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How to convert a colored image to something light and something white background? here is an example:
I've got some text in the image and I need to match its style. I typed a text I wanted to add in and I was able to match the font and so on. The only thing I couldn't have done was to match the patten of the text. I've added some noise to make it look alike. It looks kind of close but not the same: If you zoom in you'll see that PB has got some light green dots and lighter dark hues. How could I transfer that to the RNOV. Is there soemthing I can do about that? Sample different areas, create a pattern and paint with it? I tried the clone stamp tool and the healing brush tool but I ended up with a messy inconsistent pattern and painted over the edges of the text. I don't know how to make some area not be affected by it. PS I'm like a newbie in PS :)
I've been working with GIMP for some time now and at the moment I'm creating some wood graphics for a game. For creating the wood, I first fill the image in brown, then apply some filters and finally I have my wood texture. The problem is that I need to get many different-sized textures. It would be really annoying always to always do each step manually. I'd prefer just to press one button and then GIMP knows to execute all the commands in sequence. Do I have to learn GIMP scripting (and if yes, where can I start) or is there a simpler way?
What is a good color to use for a button that will be put on an HTML page that uses this dark background color: #404040 ? I looked at various shades using Adobe's Kuler of the above mentioned background color (#7F7F7F, #FFFFFF, #E5E5E5) and I'm thinking about making a PhotoShop button using #7F7F7F. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I have found a website that sells posters that includes graphic design, and am now thinking of creating from scratch my own posters to sell on my website, using the same idea/concept (please note that I am not copying any of the already existing work, I start from a blank page). By using the same idea/concept for my own website (commercial use), am I infringing any copyright/IP law? Thank you guys!
I have a one-page document with approximately 150 different layers, each containing an individual set of user credentials. I'm now looking to print 150 copies of this document, one with each set of user credentials on it to send out to 150 different users. Is there an easy way of automating this process or should I just get started doing 150 manual export operations toggling a new layer each time? The layers are named with the name of the users so there is no numbering or such available for scripting a loop based on layer name. It doesn't matter if I end up with 150 different files or one with 150 pages.
In a square-angled bracket, what is the name of the short horizontal lines at the top/bottom of the vertical line? ex. [ ]
I have been trying to create a GIF using a sequence of PNGs within GIMP An example PNG from the sequence shows the correct transparency I want to be shown in the GIF, But when I process the PNG sequences in GIMP and create the GIF image, I get the following result: What am I doing wrong here? I have set the settings to create the animation frame by frame, additionaly making sure that the RGBA setting was selected. Can anyone show me a solution to this problem? Thanks, Chris
I've recently got into that "hipster" trend of long shadowing. I have seen this example quite a lot, and have tried replicating it myself. No efforts have been successful though. And even the close ones seemed like to much work for that effect. Main issue i'm having are the middle green triangles, and their shadows down. If you notice they fold over the background circle, which is another issue of mine. How can I replicate this technique as accurately as the image?
Any idea what this font is? See more of it: http://archive.org/details/XD300-23_68HighlightsAResearchCntAugHumanIntellect
I'm looking for fiction films that are either about graphic design, or have important elements of its history, and I'm a bit stuck. I'm not trying to find movies that would be inspiring for designers (that would be quite broad and subjective), but movies that touch the subject of design directly.
Can somebody tell me what font the word "BATMAN" is in this image? Or what any very similar font style to that.
I have layers with different elements in each layer. Each elemnt have their own margin from edge. Is it possible to export file to png\jpg\etc with overlayed layer with dimensions of each separate element (maybe text sizes too)? I mean smth like that:
I really need to know what font is in this image:
I have a PNG, its width is 1960px and height is 1583px. It is 3.3MB in total. When I go to Illustrator Live Trace > Photo High Fidelity, and then I expand the paths, the vector image is very good but the file size is now 8.9MB. I thought that when I convert to vectors it would have a smaller file size, but it increases. If I create a vector file from a photo will it always have a larger file size or is there a better way to convert and save them?
