Split (1)

train · 96.4k rows

instruction stringlengths 18 28.6k
I'm designing a directory sign that will be shown on a digital screen with a resolution of 480 × 1015. I don't know very much about designing for a digital format and need help figuring out how to set up the file in illustrator. I'm assuming that I would need to make an artboard that is 480x1015 first. Is that correct?...
Is there a way to select multiple anchored images within a text frame? I am just wanting to scale down these 3 circles and am wanting to scale them simultaneously so that they are all the same. I am trying to shift+click but its not working.
I am wanting to create a shift+c shortcut for the convert anchor point pen tool in photoshop because I am finding it frustrating that its not like illustrator. I went to keyboard shortcuts and found it but am not sure how to enter in "shift" in the shortcut command?
I am wanting to create 10 pt spacing before and after the dashed line. I created 10pt space after the items and pricing but am not sure how to create space after the dashed line? As you can see I've turned hidden characters on and there is a line break just below the dashed line which has created spacing but I am wanti...
I am trying to design a "grid" inside the rectangle with curve corners. I have drawn the rectangle, and then all the individual lines. Now the problem is clearly that the lines are going beyond the rectangle borders, and I want to avoid having to manually shorten them to fit the rectangle, as it's error-prone. I tried ...
Context I am working on a personal project that necessitate the use of an intermediate software that produces a pdf. After pdf generation, I save as an svg file using Inkscape (with internal import), and I further work on the document. I know for a fact that the document embed a raster image (that shows a "shape"), and...
Given a standard screenshot, would you know how to transform it into a close-up photo of laptop screen effect, in which you can see the pixels. Example: or even better, a more 3D image like this one.
I came across this poster online and I absolutely fell in love with the kind of blend of different textures coupled with this grunge aesthetic, do you have any idea how to recreate those effects ? I am talking about the halftone marks and the other little béavl shapes in front of the text. Thank you so much !
I just started using Inkscape and know how to make triangles and circles and learned about layers where you can put one object over another. But I want to 'interleave' the circle/triangle objects as shown here, I figure it can be done by breaking up the objects and using two layers, but I want it to retain the 'perfe...
I have an older Canon 9000 printer which has tanks for Red and Green ink (alongside the traditional CMY tanks). However, it is difficult to find Green Ink refills. Does anyone know why professional printers have green ink, rather than mix cyan and yellow? Thanks
I have a black and white cloud in one Photoshop layer and I want to turn it into a transparent single-color cloud in another layer. Like this: Easy enough so far, I can just use the original cloud as a layer mask on a layer of whatever color I want the transparent cloud to be. But for this project I really need to be...
I am trying to fit a text box to the text inside the box, but the cursor and height of the selection of the text is too tall. Whenever I try to fit the text box, the text disappears. This font is called Replica (Light). I found this help page on the Adobe community where the culprit was the baseline shift - which is n...
These days it often happens that I have a PSD I'm working on and I want to save it out to some other format, BUT... Photoshop will not allow me to save it in the desired file format. Example: I want to save as a PNG file, but can't. The option just isn't there. Others are missing too. (Luckily the trusty Pixar format i...
I have an Online Shop, I'll in my Website Dress to sell, I to want habe as this image to show, My question is which program need for have same what inside of rectangle is, the Black Circle and the Line which connect to it. I'm Linux user...
I'm currently working on a page featuring multiple cities and addresses, that I've set up as a table inside an indesign document. Here's my desired outcome: While I could make it work by just making different cell styles and applying them each time a new city header is required, some cities end up spanning multiple te...
In Photoshop (CS6), how do I get rid of an image protruding from it's frame as pointed to in the below image? EDIT: Including the layers: Creating a shape (circle) layer so I can use clipping mask only works if it contains a fill. No fill doesn't seem to work.
I used an Illustrator extension called FontSelf Maker to convert a series of designs to font glyphs, and I'm using FontForge to edit each individual font as necessary. I cannot figure out what's going on with this specific glyph - the paths all seem right, but there are too many fills. I've tried a bunch of different o...
I’m new to graphic design and web design and one thing I’ve always wanted to figure out is WHERE to place my text and images on page to create a balanced and aesthetically pleasing layout and composition? What are the best spots on a page to place text and images in a balanced way ? It’s something I’m currently struggl...
I want to design a brochure-like the image and I don't know what size I will use in adobe InDesign ??
I need it for art, I wana change “ 新宿肉屋 “ to “ 新宿肉交肉体 “
The following perspective effect was done with CSS: rotateY(-35deg) rotateX(15deg) translate3d(0, 0, 0) Link to see it live I have tried to achieve the same effect with the free transform of some vector tools, but the result is not the same. For example, with VectorStyler 4-Point Distortion: It looks different. Compa...
