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I'd like to stack multiple objects (e.g., circles touching one another in a vertical tower, or rectangles and circles alternating in a tower) but can't work out how to do it. Conceptually, the problem seems to be the same as distributing objects with zero space between them but so far I have only been able to do that b...
I would like to essentially recreate the following figure in Inkscape, but I don't know how I might go about the "particle cloud". Is that something I can do in Inkscape?
I want to make this hud element as close as possible: but with easily changeable text and numbers without having to redo the blur and stripes. I've made this (PSD link): but don't know how to make that stripes fully masked by the glow(blur) of the numbers, the stripes have overlay blending mode, but it seems that th...
This question might possibly not satisfy SE standards, but I would really need help and I am running out of time.. I need to create a regular mesh within a rectangle, sort of a texture, made of lines inclined at 45 and 135 degrees. I created a series of lines using the "Fusion tool", then put a rectangle in the middle,...
I think the tool's called "Distort" in Fireworks, but I'm not certain. Basically, I could resize just one side of the image. For example, from this: to this: Does Affinity Designer have something similar?
This is such a beginner question, but I want to ask how I can merge these two paths together and make them one object so I can fill color in. I've tried to use the shape builder, and it simply connects the outer shape and separates the other two paths. It also changes my width modification like in the pic. If it's no...
I have recently begun learning how to cast shadows with isometric objects, but I feel like I am missing something in the case of the object below At first I simply believed that I could follow the same general process as with a simple cube, but that resulted in this first attempt. As you can see, I have found some of ...
I have a path which I rotated 45 degrees. I want to make it longer without changing the width. Is there any way to do it other than scaling the original path and then rotating it 45 degrees?
-I‘m trying to make a 1:1 rust/abstract backround image in Photoshop -i try it with so far with filter>render>clouds+different clouds+curves -the picture is a example template
I'm trying to create a watchface for my wristband and the only form of image I'm supposed to play with is a bmp image, 16bit depth, 300 KB size or lower. It seems impossible to combine these 3, Please help. Thank you! " If this layer is a background layer, the background format is only supported in BMP -- Advanced mode...
I have a Bezier curve along which I would like to add shapes at a nominal number of equidistant points between its two nodes. So far, I have selected the two bounding nodes of the curve and added intermediate nodes between them. I have then used those nodes with snap functionality to position the shapes. This produced ...
I apologize in advance for the awful title and for the long question. I just want to explain what I've done, since I'm new with Affinity Designer. I'm trying to use the "Subtract" tool to subtract text from a group of squares. My first step: I drew 2 squares, grouped them, and then added "emboss" to the group. So far i...
A few decades ago I used one simple but very productive modelling feature in 3D Studio 4 for MS DOS (before it became 3ds Max). Namely, by assigning two mutually perpendicular 2D shapes in e.g. xy and xz planes as cross sections it was possible to create a 3D object very fast and simply. I cannot remember the exact pro...
I am learning 3 point perspective shadows and am having some trouble with this particular case. See image below: I already understand how to cast shadows as you can see I have done with the bottom cube shape. The problem I am having now is that I can't determine exactly where the ground would be for the points of the ...
I have an image with several elements. I would like to export them all. The only way I found is to let the Object Selection tool automatically find all objects in my image, then one by one make a layer and export that layer to PNG. The problem is, every time I create a new layer, I have to select the original layer aga...
This is a follow-up to this question: Affinity Designer: Add emboss text to group with embossing? I was able to group the three squares and subtract the letters from the group: But now I want to add a slight "emboss" to the middle square so there's sort of a division between the middle square and the other two squares...
When I save my SVG file as a pdf with Inkscape or other converting tools like cloud convert etc. the graphic in the center is disappearing or it will be deleted respectively. I tried different ways to fix that problem, like converting the element into a path or firstly save the SVG file as a png, tiff, jpeg etc. but no...
I'd like to make a (Latin, English) bitmap-stle cursive font in FontForge. I want to treat initial, final, medial, and isolated forms of some letters. I cannot figure out how to get this to work. (Ligatures are working fine). Here is a minimal example of what I tried: Make a minimal bitmap font for testing Open fontfo...
I was editing a bitmap font in FontForge (via a single default 12 pt bitmap strike). At some point, I lost the ability to change the widths of characters using Metrics → Set Width…, either in the character map or character editor dialogs. Glyphs already drawn retain the previous widths. Empty glyph slots now default to...
The opacity and position of my element in my PDF file, which I created with inkscape, disappears when I convert the PDF to a Word fileConverting a PDF, which is created with inkscape, into an Word file. I tried to change the element on the SVG file with converting the element to a path or group. I tried to convert the ...
