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I've only ever seen this done on one project, I can't remember the name or where I saw it but I did take a screenshot because I loved the idea. I want to put a halftone/bitmap effect on an image, but not like usual where there is only 1 pattern at different sizes. Instead the there are several patterns that stay the sa...
Here is the shape itself, just so you have a general reference I created it with a path tool, but it ended up being two shapes, regardless, they seem to have identical points, the join function doesn't work on either corner My actual issue is this - when attempting to fill in the shape, regardless of whether I group...
Burgundy, Forest Green, Navy/Royal Blue, to me, all have a darker, richer shade than their primary color counterparts. We identify lighter, duller shades as pastel, do we have a word for darker and richer?
Adding a "Border" via "Right click -> Select -> Border and specify the width of the border" doesn't allow adding a Negative value, which would overlay the image. It only allows you to add width to the image, I'm looking to keep the width of the image and outline the edge with a different color. I have tried using "shr...
I have some experience with adobe photishop. I know how to select a part of an image (or layer) and to resize/transform it (ctrl-T). Because I do not have Adobe photoshop at home, but paint shop pro instead (came free with the notebook), I am looking for the same operation in paint shop pro. I have a layer which is to...
I tried to change to CPU preview, also to unlock some of my frames, but it doesn't work.
I have various images of shadows. I need to round the opacity of all pixels that actually have a color, to either 0% or 100%, depending on their original opacity. Here's all pixels below 25% opacity set to 0%, and the rest set to 100%: Here's all pixels below 75% opacity set to 0%, and the rest set to 100%: These bo...
I'm learning AI by following this video. However, I cannot find the shape tool button of the video on my left. I have much less buttons than in the video. Could anyone help?
How can I add superscript text to text in GIMP? I am looking for other solutions than adding another textbox with just smaller font size...
Here is what I tried: Save this maths formula from Wiki as SVG Open the SVG in Adobe Illustrator Save it as PDF (File / Save as / Format PDF) I noticed that the file size of the PDF is 60x times larger (600KB bs. 10KB). While I can accept that PDF is a somewhat bloated, proprietary format, I still cannot believe thi...
help appreciated, don't have enough experience with fonts to get a good idea of how to copy one
I've read several tutorials and watched quite a few videos but none of them are working. I am using GIMP and wanting to change color of this icon to the following hex color. Hex color - #006b5f The logo I have attached, can someone please, please help me. I am needing to get this sorted asap and have been trying since ...
I started with two PNGs. Their sizes were 296 KB and 222 KB. Then I converted the two PNGs to JPGs using Paint 3D, and their sizes were reduced to 189 KB and 164 KB. I made animated GIFs out of both sets of images, and the GIF made from the larger PNGs took up less space than the ones made from the JPGs. The difference...
Is there any way in AI to past an object at a specific location in my artboard and not let it paste somewhere random? For example, I would like to paste an object several times and not drag it and relocate it every time I paste. Example: I am trying to paste the Chinese word on the front of every t-shirt. By Pasting, A...
I am working with labels on a choropleth map, all imported from a PDF in QGIS. Because of issues related to the text when importing the file, I need to replace the label on each polygon. For some reason, though, Inkscape is now showing all the text below the polygons instead of above them: I have even tried adding the...
I recently started learning Adobe Illistrator and I'm trying to make a gradient follow a loop. From what I could find online, I've learned how to make a gradient follow a path, but I can't find anything that involves a path that overlaps in a loop. What I have in mind is something like this, where the gradient follows ...
I have two mosaic images that I wish to blend together, one in blue and one in magenta. [\1] The first approach is to add a mask of gradient opacity onto one of them, and then simply put the gradient one onto the other. [2] However, the result didn't seem to be balanced. The one with the mask always ends up to be less...
How can I preview Lottie JSON files after creating them? When I try to view the files, they just open the code in Notepad! :@ I would like to watch the animation like I do after creating a GIF file. Is there any way I can watch a Lottie JSON file like this?
I created one documentry in Illustrator (1000 px x 1000 px). then I draw my illustration in 200 px x 200 px cube. so that the total 25 cubes cover the 1000px x 1000 px area. but when I copy paste that 200px x200 px cube in photoshop it becomes so bigger! my photoshop document on which I pasted is also 1000px x 1000 p...
