding Pantone names, so that I can narrow my search to 9-10 colors (that is, to 9-10 specific Pantone colo... |
I have created text on a path. The text however does not fit. I don't want to make the text any smaller instead I want to extend the path evenly on both sides. I know with the path alone if I used the selection tool and shift+option it would scale proportionally from the centre I don't know how to do that however when ... |
"Latigo" is the name of the yearbook for Texas Country Day School, an all-boys prep school in Dallas that existed from 1933 to 1950. It merged with another school in 1950 and became St. Mark's School of Texas, which still exists today. This font was used for a number of years on the TCD yearbooks, this specific image... |
So for a wallpaper I'm making, I'm trying to edit this image so instead of a solid image like this, I am hoping to change this so it's just an 8-pixel outline. So the outside edges of the image is just an outline, with a width of 8 pixels. Is there a simple way to do this in a software like GIMP?
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This is the same school as my earlier question, Texas Country Day School, and they used this font on the covers of their yearbooks from 1945-1949.
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I'm trying to export some icons in an Illustrator document to PDF. However, some of the icons have a square of overlay around them - Assumably due to an item which has overlay and also a shadow around them (shadow is on multiply)
This is how the file will look on Illustrator, but as soon as I export to PDF (where I ju... |
GIMP can export each layer as a new page[*]… but is there a way to do it based on group layers instead?
Alternative trick: Flatten each layer group before printing using Merge Layer Group… without saving the file!
[*] See how on How can I export a PDF from GIMP with each layer on a new page?
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I have a reference line retrieved from a raster image in the background that I know in real life measures 10 mm (l_ref). I want to scale the whole picture so that everything has real dimensions.
I use the measuring instrument to get the length (l_mes) then I do in my Mac shift+cmd+m scale proportionally and apply to e... |
I would like to take any shape, and drag its edges wherever I want, distorting the image in the process. How do I achieve this ?
Perspective isn't what I am looking for, nor is Filters>Distortions>Curves.
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I'm trying to create something similar to this in Inkscape:
I want to laser cut a similar pattern out of a piece of plastic to use it as a grating.
While I know how to create an equilateral triangle, I didn't find a good practice to transfer it into a pattern with controlled and periodic spacings between the triangles... |
I drew this figure with the knot path effect in Inkscape.
Now I would like to add a few arrows. However, to apply the knot effect I had to make the entire figure into one path, so now when I add an arrow through "stroke style" I get this:
Is there a way to control these arrows? I would like arrows on some nodes only ... |
I am trying to recreate a similar style to the image below in Photoshop, but unfortunately there are some issues I can't solve. Maybe someone can help me out?
This looks like a pixelated image with gaussian blur and threshold applied. But I can't get my mind around how to achieve this diagonal separation of the dots w... |
my friend made me a sketch for a logo with pen and paper. The only graphics software I have is PaintShop Pro 2018 and I'm not too familiar with it. What I'm trying to do is to find an automated method to catch the lines of the sketch and make them clean and nice (digitalize?)!
Thank you in advance!
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My profile picture's eye contours are fairly dim, I wish to emphasize them. Left is original, right is my attempt with MS Paint:
Not so great, particularly if zooming. Is there a tool to achieve this effect? I could e.g. paste a filtered version over original.
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Is there a name for this kind of font that you used to find on cable bulletin boards?
If I wanted to imitate this on a website, which font would you recommend?
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I have multiple files that are different pages in a booklet. I have some global colors that I want to be consistent across all files. For example, there is the color of a woman's shirt, which I have named "shirt". I saved this global color to a user-defined library, which I'll call "my master colors".
Suppose at a late... |
I know that a 2-dimensional rectangle that has semicircular ends instead of flat ones is called an 'obround' or a 'stadium', but what is the name of a three-dimensional rectangular cuboid that has semicircular, and not flat, edges, like the one in this photo? Is 'obround cylinder' an appropriate name?
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I'm trying to create a mockup for my web design idea and even though I got to a moderate point myself, I still need help.
I'm trying to create a 3-column grid illustration that holds all colors on the illustrator color picker. I.e. top to bottom full white- full back. Left to right full red to full magenta (I guess).
I... |
I want to intersect path A with path B that would
modify path A to such intersection
will not affect at all path B
I know about Path -> intersection but that affects both paths.
I know about Object -> clip -> set but it is just applying clip operation rather than actually removing content outside image. And it anyway... |
I want to create svg image with line going through circle, cropped to the circle.
So I
created a circle
turned it into a path
removed stroke from it, set black fill
centered in on the page (vertical and horizontal)
copied this circle
centered copy on the page
set gray fill for the copy
created path representing line a... |
I'm new to scripts. I want to use the Script Editor that comes with my mac, but I can't seem to make it work. For example, I found the simplest possible Hello World java script on the internet, and I copied it into Script editor, and nothing works:
As well, in the Adobe Illustator application folder, there are sam... |
I use Inkscape which is capable of SVG output. I am trying to animate characters like Santa and export them as GIF. I am trying to do simple animations like the movement of legs, hands, head etc. Most of this can be achieved using rotate, move and scale. I am currently using Enve but it is a bit hard for me. I tried Sy... |
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