I've used for quite some time the Inkscape application on Windows. When I used to save one of my drawings, automatically it did not save the entire document page as an SVG including the white contours, but the drawing's edges only, which was so useful. Now I've recently switched to macOS and this automatic behavior doe...
There is a Q&A "How do I wrap my drawings around a circle in Illustrator?" and I'd like to do this in CorelDraw. Any thoughts would be helpful.
I am looking for help identifying the curved font above. Font identification sites have been no help.
I've used the pen tool to create a number of intersecting, irregular paths. I want to use the irregular shapes created by the intersection--to fill the space, for example, or to change the lines to another color between the intersecting points. I've looked for solutions such as trying to add anchor points at the inters...
Greetings I've been recently working on a small piece of documentation file using beginner-level LaTeX. The acknowledgement and the purity of the documentation was satisfactory by now. Unfortunately, since the documentation file is not going to be conducted as physical-form composition, I have decided not to include a ...
Graphic designers use a variety of design elements to achieve artistic or decorative effects in print or electronic mediums to help determine the message the design should convey. Doesn't a graphic designer already know what message they have to convey?
I am tasked with retouching a variety of decorations to be used across small and large format print (up to 2000H x 3000mm W). What would be the best export, resolution and size settings to use? I am creating the assets from stock imagery so I am aware some limitations exist. CMYK and RBG exports are required in TIF for...
For my research I am going to create a new UI for a system and test if that makes people able to use the system better, able to learn it more easily and more satisfied. I test the first two with some tasks, but the last I think will require a questionnaire. I've looked around and found some papers and questionnaires bu...
What I'm trying to do Find all instances of paragraphs with a certain paragraph style. Cut the paragraphs and create a text frame where each group of paragraphs was. Apply an object style to the new text frame. Copy the cut text into the new text frame. Convert the new text frame to an interactive text field Why I'm ...
I downloaded a bunch of fonts and I've been having problems mostly with the script/cursive ones. You can see here how the font is glitching and it happens with every other font that's not far apart, aka the script or handwritten ones that are connected. And I've noticed that in the other typefaces the light/thin varia...
I have a laser cut plan that fits 3mm plywood I want to fit it to 4mm. How to do it in the fastest way in Inkscape without resize the entire plan?
I have an svg file with many linked raster images, I would like to embed them because the browser is not supporting linked images. Is there an automated way to embed all the linked images? Inkscape/svg: convert embedded images to external linked files do the opposit of what I want.
I have a two stop gradient in CMYK color mode (FOGRA). After converting the document to RGB mode (sRGB), there's a slight color shift between the two gradients. The RGB gradient is a bit redder/darker. Since the CMYK mode gradient was displayed on the screen, shouldn't I be able to exactly replicate its colors in RGB m...
If you had only an A4 printer without a tile printing capability, and you needed to create a 47 x 49 cm tiled print of an image, the original aspect ratio of the image, how would you proceed to assemble the image after printing on A4 pages?
I would like to add an anchor point on a line to divide it into 0.618 of its length and 0.382 of its length. How can this be done? If I need to do this quickly every time, is there a good method?
I tried searching through Google and YouTube for "how to balance your logo" but all I got was tips on balancing icon and text when icon is sitting exactly next to the text. But what if the icon is on top of the text? How big the icon should be? How much spacing should there be in between the icon and the logo text? Wha...
So I created an arch but every time I rotate it it will become distorted. I tried using shift+cntrl+E but that just said I was applying another effect to it. Can anyone help?
I've searched and can't seem to find anyone on the internet who has actually solved this problem. I've been dealing with this in over eight versions of illustrator over eight years, four computers, and three operating systems, and was wondering if anyone here has a solution. I have snap to grid on as well as the grid d...
Is creative cloud account is required to integrate Adobe Xd with Jira? There is no free way doing that?
If I converted a text into a path, then is it possible that I can convert it back again to text in Adobe Xd? If not then how to deal with this if I want a text back? is there any possible ways to tackle it? Please help. Thanks.
I've created some charts in Excel and would like to touch them up in Illustrator as vector files. But whenever I copy/paste, or export/import as PDF, or export as PDF then convert to SVG then import, the chart is a raster file. I see people saying that this process just involves a simple copy + paste. Am I missing some...
Problem seems to me so incredibly simple it boggles my mind it isnt a feature everywhere: When drawing a line/square/circle/any other shape the lines are automatically anti-aliased between primary and secondary color and some tweak-able settings. The question stems from the situation: I am not a pixel artist. I do not ...