I'm preparing an important pitch tech. The previous designer made the following design. I'm fine with the overall-style. However, for the slides "Business Development", I would like the content (the texts, the big circle and the three circle insides) to look more apparent, strong, and confident. I feel the image on the...
I'm fiddling with compound paths and discovered something I cannot explain. It's baffling me. Create two text objects (e.g. A, B). Outline both, ungroup, release compound path and remove the bowl objects from the B and the triangle from A. You'll now have two closed paths that are the outline of the letter. Make a co...
In AI, we could go to the menu "View" => "Presentation Mode" to preview entirely an artboard. I would like to know if there is a shortcut to do that. I tried Command+Y on Mac, but it did not work. Does anyone know?
I'm a beginner of AI. I very often need to left-align two text boxes. Sometimes, I can just move one around the other, and a "glyphbound" can appear. But the "glyphbound" does not always appear. I understand that there are point type and area type, but it does not seem that they are related to this alignment. Are there...
I would like to draw a polygon as follows. I know how to use pen tool or shape builder tool (1 rectangle + 1 triangle - 1 triangle) to do this. But when I modify the width of shape by moving the anchor, the angle of the triangle change as well. I don't want it to happen; I'm looking for a way to change the width of the...
If I good understand developer can use SF Pro symbols in Apple products only, on iPhone, Mac, iPad. But if we develop something also for web, it can not be used, do you know any similar icon set can be used for web? Those icons we need:
The following are 4 text boxes. I would like to relocate lmn such that the vertical distance between lmn and hij is the same as the vertical distance between efg and abc. Does anyone know how to do that?
Does anyone know how to create this kind of blur on a shape? I guess it's easiest in Photoshop.
In Adobe Photoshop is there a way to have multiple layers selected and then delete pixels in a selection from them? The closest I could think of is to add them to a group and apply a mask created from the selection, but my preference is to destructively delete. Alternately perhaps there's a way to program an action to ...
What is this design called? (Cramming words into an area with some words bigger than others) Are there tools to create this on the fly eg. Wordpress plugin. Picture is just an example I found on google.
I draw one shape in Photoshop. Later I draw another on it and wanna merge them both. No way I can do it. Please help. :( My combine shape option is active. Still I cant make it happen :@
I'm modelling a house using SketchUp. I noticed that some parts of the house have different colors while modelling, and these parts are not printed when I send the project to a 3D printer (figure below). I didn't change any parameter when I drew this roof, so what's happening here? Can I do something to fix this proble...
I've got little problem here. Let's see, I want to make pizza slice like object, and I have made it.But when I want to make the object duplicate and rotate, it goes like this I want to know how to measure the pizza slice objects and make it fit to the circle shape in the background.
I have an xcf file that is comprised of a series of layers The first layer, called "background" holds an image that will be manipulated by the script. The other layers named 1,2,3,4 etc all hold masks that will be used to manipulate the background. The first step is to duplicate the "background" layer and rename the co...
I do not know if this is the right platform to ask this or not. When we upload our original work on a platform like Behance or Dribble should we use a watermark on those works? In past, I have been a victim of being robbed, my original ideas and works were snatched by Ethicless humans :@, So I need to know this. I spen...
Is it technically possible to make an SVG image of shapes with a shared border, or is there some technical limitation? I have this image of tessellations where a border is shared, and I'm wondering if it is actually possible to represent it with SVG? I have created this image with Inkscape bezier curve tool and "joine...
Can anybody help me with a macro? I want to save as PDF a multiple page facing page booklet from Corel draw but CorelDraw 2020 not save as Printer's spread mode. I want a macro what can arrange the pages in Printers spreads order. Thank you.
When drawing vector art in Illustrator, it is often the case that I wish to add highlights to a filled and stroked shape via a path with opacity. However, when I try to do this, the highlight bleeds into the outline of the shape, like this: Notice how the white stroke is on top of the outline of the circle. I want it ...
I'm talking about the background of this picture. For sure It's not a simple solid blue color. Is there any specific name for it?
Sometimes I want to test out new colours using online sources like https://coolors.co/palette/a41623-f85e00-ffb563-ffd29d-918450. Is there a way to quickly exchange the colours in my document? I already found swatches. But there you have to manually change each color individually. Is there such a feature like in Powerp...