Reducing colors with levels will give you very high contrast stencil-like results. Half-tone effect will be too "perfect", stamp effect gives too much contrast too. Any ideas how to make similar images? Diffusion Dither is different thing.
I would like to use this CSS pattern in my Figma project but I stuck. So far, I have not found a description for implementing such a complex pattern. Is this even possible in Figma? Or is it just embedding as an image?
When trying to use the brush tool to reveal a background image I get black or white instead. I have two images and I added a layer mask to the top image layer and selected the brush tool. I set black to foreground. When I try to reveal the image below the brush just starts to color the image black. How do I go about re...
There is a very useful Adobe CC extension called Adobe Scripts Panel, which is essentially a panel that lets you run scripts on the fly without having to go to File > Scripts > Select Script in Photoshop or Illustrator. It's enormously useful, but it has a major bug where it won't run a selected/clicked script when yo...
I want to design a logo that consists of a single word. I already know that word and I also know how I'd like it to look. That is, I don't want to use a commonly available font, but instead draw it as a vector graphic. Also, I'd strokes used for the letters to have the same width. For example say I'd like to draw an 'F...
I've got a Transparent PNG and want to put a 1px border around the visible part of the image. When I try to add a Border in Gravit.io it puts the border around the outside of the rectangle (the whole png)
I made a 24" x 36" poster in Inkscape; the design contains a few layers. I exported it to a PNG file with 300 DPI so that I could get the poster made by a vendor. I am interested in making the same poster but it is larger (32" x 48"). Note that the aspect ratio remains the same. How do I do that easily in Inkscape? I u...
I've got an cylindrical object that has already been laser engraved. And I've got an identical object, with sticker instead of engraving. I want to capture the lettering, generate a SVG file and laser non-engraved objects by a professional. They can engrave round objects, but need the corresponding SVG. The surface is ...
I want to make a photo that has a transparent blue background(under that transparent blue is another photo ) and one person is focused.
I want to create a horizontal banner with centred text for usage on a public website using Inkscape. How to make the SVG size identical to the background rectangle size and the text centred within this? I tried to do so via a background rectangle with the text aligned (using the "align and distribute" options). This di...
I've got two layers, a shape in each layer. What I want is to fill the lines between the two shapes. I've tried to merge the shapes but then it just stays completely filled in, like the screenshot. I could bypass it by putting the first shape on top of the second and fill it with the same colour as the background, but ...
There is a nice tool provided by Adobe for removing bacgrounds for photos, https://express.adobe.com/tools/remove-background. I have tested it with portrait photos meant for documents, and it works very well. Can this process be reproduced with GIMP in a way this is almost exactly as automatic as on the Adobe's webpage...
I have a very simple task I want to accomplish: I have a folder with 25 SVGs created in Adobe Illustrator, and I want to create individual slides from these SVGs each containing one. I can insert SVGs into slides manually, that works and displays great. But I am looking for a way to do this in batch. I found the functi...
I've been using Figma for everything design-related. Is there an automated way for generating certificates that get names from an (MS Excel) database?
In Illustrator, I have an object that is curved and which I created with extrude and bevel, and then Object⇾Expand. Is there a way to now change the color of the object and keep the shading of Extrude and Bevel tools?
I am having a strange problem. I double-checked, and my document is set to CMYK, and I am using a specific ICC profile as well. I have some other documents where I am doing the same. Oddly, I thought all of these documents were the same color-settings wise, but when I used Bridge to review the color spaces of my saved ...
I am troubleshooting some loss of fidelity when uploading InDesign-created epub to KDP, and I want to look at the epub as it is right after the Indesign export process, to check on HTML and CSS tags. I don't need to do any changes to the ePub. I rename the file from file.epub to file.zip, and use macOS to unpack the z...
I used Adobe Illustrator to draw the picture. I save it in eps format. But when I insert it into a LaTeX file and generate a PDF, the picture is very unclear. But when I save the picture as svg format, then use Inkscape to open, and then generate eps format, insert it into a LaTeX file and generate a PDF file, the pict...
I have multiple lines that I want enclosed in a border: <p class="Book-Content_Chapters_Body-Text ParaOverride-1">What is the result of running ... <p class="Book-Content_Chapters_Body-Text ParaOverride-1">javac DeclarationsInJava.jav.... When I set this using the border checkbox in paragraph properties, it...