I am using Adobe Illustrator to design a number of full screen layouts for an iphone app. I want to achieve the exact same spacing from my desings in the final app. Currently the only way I know how to do this would be to turn on the guides and rulers and painstakingly measure each space between each object manually. Is there an easier alternative to this, be it a setting in Illustrator which can be switched on, plug-in, or some type of external program which can do this automatically. i.e Some way of quickly being able to automatically see a visual overlay representation of the vertical and horizontal spacing measurements between the individual elements, and possibly combined with the dimensions of the elements themselves. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
I haven't been to an AIGA event in a few years, and I've only been to a handful between the VT AIGA and Philly AIGA. What I remember between the two were they seemed great for students, and maybe print designers who would be interested in local print companies providing samples and giving their pitch. What I'd like to know is: Is AIGA worth it for professional web designers? The events I've been to seemed to be composed of 85% current students, and maybe 15% faculty from some of the local schools, and I don't think I ever met anyone at one of their events who was a web designer, unless they were a vendor trying to sell PSD to code services. So for those of you with experience in the organization, or who are actively involved, does it have much to offer for web designers, specifically those who've been out in the field for some time, not current students or very recent grads.
I have a huge amount of images that I would like to batch process with Photoshop (any version). They're all different shapes and sizes in terms of resolution and quality. I want to batch process them all to 70% quality and a max of 640px wide. The quality part is easy, it's the width that's causing me a problem. Some of the images are less than 640px wide so I don't want to resize these, just change their quality. Is there a way to not make those images 640px, just anything that is bigger than 640px? I'm talking thousands of images so it's not a manual job!!
I keep seeing quite a lot of stuff like the attached screenshot: At the moment, I usually fumble around with the pencil tool to draw a rough curve and then spend ages smoothing it before tiling it to create the circular pattern. More often than not, what I create isn't as 'crisp' geometrically as it could be. Here are two attempts. The one on the left was made by cutting up circles and creating the line joining the top spiral to the bottom 'tear drop' using the pen tool. The one on the right was just done with the pen tool. Both are a little bit rough around the edges and that is something I want to try and fix. What could I do to improve my workflow and achieve a better result?
I'm a beginner to GIMP, and I'd like to create a grid. I searched Google and all it gave me was to use the Filter > Render > Grid plugin, but for my job all I want to do is something like this: Let's say I have a square image that's 1530 x 1530, and I want the grid to be an 8 x 8 matrix with grid lines that are 1px wide. I don't want to calculate the right spacing on each grid cell as the grid filter gives me; I just want GIMP to calculate the right spacing and grid line width for this image. Is there a way to do it right?
I have a layer, which I would like to save as an image. See (the image is the complete button) When I choose the layer and choose file->save for web.. it save the image with the transparent background. I would like save the image without the background - just the image itself (which is way smaller than the full one) How can I do it? I am using PhotoShop CS5
I'm new to Illustrator. I've just started a new project and my artboard is appearing in front of the grid, per below. How do I force my artboard to appear behind the grid, so I can use it for my work? Also, I tried adjusting the grid dimension, but it appears it is pre-set to points. Can I just change the dimension to px and it will conform to pixels?
I often work on InDesign documents that have sections that are complete and that I want to export to PDF to share with a client but have other sections or pages that are work-in-progress that I would prefer to hide. My question is, is there a way to mark pages within InDesign as something like "skip-for-export" so that I don't have to manually delete those pages (and have the page numbers be out of order) after I complete my export? Thanks in advance, Michael
I'm making a letter M in Illustrator by using the pen tool and drawing half of the letter and then mirroring it with a transform effect. I noticed that when I zoom in there is a hairline space due to the fact that the edge is not 100% vertical. I've tried moving the anchor point around but I can't get it completely vertical even when holding shift.
I'm having some trouble resizing a group of vector objects in an illustration. These objects used to be lines until I expanded them into vector shapes, and before I scale them they look fine: But as soon as I scale them the width of these "lines" completely distort: These are the possible solutions I've already tried, but hasn't had any effect: Checking align to pixel grid Scaling after grouping objects checking scale strokes & effects If anyone has any idea what might be causing this, any help would be appreciated! EDIT: Included a download link to my file if anyone's interested: Get the .ai here
My First Question here, I have a lot of PSD's to work on in which my main job is to: Copy a layer/layers Make a new Document place/drag them into the new document Trim the image to size Save as a PNG File Then reduce their sizes to half and re-save Then, I have to make a hell lot of images so all this is very time consuming.. I want to create a shortcut. Is there any way, if I select on some layers or a layer, a shortcut to automatically open that layer in a separate document?
What are the essential must-read and industry magazines in the design & advertising world? (UK, printed) What should I expect to find on a coffee table at a high end design house? (Why? you ask...) I am about to launch a service aimed at designers and advertising houses, and want to know which are best to advertise in, the 2 I have to start with are Campaign and the British journal of photography.