I'm opening a client file that was created through a design agency in Indesign but the Tables are not formatting corectly - rather, just text boxes and nothing like the PDF the designers also sent over. Would be grateful if anyone could help with this! How it's looking: What it should be looking like:
I am trying to use the 3D effect on a path. However, adding the effect does not change the path visually and returns the message: '3D and Materials' effect currently works only on some object types and cannot apply as multiple instances. I assumed it was due to the path having the fill be a gradient, so I have tried ...
I wonder if this kind of cartoon style has a specific name. They were acquired from a specific artist, but I can't find similar assets that integrate well with them, and I even tried adjusting in Photoshop other images to fit this style, with no success. I noticed they use bright colors (but few of them to highlight th...
I am trying to draw some hair. But the shape layer acts weird in photoshop. Why does it become so pointy? How can I make it look natural Like I can adjust the limit in AI, is there any way I can do that in PS? Thank you.
I'd like to recreate one of these examples. Is it possible to do this with Adobe Illustrator? Another software?
On this answer on Stack Overflow I see this image, with portions of it blurred out for privacy/security reasons: How do I do this in GIMP?
Like this: I think this created with a specific program, because I've seen this 3d model at 10+ different site. I did research for 6 hours, but I can't find it.
I am following one tutorial. There the tutor draws a rollercoaster in Ai. I try to draw the same. my understanding is she used a pattern brush to draw the rollercoaster. (She didn't show tho how did she draw it) But my brush pattern shows a gap. I changed the setting and applied it to stroke but it does not go away. H...
First off, I'm not sure if this is even possible but considering how long Photoshop has been around and how "powerful" it is, I don't see why I can't. I'm trying to edit sprite sheets with graphics that have lots of transparency on them. I want to move a selection without having the marquee crop itself around image. So...
In Adobe Illustrator, I create a mesh grid, transform it to obtain an isometric perspective, and then apply an Envelope Distort from a mesh to obtain a bulge that resembles a bivariate (3D) Gaussian distribution (a.k.a. bell curve). Question: How can I remove or hide the "hidden lines", i.e., those that would be hidde...
Working with a small business that has recently migrated from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. Their current font choice is Montserrat but this is a Google Font. Can anyone recommend a native Microsoft 365 font that is most similar to Montserrat? The desired outcome is to be able to create documents within Microsoft ...
So I created one banner in photoshop. I exported it as photoshop PDF last year. when I open that in acrobat it is perfect. but recently I have had to export it again but when I open it in acrobat the font is pixelated. PSD settings: 1754px X 2480px (300ppi) My export setting: Save as copy -> Adobe PDF -> Adobe PDF sett...
want to make a work with distortion in photoshop or illustrator.
I follow this tutorial, when I follow his steps, I get this result Meanwhile, here is his result I don't know what making this wrong, I am sure I follow his step by step to this point. Why can this be happening? Here is my file https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ncgBV8tIlI1O-FTxmqwnPgauUqte7U-/view?usp=sharing
I can't believe I have to post such stuff! I saw a lot of tutorials on how to drag layers from the main layer, after applying release to layer sequence! But no way I can do that! I tried several times! and I did this many times :@ Why do AI Layers doing such misbehavior to me? :@
I have downloaded Lato from Google Fonts, which is the original version. Lato was later extended to include more characters, and this version can be found at latofonts.com (among other locations). I've tried both of them in my website but they have completely different proportions. I prefer the original proportions but...
I have multiple layers (images of a playing card set) that are in different resolution and sizes. I would like to scale all these layers to have the same size. How can I do that? What I have tried: Using the link tool will scale them all proportinaly but I want them to be the same size. Scaling a layer and then using ...
I'm new to gimp and need to create many diagrams in gimp. I would like a quick way to draw a line that looks like a hose/pipe between pieces of equipment. It doesn't have to be perfect but quick to do and recognizable as a pipe/hose. The method I used to draw this was in QGIS, but it is very time consuming and memor...
The font here is the one I'm looking for, it looks similar to Chilopod, but not as round.
I was trying to create a data visualization with this style in illustrator by using these shapes from a chart data Obviously you can create this using blend tools and path, however, if it's from a chart or data, it should be as close as possible. I can manually adjust the shape but if its like 100-200 lines, it's goi...
I have been working on svg based design and I am having a problem with objects having infinitely small spaces between them after division by another object. This also gets rendered this way. I have always been solving it by increasing size of that object by moving it slightly, but this is far from an optimal solution. ...
I have an SVG file made by someone else, which I'd like to insert into Powerpoint such that its background (the white pixels in the image below) appears transparent and reveals the content in the layer below. Exporting the SVG as PNG in Inkscape 1.2.1 doesn't result in an image with transparent background. Likewise if ...