I am making a solution tree. The basic rule of it is to consistently answer the "how" question. For example, to achieve "Goal" I need to achieve "Goal 2" (or "Sub goal") . But I add other node types into the basic solution tree: Better goal, Supporting goal, Example, and Action. I want the viewers to be able to disting...
Basically I need something like two smart objects that are on either side of a page and then an image splits between these two smart objects. It's hard to explain so I'll try my best to use imagery to represent what I mean. So were these to two red circles are, I need these two directly linked in a smart object and th...
The "ISO 8601" date format is praised for its unambiguity, but it's predominantly a digital format, not too common in traditional media. Do you allow YYYY-MM-DD in print projects, or do you always opt for other formats in that context? Plus, with the digits tightly together only separated by hyphens, it may not look ex...
I tried using fontforge to remove unused glyphs in order to make font file size lower. I removed them from a woff file and exported as woff, but the result was low quality. Any advice?
Hi there, we've been designing this to present our profiles for a while now. We just felt something might be off with the colour. Please let me know if you got any thoughts on any points to improve The key point we are unsure of: Is it overloaded with different situations of blue? Would it be tiring for the eyes when ...
Is there a standard video logo size? When could a 1500px png logo 300 ppi size be possibly needed?
While I was creating a basic outline for part of a graphic using strokes, I noticed that under the Properties panel's "Transform" section, the Y-axis values for 2 strokes I created on the same "y-value" show up and display as completely different "numbers" for their "Y:" value. Why is this? Or what is it that I am miss...
I've been learning Illustrator following a tutorial on Expand and Expand Appearance and it seems that my version (Illustrator 2022, version 26.0.3) doesn't support Object -> Expand anymore. I create a new document, then just draw the most basic shapes like a rectangle, ellipse or a star, change the fill color and the s...
I want to draw a picture as shown below. There are many rectangles. Each rectangle can be filled with a 1/N (N=1-8) ratio of colors. I've taken the dumbest approach before. That is, I draw a rectangle of the corresponding size, and then cover it. For example if I want to fill 1/2 of the color. I covered it with a recta...
I am working on a yearly digital planner using InDesign 17.0, currently putting all hyperlinks manually (Right-click on monthly calendar date -> hyperlink and select the corresponding daily page with that date but this process takes too much time as I need to link all monthly calendars with daily pages. So I was wonder...
I am working with some fonts, and none of them have the "bold" option. The font is too thin, and the result is not well legible. So, I was wandering: is there a way to turn the text into a path in some vector graphics software (Inkscape), and then transform the path so that the thickness of lettering increase, without ...
Original Images & Desired Outcome I have a batch of PNG images which need the same automated image processing: Middle part (red) shall get eliminated entirely and its void filled from above/below Top (blue) and middle part (red) always have the same height The bottom part (green) may vary in height How do I achieve ...
I'm attempting to create a similar effect to the one in the image below, however everything from the increasing size, to the smooth gradient across all the objects is proving to be difficult. I've tried blending and then replacing the spline but the distance was not equal and I couldn't scale the size horizontally. Als...
I am using Adobe XD, I have created a progress bar, which I want to use in a different location with having a different size. But when I am trying to do so, this is what happens:
I'm looking for good books about creating brochures to learn more about how to structure one and such. I've tried to search Amazon but could mostly only find more inspirational-focused books (a lot of pictures of brochures). I'm not looking for books such as grids, typography etc. I'm looking for books on how to create...
Last week they worked properly, I could select and mask with the brush tool and the quick selection tool, then one day it started glitching when I kept the left button pressed and couldn't select with precision. Other thing I noted is that before I could easily select what was under the crosshair, and now whenever I ca...
I'm working on a powerpoint presentation of a mathematical proof. I'm showing it using a tabel of 2 columns - one is with the mathematical statements and the other is with the rationale. Meaning each row has a statement and it's rationale. I want to show the proof using animation as follow: A click reveales a cell, the...
This is my first posting a question on Graphic Design Stack Exchange. I have the following needs: I need to revectorize this logo But I'm trying to, and my result looks something like this: The cupcakes, cap and gift from the second image are almost vanished because I used quick tracing. I also need to restore those ...
Let's assume I have two intersecting paths. Now I want to draw another one that will follow parts of them like on the illustration: I made this through absurdly inefficient way of just adding anchors at the intersection, cutting them and stitching together which is fine for one line out of two segments but obviously b...
For some reason I can't seem to select just one object in Blender. In this case I only want to select the square on the right. But when I select it, both squares become highlighted. I think the reason for this is because the square on the left was selected when I added the other one. So now they are 'conjoined'. I've ...