I did a bitmap of a cloud texture in photoshop so i could bring it over to illustrator to overlay it on a poster. the texture on the poster seemed fine in illustrator but once i exported it as a jpeg/pdf it had a weird grid-like pattern when zoomed out. heres the picture of the weird grid-like pattern that i screenshot...
In Inkscape I have a large number of objects. I would like to select a random subset of these objects and change their width en masse. Is it possible to do this in Inkscape?
I am new to xd and I am working on multiple screens at a time, where I need to change the text color again and again. So by opening the fill bar and changing the color is little time consuming, can I achieve the same by using any shortcut key?? Please note I know I can do the same by defining the color in my assets pa...
I am trying to create an art brush. I choose 'tints and shades' while creating it but later it remains black, it doesn't pick the color I want it to be. why is this happening? please help. :'(
I do not believe that placeholder text (populated in a form's text field before PDF export) is currently an option. Anyone know any workarounds (bar manual inputting via Acrobat). Surprisingly, it doesn't appear to be an option in Acrobat's Rich Media tools either. Just in case I'm not clear - here is an example of wha...
If you watch this video at 7:50: https://youtu.be/VjCGJb5ltZM?t=470 You can see that the artist uses a flat brush, which she tilts to create a shape that is narrow at the beginning, then it widens, and then it tapers again. That's very effective in making those wave shapes. How would you reproduce that, or something t...
I've only created one other image before, and that one seemed to go pretty smoothly. Since I started this second project, however, I've found that I can't scale the default line thickness if I'm trying to use the "none" option in the shape dropdown list. The line defaults to .265, and if I reset the line manually it on...
I am creating a daily journal. I encountered problem when exporting interative pdf. The blue and orange dots are pngs. When I place the ai files into indesign and export as interactive PDF, the dots turn out to be in low quality, while the dots are displayed in good quality in InDesign. How can I solve this problem? :'...
I'm a fashion student and I'm designing a print for a piece of knitwear I am producing. I was wondering if anyone would know how to reproduce a gradient along the lines of the mock up attached. I would prefer it to be as a vector but am open to any method. Basically it wants to be a lot more accurate and with sharper ...
I am trying to create shading similar to this, where the shading is spikey, how would I go about doing that in illustrator?
so I am trying to recreate this wave effect that I found online. Just like the original image: I want about four smooth ridges from the center, as well as have the circle (focal point) in which they are emanating, to be small. original wave image The problem is, when I try and apply the Zig Zag effect to the lines, it ...
I only have 1 handler on the point. Is there a way to add the other one symmetrically ?
It's used on NHK( Japan Broadcasting Corparation ) logo. I have searched all over Google and everything.. It can't be found, witch is why I am asking here.. Thanks in advance..!! :):)
My goal is to hide the "child shape" part which is outside the "parent shape". See below the image, the green shape outside the black shape should not be seen. The problem is that after I clicked the "create clipping mask" instead of hiding the child shape that is outside the parent shape, the parent shape vanished. Th...
I have an image that I would like to cut out with a laser, however the SVG that I am using has many paths that are not connected, which will result in an incorrect cut. In order to cut correctly I need to join many of the paths together so that they are connected and will be cut as a solid piece instead of many tiny pi...
I would like to add some graphics to a Latex presentation using a wacom graphics tablet. I would like to use vector graphics, so the pdf output will stay small and look good in every resolution (if I print it or if the screen size varies). Of course, there should be the option for pngs/jpgs. I probably don't need it no...
I want to draw a circle with a radial gradient that starts at the exact center of the circle. Every google search simply says to "use gradient tool and drag where you want the gradient to start". Dragging is inaccurate, I want the gradient to start in the exact center of the circle not just an eyeballed estimate. What'...
I'm making an instruction manual on InDesign. I have pictures which have been exported from CAD software and then refined in Illustrator. They are line drawings and I want to have a consistent stroke width in every drawing on the document. The problem is that the stroke width changes when I resize the drawings in InDes...
I often work with a large number of small images, so I would prefer them to be embed rather than linked. Is it possible to tell InDesign to insert images as embed ones by default?
On Windows, the default screen DPI (aka PPI) is 96. On macOS, as far as I know, it is still 72 (note that we talk about images, not text!). Because of this, when I open InDesign on Windows and place there a 72-dpi image, it looks larger (compared to how it looks in web browser, hence web browser doesn't care about DPI)...