For instance lets say that I create a wallpaper featuring the names of the heroes from the video games Dota 2 or Smite and sell it. Is this a IP violation/infringement? Or it can be done without license from the IP holders?
I'm looking for the font for "Los Koopalings Han Raptado a la Princesa... Esto es obra de Bowser." Can you help me identify this font as well Update I know what one of them is now the second font shown is Pixel Arial 11.
I've just updated my Adobe Illustrator version to the 2023 version. Unfortunately by doing so I lost all my customized presets from the previous version a) can I restore them? b) what do I have to do to keep all presets when I am updating Illustrator next time? Can I save presets somewhere and import them later on? Man...
How can I get a straight line that starts thin and gets thicker? Of course I can achieve something with the width profiles -> see image above. It must also be possible to change the thickness of the line afterwards. it must be possible for the line to be even thicker at the beginning. I want it to increase in thicknes...
I am trying to prepare some vector drawings for publication, of which the outlet in question require the images to be submitted as TIFFs. I have been doing the images in Adobe Illustrator, but I've noticed that when I do this it tends to flatten the vector artwork into a single layer, but not completely flatten the art...
I'm trying to design a book (my own book) and I want edge to edge images. I added bleed to the design and when I convert it to PDF it looks like this: That's the corner between 4 pages (2 spreads) and a ribbon of image got moved to the previous page. Why is that? how do I avoid it? I imagine because of how print works...
Resizing Ellipse Select Tool using Ctrl+Shift or just using Shift have suddenly stopped working. Resize with Ctrl still works but is useless since I cannot get a perfect circle anymore. When I resize and then press Shift, it all of a sudden turns into a small selection area that does not move at all with the cursor mar...
I followed this tutorial on how to dock the toolbar options but it doesn't work for me on Windows 7. I'm using 2.10.32. Nothing happens when I drag the Tool Options into the Toolbox. I also cannot dock the Toobox on the left side. They all float around. How do I get them all docked automatically?
I have guides in Adobe Illustrator that I can't move. They look like this: I can't even select them. Any ideas why would that be? How do I move them? Guides are not locked:
I'm trying to learn perspective from a book and it says that 1 point perspective can only have 1 vanishing point, so I'm assuming that 2 points can have more than 2 vanishing points.
I have two images: One with a white background and one with a black background How can I remove the difference and replace it with transparency using GIMP?
In scientific publications, one often finds data plots. They are usually shown individually or in groups (two or three side by side, or in multi-row panels). Imagine one has full flexibility to design the plots for a specific publication to any horizontal/vertical size. What are good principles to decide on the followi...
I am trying to create a pie chart in which I am having two separate values. The bigger number The smaller number I am representing the bigger number as an outer circle radius, but the problem is I want to create the exact amount of it.
What is the best way to achieve this effect in Photoshop?
So, I'm a grad student trying to submit a scientific paper for publication. One requirement is that all graphs need to be .tiff with CMYK colors. Graphs were made in R and Inkscape, and that's pretty much everything I've ever used. Googled around a bit, but everyone just talks about photoshop. There's no way my univers...
I have no problem using the XML editor of Inkscape 1.2, since it's well-explained, but when I rename the pattern, the image I've imported goes blank, and also the list of patterns goes blank screenshot before screenshot after I'm using Windows 7 Can someone correct what I've done wrong...
I'm attempting to recreate these paintings digitally, but having a very difficult time achieving a similar gradient. I'm pretty new to illustrator, so I'm not sure if it's meant to be a gradient stretched across a grid, or if there are opacity masks involved. I know it's not possible to completely replicate the touches...
Is this possible? it seems I can only get a word count when specifically highlighting text. Is it possible to get the total word count for all of the text in an ID document?
I am trying to create a selection from a pattern. I created the pattern, then a fill layer, now I have this: What I am actually trying to achieve is to delete lines from a picture. The solution I imagined to do this is to create such a pattern, then create a selection from this pattern, and use the selection to delete...
What bevel and Emboss settings do I have to change to make the metal wings in the first image look like the wings in the second image. First Image Second Image
I'm trying to export 3 differently-sized images as PNGs in Figma. I'd like each image to be contained in the same sized box when exported. Some things I've tried: Adding a transparent rectangle with the size I want behind them. Adding a frame to each with the size I want. Using a group with the dimensions I want. Swit...