How can I export a file that you could set it as a folder icon in Windows 7? And also, how do you get an application that has only one icon to change it's size when re-scaling? I set folder options to display large icons instead of normal and it changes icon, but when I go to application folder there is only one icon file. I could actually export it targa (TGA) format then I can set it as an icon, but transparency is set to black and quality is terrible. I browsed the Adobe forums and I couldn't find a solution anywhere. There are a lot of websites that convert PNG/JPG photos to ICO files, but I'd like to find out how to do it myself. Using Adobe Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6.
I am trying to optimise a vector graphic so it does align well to pixels but if I try to align-to-pixel grid I loose too much from the quality and I still need to be able to snap with 0.5px increments. How can I obtain this behaviour? … without loosing the pixel view feature.
I try to design a vector shape that will render good at different sizes. I do have an artboard for each icon size: 16x16, 24x24, 32x32 and I do want to "clone" my shape so I will be copied in each of these artboards, but when I modify it the change will propagate to the others. It is like having multiple instances of the same object.
When I try to delete a node in a space, by pressing DEL, the closed-shape it gets broken (not-continous anymore). How can I remove point from these without breaking them? Note: I used Illustrator CS6, is this makes a difference.
In regards to external services (Dribbble, Behance, and Deviant) what is the purpose of having a portfolio website but you link all your images externally and take a viewer away from the main site and purpose?
I'm trying to export the layers of my illustrator document into photoshop, but the only way to do so is one by one copy and pasting...are there any ways to mass export these layers while still preserving them as smart objects?
How do I create this type of effect with an image? I'm wondering how to get the thick edges and the tilted look. Is there an online tool that will convert a flat image to look like this? Source
Can anybody help me identify the fonts used here? The sign is WWII, circa 1943 if that helps. I've been digging around for hours and I can't seem to get it. Tried matching heavy on what the font - nothing is really close.
There are a lots of layers in my projects. Previously I have renamed a layer with "system" and to that layer I have set visibility hidden. I want to show that layer again but I have to search manually by scrolling the layer palettes and I can do that. But I want to know just that is there find dialog box which can search layers by name etc.
I'm an Illustrator beginner, and I have just made pie chart. I removed the borders but I still end up with a 1 pixel wide border between the pieces of the pie whenever I export to PDF or AI. Please see the attached image (zoomed to make it easier to spot it). The question is: How do I get rid of it?
I have a large list of images (all different sizes and aspect ratios) that need to be edited. I need to perform the following operations: Crop image to a specific aspect ratio Resize that image to specific dimensions Save/Compress I tried to create an action, and perform the previous steps. The problem is, even though in the crop tool I would enter my desired aspect ratio, the action wouldn't save that ratio - it would save the actual dimensions it was cropped to. This obviously led to many odd photos being created. How does one create an action that will preserve aspect ratio across the batch, regardless of image size?
Here's something that's puzzelled me for a long time. Here's the default on InDesign's Export to PDF (and also Acrobat's PDF optimiser): Obviously 300 ppi is the default it downsizes to because 300 ppi common resolution for print. But what's the benefit in only downsampling images that are above 450 ppi? Why not "downsample to 300 pixels per inch for images above 300 pixels per inch"? I don't see what benefit there is to the two figures being different. If we're assuming that any detail beyond 300 ppi won't make any difference to the print, why not downsample every raster image that is 301 ppi or over? If, however, it expects the difference between 440ppi and 300 ppi to be significant, why does it downsample higher quality images to 300 ppi instead of 450 ppi? What's the benefit in leaving a 440 ppi image at 440 ppi, but downsampling a 460 ppi image to 300 ppi? Why are the two figures different? Is there any reason not to always switch this default to "downsample to 300 ppi for images above 300 ppi"? All I can think is that maybe downsampling small amounts might lead to mistakes - but I'm sure I've heard it said back in the olden days that downsampling in steps of 10% at a time is a good way to preserve image quality (I think that's no longer true because these days the software will do that anyway if there's any benefit).
I was curious to know if there are any resources, books, blogs that focus on perfecting object shadowing and lighting with Photoshop and/or Illustrator? I have and know how to do basic shadowing and lighting but it is an area I know I need to improve and I would like to know some resources I can review or hopefully learn from. Studies are welcome, too.
I have repetitive actions I need to perform on images that are all consistent. For example I have 100 images with size 100 X 100 What I need to do on each one: 1. scale to 75 x 75 2. export as png ( with the same name ) 3. close the original without saving thanks !