I opened a PNG image as a layer in Gimp, expecting the background to be transparent. Instead, the whole squared background is visible and covering the image under it. What exactly am I doing wrong and how can I solve it?
I want to be able to make a stroke that only becomes wider, but in affinity designer, it seems that the start and end has to be the same width. Is there a way? AI width tool: Affinity designer:
Currently, I can share my edits from adobe Lightroom, so Lightroom users can use my edit as preset or they can learn, how I edited my photos. But I saw a 'Learn' option in Lightroom where Editors shared detailed editing tutorials. https://lightroom.adobe.com/learn/tutorial/ My question is, Can I make similar tutorials ...
I thought this would be asked somewhere before, but I can't find it. So if you have any good links for me to read please let me know. How much do Pantone (especially Pantone Solid Coated) and sRGB "overlap"? Is it possible to classify pantone somewhere in a graphic like this? Does sRGB cover every Pantone color and ca...
I am currently working with an .ai file which has many many layers. I would be taking the same file to after effects later. I don't need to transport all those layers to AE. As I am moving through the layers in Layers panel in AI, I am selecting Layers for which I need to toggle the visibility off. I was wondering is i...
InDesign is amazing, but how can I set table column widths without dragging their borders with the mouse? I mean (= I hope to find) a window where I can specify the width of each column, either in picas/points or percentage. Does it exist somewhere? Something like this: Or, what is the "mainstream" or recommended way ...
I am using Adobe Illustrator to generate SVG files. However, I find that when I try to export a textual element with multiple lines, that element is exported as svg paths, not svg text elements. If the textual element DOES contain a single line, the export works as expected. This Adobe Illustrator text element has mul...
When I read the feedback and conclusions from my earlier post here: is there a way to clone and mirror at the same time in Krita? it seems to me that an object reflected on a relatively calm water surface should appear approximately vertically mirrored, with all the caveats examined in the post. So what about night lig...
I usually select my user-defined swatches when recoloring an artwork in Illustrator (Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor With Preset). My .ase files are in the Illustrator Application folder, inside Presets > en_US > Swatches Yet I cannot find them in the drop-down menu
I can't understand why when I manipulate the handle on the last anchor point of my path, it does not affect the curve of the path segment, whereas if I manipulate the handle on the first anchor point, it does affect the segment curve. Please see the example video, where the handle on the first anchor point (on the rig...
My project is to implement a four color design in vinyl using a cutter/plotter, so each color needs to be cut separately. My plan had been to simply produce a PDF of the separations and send each of those to the cutter. It's been awhile but in a former career I used to do this regularly to create screens for screen pr...
I really like the art an graphics that twitter does. It looks really cool. I wanna know what is the name of this type of background : I mean is it gradient? Or... IDK. Please help. I really like this type of art
I am new to photoshop. Using Photoshop 2022 latest update. I am learning it. Now the issue is (Not sure if it is an issue. Couldn't find any use full info on search) I opened an image Added a clipping mask Took the Brush Tool to paint some shadow Changed the Opacity to 6% Then painted on the Clipping mask layer Now i...
I work on A4 sized artboards most of the time. However, when I open a file (saved as PDF), AI always opens it zoomed out (about 60%) which is too small for me to see the details. Having to press cmd+0 every single time a file opens is starting to get on my nerves, and I've tried searching for a "open at zoom level x as...
I am very new to adobe xd, and I have installed some of the plugins in it. But the problem is that whenever I clear my %Temp% and Temp data from my windows to speed up, all my plugins get uninstall automatically. This is very time-consuming also, it's difficult to remember the plugin names again and again. Note: Somet...
I am making a logo for an web application using Figma. What I got so far is: I managed to show the D linked into the P by coloring in one of the intersects of the two letters. But is there a better way to do this? Because of so many of the pencil marks, the SVG file is larger than the PNG. I am fine with using somethi...
I am trying to figure out how to write a contract for a design service, and make sure my pricing is fair. Any help would be greatly appreciated have no idea where to start with the contract. I have already completed the designs and the invoice, I have looked up the average cost of designs and came ups with the followin...
I use the Export for Screens feature to make the various needed resolutions for iOS devices. Since this project targets iOS, iPadOS and macOS, it's a lot of sizes, like 9 or 10. It doesn't save these between sessions. This make tweaking and reexport very tedious. Is there any way of making this less onerous? I don't se...
I'm trying to recreate this effect, or something similar, in Illustrator. I've tried messing around with blends and the transform effect, but so far I haven't had much luck wrapping my brain around how this is done.