Hey I'm very new to illustrator. I've made a design with the pen tool (path), it has a few overlapping shapes and looked ok. But once I started playing around with blending modes the edges/overlapping bits of the stroke stand out and I can't figure out how to combine the shape somehow to avoid this? I circled the probl...
Recently I did something in GIMP, and now no matter what image I open, (almost) none of the tools work. I can't draw, I can't erase, I can't make a rectangle or fuzzy selection ... the Move tool is the only one that works, and even it only works if I enlarge the canvas to make room (I'm pretty sure I could move parts o...
I'm new to illustrator and graphic design, and attempting to learn my way around gradients by recreating some designs. I'm trying to replicate this effect like the one in the image below, and I feel like I've gotten 80% of the way there, but it feels as though something is missing. For example I understand how to creat...
I'm using Inkscape on a regular basis, and I know well the shortcuts to show a specific tool panel (like Ctrl + Shift + F). I like the docked tool panel that I can fold to have the full canvas size. I can click on the handle to have it fold / unfold. Now on a big screen I'm loosing time to precisely click on that littl...
I have copied some text from Wikipedia, went to Inkscape, and pressed Ctrl+V. So, the workspace looks like the following: Now, I want to take the text inside the workspace and then want to justify the text. If I break the lines, make the text box smaller, select the entire text, and then press Justify, I see that the ...
How could I make these halftones like the example shown here.
been using ID professionally for years and know most of the ins and outs. I have one situation though that pops up sporadically: that one ID File will just bog down and react so slowly. There has to be something in the file which is causing it to mud down - all other files of similar size and content work fine, so it's...
I am starting to sell digital PDFs, and I want my customers to be able to move pages around between PDF files they have and customize them, but I don't want anyone trying to edit individual elements like fonts and graphics. For some reason on illustrator's PDF export, there is an option that says allow everything BUT e...
This is a purchased file. When I group, duplicate, or print the colors of the individual letters change to a single color.
If I find a layout example that I like and want to imitate the grid layout whats the easiest way to go about it? Right now I have the example on a layer and just putting ruler guides on it to figure out how many columns. The rows I am finding tricky as I can't seem to find a consistency. I am lining rectangles up along...
I've come across a very strange issue with Illustrator. When I start the app the default stroke alignment is set to "Inside", which is strange as I read that it should be "Center". This is what my Stroke panel looks like just after resetting the Preferences: This means that I can't use Expand on any new object, only E...
I'm 3D printing an object from a s schematic of its cross-section. Using inkscape I'm able to turn schematic into a vector graph consisting of 2 B-splines. But when it is imported into the CAM tool (Solid edge) as an DXF file, I found that the B-spline is converted into many disconnected line sections, which makes it u...
Using Adobe Animate HTML5 Canvas which employs Create.js/Easel.js. I have the following code which drags an object around a circle. Works Ok, but the object should only be moveable when the cursor is over the object; object being streakRotatorKnob. var knob_X = 454; var knob_Y = 175; var radius = 80; root.streakRotato...
I'm new to Illustrator. I downloaded a stock image of a bubble popping from Adobe (link), but I need it in a sprite png format with transparency. When I open it in Illustrator, there appears to be 1 artboard with a bunch of layers on it: The first row is in one group, and the second row is in another group. And then t...
I'm trying to blend the outline of some text, and I want the outline of it to kind of look like it has some depth, like in this picture. However, in illustrator, the blend tool never makes a proper infinite blend, just a really really high amount of steps that looks infinite. In practice there's not really a problem bu...
Note that I'm not referring to the shiny / chrome look, just the actual shapes themselves. It's hard to even find the words to describe them — I'd say tangled-looking / tribal-esque shapes. I can't quite tell if they were made in 3D software, but I feel that is irrelevant. Do I just need to bite the bullet and sketch t...
I have a logo composed of two colors with transparent Background. Colors going from one to another with gradient tool. How can I change those colors to different ones? Here is the image: I want logo colors to be from yellow on the top to blue on the bottom, and Image to still stay with transparent background and all a...
Gimp version: 2.10.30 OS: Arch Linux When I try to draw using the clone tool, I just get a message saying "Set a source image first". I'm holding down Ctrl while clicking to select a source, but it's not letting me draw once I select the clone source.
I was trying to learn how to do this in Illustrator. But instead I'm getting this. I don't know how to make the transformation effect in front so it stays visible when I color the square. Pretty sure it is a dumb thing, but I can't see it. Thx for the attention.
I defined a format: As you can see Cursive is enabled and Bold is disabled. When I apply this format to a text line, Bold is applied but Cursive is not As you can see in the first screenshot, this format is based on the format p. When I for into the p settings, there is not Bold defined. This Bold is coming from nowh...