If I try to create a 3D effect in Photoshop (or on paper), I always get it wrong. I remember how easy it was to create cubes in graph paper, but hard in plain paper. I wonder is there are any grids available to help me with this? This grid for example looks like what I am looking for, but it seems to be for a particular purpose. Are there any other Photoshop grid to create these 3D effects?
Currently working on an application, which will be released on Multiple platforms, targeting OS X and Windows devices first, followed by iOS release. The current focus is on the OS X version, which will be released first. During the design process, I have opted for Myriad Pro. Which suits the application in various areas very well. i.e. Titles, Labels, Menu Texts etc. After some research though I have released it is not shipped with Macs or other OS. I am currently working on OS X Lion and have no access to Avenir, however, I had the chance to try Helvetica and H. Neue, which looks fine but does not fit as well as Myriad Pro. What fonts should I try to use? What would be your suggestions as experienced designers on the subject? Thank you
I was watching a video tutorial and the instructor seemed to switch the colour of a layer from white to black with a shortcut, since his cursor did not leave the layer thumbnail section, per below... Does anyone know which shortcut that would be? Thanks in advance.
In the tutorial I'm watching the instructor has just created a new rectangle. With that layer selected, he goes up to the "Path Alignment" dropdown in the tool bar - having already selected "Align to Canvas" from it - then selects "Vertical Centers." Here: When I try to do the same, all of the options above "Align to Selection/Canvas" are greyed out, so I'm unable. I definitely have the layer selected as well as "Align to Canvas," but they are still greyed out. Can anyone guess why? Thank you.
So a designer has given me some logos (for the web) which are white on a blue background. She has, however, added blue paths to the shape to make it match the background. I would prefer to change these blue parts to be transparent. One path is just a circle that should really be a circle cut out of the main image. The other path is a circle where the border only is blue. So the main image has a ring/"o" shape that should be cut out. I don't know enough about Illustrator to figure this out. I've tried clipping mask but that's not what I want. Would there be an easier way to just take the image into Photoshop when I'm saving it for the web, and remove the color then? I don't want to have any fringes of color left if I go with that method.
How to join two endpoints of different paths in Illustrator? It is said in manual, that points should be selected first, but I can't select them, since they are not on the same path. I can select two paths in total, but once I start selecting nodes, only one path remains selected.
Recently I noticed a trend in graphic and industrial design that focuses on (usually predominant) white or very light gray and high contrast black or dark gray shapes — which fascinates me because of the timeless and sometimes futuristic look. Does this design direction have a name? Can somebody point me to any articles describing it and its history/background? Simply searching for black and white design is too broad, and makes it hard to find useful resources. Some examples of what I mean:
I have created an animation in Photoshop. I want to merge them in 1 image file side by side. Is there an easy way to do it? Because I will do this process about 10-15 times. My animation timeline (click for full resolution) I want a result like this: Edit: I tried a technic but couldn't be successful. I made layers from frames I changed canvas of the image I made all layers visible and selected all layers I pressed Layer>Align>Left Edge Result: Why can't I get the correct result?
How does the grid system work for those websites that expand to the full size of the browser (no matter how you resize) while working with a base 12 grid system (such as 960.gs)? For example, take a look on these websites: http://vevo.com (Note: this site shows an error message instead of the real page when accessing from European counties like Germany) http://xfinitytv.comcast.net Is there a technical name for this? Why are there not many websites like this that take advantage of the full browser size?
My goal is to create a Kindle Cover and upload it following Amazon recommendations. The Cover Should Be: MAXIMUM: Width:1563px; Height:2500px; JPEG up to 127KB MINIMUM: Width:625px; Height:1000px; JPEG up to 127KB I found a Powerpoint template that helps me to create Kindle covers. However the size of it is: 541px x 864px and 107KB. So, I resized the template to Kindle standards, but now I have a picture that is 1563px x 2500px and 731KB. Using Photoshop and Save for Web I can turn the quality option to low. The result of it is: 1563px x 2500px and 198KB. It's still too heavy/large for Amazon standards. How can I reduce the file size further without making the image dimensions smaller? Many Thanks.
How can I green screen in Photoshop? I am making a picture were I need to green screen, and it would be very helpful if someone could help me!
I have multiple small icons in a single file. They are separated with transparency. So I can manually select them and save individually. But this takes long time with many parts. Is it possible to automatically save each non-transparent piece to separate file?
What is this kind of 3D text effect called? It's made with either overprinted letters, or different colored layers into a fake 3D effect.