Is it okay for me to have artwork that has already been sold in my portfolio? Or does all of the work I put in my portfolio need to be for sale?
Is there any possibility to be able to write using alt + [] to make diactric marks (Polish), while having Adobe Illustrator in English language? Using for example alt + e only results in starting export command. After choosing Polish language in Characters options, shortcuts still not working. After choosing Polish in ...
My Photoshop is unable to open MP4 / video files. It either is stuck on Reading Media Forma or says: “Connecting to Dynamic Link server failed”. This issue occurs despite trying things like uninstalling all Adobe apps, then renaming the Adobe folders, and running the Creative Cloud Cleaner tool. Disabling GPU accelera...
Being completely new to Gimp, I can't seem to create something like this: Any direction on how to proceed? I started out with creating a circle with ellipse select tool, then filling it with brush stroke, and then proceeded to manually create those radial spikes using a brush with basic dynamics, with a fade. Spent ne...
I'm looking for the correct printing terms to describe the attached image of an early trading card. It seems to be some form of chromolithography. Does this sound correct? Are there more specific terms to describe the color stippled style? Thx.
I wish to create a watch index picture with Inkscape. I know I can use LPE's Rotate copies function, but somehow I can't find the correct values. I wish to rotate this little red rectangle at 30 degree: Facts: Image is in pixel unit everywhere. This bar is roughly 4*10px This bar's center point is exactly at x=225, y...
There are 9 characters are found with Left Half Circle in Unicode: Left Half Circle Left Half Circle With Dot Left Half Circle With Four Dots Left Half Circle With Three Dots Left Half Circle With Two Dots ◖ Left Half Black Circle ⨭ Plus Sign In Left Half Circle ⨴ Multiplication Sign In Left Half Circle ◐ Circle w...
I tried to search online for these texts (with all font ID sites recommended), but couldn't find the correct one, please help me. I don't have characters, only numbers, that's the hard part: , , Closer look: , , I think this is some basic font, but couldn't figured it out (yet).
Seems like a simple thing. If the answer exists elsewhere please help me with the link. There exists a possibility to scale an object or a group to a specific percentage. For this one can use e.g. Command/Ctrl+Shift+M to get transformation dialog and set scale there for X and Y dimensions. How to do the same thing for ...
I'm able to Shift+LMB on the eye icon of a layer to make it the only visible layer. The problem is that after I finish editing, there is no way to return to the individual visibility setting of each layer. Everything gets visible again when I do Shift+LMB including the layers that were previously not visible. The thing...
I'm using Gimp. I have a new layer with a cropped-to-content square image overlapping the original image and I would like to crop to selection. When I press Ctrl+A on the top layer and then choose Crop To Selection, it doesn't crop the whole canvass to square. I assume Ctrl+A does a select around the whole canvass inst...
I have InDesign 2022, v. 17.2 and it randomly started giving me this issue where my apostrophes are unretrievable, instead always displaying as ">" no matter what font I'm using. Help?
As a programmer, I was doing some Unicode testing and I figured out that the -character gives an awesome testing candidate. Now, 2 weeks later, I was wondering how these Unicode symbols would be used in practice. To me it seems that you can't write a music piece in a text editor that way, since you can't overlap the ch...
I have an irregular shape that is going to be printed. The printing requires a 0.125" bleed. The shape is created through a clipping mask to isolate the object from a background. How do I add a bleed around this shape so the design is not cut off?
Suppose I'm viewing some PDF, which contains math problems, in fullscreen mode. I'd like to create a textbox, or something similar, to write down my solutions. How would I go about doing so?
I wish to wrap text onto a circle. I know I could select first the circle, then the text, but I wish to put multiple text on the same circle, and align them evenly, to reach something similar like this: If I select multiple texts and the circle, Text/Put on Path doesn't do anything. Tried putting them one-by-one to th...
Inkscape has a function "Make a bitmap copy" that converts a selection of items in a document into a raster image, in place. Is there an equivalent function available in Adobe InDesign? What I am trying to achieve is to replace a complex vector image, which takes a long time to render in an exported PDF, by a rasterize...
I have a set of objects that are placed a certain way and now I want to rotate the whole arrangement. However, if I use the transform-handles it changes the orientation of the objects as well: How can I rotate the placement, while keeping the individual objects the right way up? (This question and answer was inspired ...

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