Alex here with a question, hoping the creative minds here can help with. Thank you in advance! I design a few icons in Adobe InDesign in the interest of time for a publication, but now I was asked to share them in an "editable" format to be used in a different file in Adobe Illustrator. I tried all the option that InDe...
I'm currently using Inkscape to make some sketches as reference frames and simple drawings regarding space and orbital dynamics. But I've some difficulties when I have to draw an ellipse, its focus and its other geometric characteristics (I mean to individuate the focus by mathematic point of view). I don't know if in ...
For a few days now, when I double click a group (to enter it) everything else disappears. Nothing double clicked: First floor group double clicked: This happens only on one Project. Other Projects behave as expected: By double clicking a group everything else gets less saturated but stays visible. What did I do and h...
What are the differences between syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic function? I do not fully understand these functions, and more so when it is in an advertisement.
I want to create an arrow that behaves like a solid arrow but is hollow inside. How can I draw a hollow arrow in Inkscape? Is there any straightforward way to do this other than using path and union?
I want to change color of the blue part of the wall to match with white part. What is the best way to do it?
I have three frames, which are labeled "A", "B" and "C" in the screenshot below. I want all of the following to be equal: Distance from left edge of page to A Distance between A and B Distance between B and C Distance between C and right edge of page So far, I have been able to get (2)=(3) using the distribute horizo...
I drew a picture of my (future) living room and manipulated the photo's brightness and contrast until I arrived at the attached sketch. I managed to replace stray colours in the palette with Colors --> Map --> Colors Exchange (not without carefully noting the HTML colour notation, as the colour picker was of no use her...
Why I can’t erase or cut gradient mesh in Adobe illustrator? regards, Saeed
This tutorial shows how to draw a Fibonacci spiral in Inkscape using an extension. https://youtu.be/4NXuo8fe7kk However the extension crashes in my version of Inkscape (1.2-alpha). Anyone know of a different technique for drawing the spiral?
Some letters in devangiri may appear on top of each other, or maybe next to each other with both of them halved. Like this: खा. This is actually a combination of 2 letters,ख and ी. I'm working with fontstruct, and I was wondering how I could replicate this myself.
When I have selected a text object and use the text tool, the insertion point is not having a visible cursor. When I type a letter, I see one cursor blink and then the cursor turns invisible again. After one blink, the cursor is not visible any longer. Is there an idea behind not being able to see the cursor? How do...
I'm trying to put together a diagram in Adobe Illustrator, and I'd like to be able to move things around freely so I can find what works best. For instance, I have the following diagram and I'd like to be able to move things around. I've been careful to put the arrow in the center of the two boxes very carefully. I'd ...
Here's my actual object: It's 100x92,071px. I'd like to select (and export) a 100x100px box/viewport, with the image centered horizontally/vertically. i.e. increase the canvas, keeping my object centered (and not stretched). How can I do it? I'm using Illustrator 23.1.
I have created a path, say a square. I have then applied paths effects, e.g. lattice deformation, which has turned my square into a rhombus. If I now select the "Edit path by node" tool, I see that the nodes are still those of the square, plus those of the lattice. This is also the case for a duplicate or a copy of tha...
If I have two virtually similar files: 1200DPI Bitmap TIFF, placed in InDesign with 100%K 1200DPI CMYK TIFF, same art as #1, lineart thresholded and now at 100%K And both are on white backgrounds (so no need for the benefits of Bitmap having transparency), would there actually be a difference in submitting to the pri...
I have placed a SVG logo in my InDesign doc. It is completely white. I selected to edit in Illustrator, as I want to change the white to yellow. I've tried edit colours and the 'recolour artwork' option is greyed out, or if it lets me do it, it does nothing to the artwork. I swear this can't be that difficult – it's SV...
I am creating a PDF document in which I need to include some annotated, syntax-highlighted source code. The individual code snippets should be PDF files with selectable text, so no .png or .jpg images. Some examples of how I would like the result to look like are at the end of this question. As I have no graphics desig...
New to graphic design, I'm wondering if there is a way to go about creating this kind of old roman or byzantine era-esque mosaic tile effect in a less time intensive way? I've seen brushes for sale, but can it be done without purchasing any additional materials? Other than mapping out an image block for block, I'm a bi...
I would like to reach the same effect on the sides of a simple polygon, as this below image shows: I have created a shape in PS, and it has some kind of "semi-transparent" edges, but not like this. How can I get this effect? Based on @wolff suggestion I have added the Gaussian blur to a copy of the shape, but somehow...

Subsets and Splits

No community queries yet

The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.