I know how to use the Convert Point tool to convert smooth points to corner points and vice versa, as shown below: I also know how to use the Convert Point tool to 'break' the handles, so they can be adjusted independently. However, what I can't seem to figure out is how to convert an anchor point into a corner point ...
I am just a front end design buff. Now a days I am observing website design looking like Apple's UI design for it's mac and ios applications, but not able to find any article or tutorial explaining this design trend or design kit. Here ~are~ ~some~ websites which uses such theme: Only this looks like that https://coo...
One of reasons I prefer CorelDraw (or any other) over illustrator is that CorelDraw tools are dynamic i.e. when I click on one tools, its more options and features appear in the above tools bar. For some reasons I want to use illustrator in some cases and I want to know Q: Is there a way to make illustrator tools dyna...
I don't do photoshop often but right now i'm trying to get the info of an inscryption card, without the background. if this makes sense it's similar to a visual version of audio clipping(when you isolate vocals of a song by taking the song and the instrumental and cancelling the instrumentals out). I have a blank versi...
I visited the John Crerar Library at UChicago, and the font used in its interior looks fantastic to me. I tried searching on WhatTheFont, and it told me the font is BB Manual Mono™ (Pro), but I don't think the result is accurate because the shape of the ampersand sign differs quite a bit. Here are some additional samp...
I recently installed CC and am using the zoom command + and I expect it usually to zoom in closer to where I am but it keeps jumping to another place on the screen. Assuming this can be fixed in preferences?
I cannot add a hyperlink in adobe xd text. I want a text which should show a hyperlink on drag or onclick of it. Like we can do in Figma by clicking the (CTRL + K) key. So my question is how can we do the same in adobe xd? Thank You.
I'm trying to figure out why on my exported files, some pages have crossed over onto each other. They are outside the bleed line so I expect them to be trimmed however, some tutorials, etc do not have this issue. What am I doing wrong? This is the first time I'm using InDesign. NB: I exported files from AI to InDesign ...
I tried to draw a circle inside a rectangle using the Draw Inside mode, and when I did it the stroke around the rectangle simply disappeared. Strangely, the fill stayed the same, of course apart from the new circle. It seems there's no way to get the initial stroke back. It was set to "inside", so should be visible, I ...
In an e-commerce website/platform where we get photos from our customers (their personal photo and PDF files), we want to make the photos SEO friendly. Should we ask our customers/users to use JPG only? sine PNG don't have editable text. Thanks.
The Inkscape tutorial (found under menu Help -> Tutorials -> Inkscape: Basic) says that in order to get the rotation handles of an object, I need to click it twice: Later it says that I can get objects below other objects by using Alt+click, and that I can still drag them by using Alt+drag: But it does not say how to...
I have an image thats locked on a layer but I am not sure which layer it is. Is there a way to direct select the image to unlock it instead of trying to hunt through my layers trying to find it?
In Adobe Photoshop (Version: 23.1.1 20220106.r.202 060a6d1 x64). What is the easiest way (as in effective and quick) of replacing the fabric backdrop on this image: To a solid light grey #f6f6f6? I know I can go around the subject with the Pen Tool and crop him out, but that takes a long time especially when you have...
I've used the shape builder tool to slice off the edge of some lines using a background shape as a guide. The background shape however now has lots of anchor points from where the lines intersected. Is there a way to avoid this or a different method?
I wonder if you can help.... I have an InDesign document. A fairly regular document, some text with lots of images. This is how I want it to appear. I created this document and then added a list of figures ot the end of the document, exactly as you would a table of contents. However, the image titles do not appear in ...
I just "discovered" that search (note: I talk about search, not replace!) doesn't work for text on locked layers. Some people suggest to enable "Include Locked Layers and Locked Objects" and "Include Locked Stories" options to workaround this issue, but this solution doesn't work for; neither for Anne-Marie, co-founder...
I just acquired a Wacom Intuos CTL4100, and I'm trying to use pressure sensitivity with Illustrator's calligraphic brush tool. I've set the Size to Pressure, and the Variation to match the Size, but the lines always end up having no variation in width. I have the feeling that there must be some way to set the sensitivi...
I am trying to export the canvas of an illustrator file only to svg but when I try to open the file, the drop shadow of the objects in my file are still visible outside the canvas. I am relatively new to Illustrator. See the shadows present at the top and bottom of the image.
how to convert b/w image (png, jpg) to vector form (.EPS, .SVG) without artifacts? The raster image is geometric vector patterns, I need convert it into vector form. I tried some online image to .svg converters, but resulting .svg show some artifacts visible. The original .png image have clean vector patterns, without ...

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