I have to design a page with two button choices separated by horizontal rule. The first group has a heading, text input and a button all on new lines. The group after the horizontal rule has a heading and a button. I am wondering how to go about determining the margins between the elements in each group as the elements are of different heights, but need to be in proximity of each other. Are there any best practices useful to solving this problem? I seem to experiment, but every time I come back to the design I want to change it as it doesn't seem right. I was thinking about baseline grids but I've never used them before.
This was a black and white image that I inverted in Photoshop with command/control+i. I want to convert everything that is black to a color. How would I replace the black with a different color?
I have downloaded vector images from shutterstock. There are many images on the page and I want to break them apart. I am able to get the direct selection to highlight sections of the multi-part image, copy and paste to a new board. This is great, however i just want a part of the multi part image, is this possible? Part of it does just highlight but when I go to copy a box comes up around the entire thing. Specifically, I am working with vintage Chalk typography, calligraphic design elements, page decoration and labels of drawing with chalk on blackboard . Thanks so much for any help!
So I'm looking for the right answer for my grid system: 1) Should I use 12 or 16 column grid for a full width website similar to these websites: http://xfinitytv.comcast.net http://www.vevo.com 2) Can I use bootstrap for 16 column width 3) what are the challenges for a 16 columns grid vs traditional 12 column grid?
I have seen an image with this background. As a newbie I am unable to get this multi colored mixed background. I am able to get just two colors and that too linearly with the Blend Tool. But that doesn't look like this at all. Can some one please suggest me on how to achieve this in GIMP or in Photoshop?
Photoshop offers the feature of layer compositions. I can store different layer states within them and easily switch between them. In one, a certain layer is invisible and vice versa. Yet once I slice up my PSD, I do not seem to be able to get something similar. My slices seem global to the window and cannot be tied up to a layer composition. This can mess up the save for web workflow. I want to achieve a similar effect for slices as with layer compositions.
Tried a lot but I just can't quite get it, how do I achieve a translucent tab bar like this:
Build-in feature looks insufficient. It allows to set number of waves per segment, which makes wave of different frequencies if curve consists of different lengths segments.
I'm trying to export a short, 6 second GIF in Photoshop. It looks great on the canvas, but very washed out after the export. I know the GIF format has a maximum of 256 colors (and I select that) but is there a way to make it select 256 better colors? As is, it does a poor job. Image (oddly enough it seemed to distort the colors as a still image as well, here's a screenshot): GIF:
Say I have a GIF such as this: How could I create something like this, where the user added this video into a still shot of an iPhone? Better yet, if I could put it in a mockup like this where it has a smart layer that I would normally just drop my still image into, but in this case I'd love a GIF. I have Adobe Photoshop CS6.
I'm using Adobe Ilustrator CS3. I have a bunch of small images (200x200 px) which I originally created as ".ai". I saved them as ".svg" using option Save for Web & Devices but to my surprise the output file is about 3 times bigger than the ".png" version of the same image. Why is the ".svg" file bigger than the ".png" file? I thought that vector graphics are always lighter. Am I choosing wrong options for saving? What would be the best way to save these graphics for the web?
I usually have to make websites based around logos that are very colorful (4-5 colors). Let's say the colors of the logo is similar to the logos of Chrome, eBay, Joomla, MSN. What are some of the techniques to designing around such logos especially those that are very vibrant / bright? (Putting them side-by-side makes the colors clash.) One technique I know is to use plenty of white space and use the colors as 'accents'. Are there other guidelines? Should all the colors be used?
When I apply a color with the exact same RGB as the fill for 1 shape and the stroke of another, the shape with the stroke shows a slightly lighter color. Why does this happen and what can I do to correct it? Click image for full resolution
I'm looking for a way in InDesign CS6 to do one or both of the following: 1) Export one or more pages based on the selection in the Pages panel without relying on the Range selector in the Export panel. 2) Select all items in the current page, not in the current spread, using a shortcut and whithout separating the page from the spread first. Note: I'm exporting to PNG.
I am watching a tutorial in which the instructor added a shape to an existing layer, but I don't know how he did it. His cursor was an arrow, he began dragging from off the canvas (top left), then dragged to the bottom right of the below image. As a result, the pink rounded rectangle that is selected in the image filled up the bottom corners of the image. I know that holding Shift will add to the current layer, but a) His cursor was definitely an arrow rather than a big and small cross shape, so I don't think he did that, b) Keeping Shift held ALSO constrained the proportions of the new shape that I was adding to the current layer. I even selected the "Unconstrained" from the options but it still comes out as a square...
I need to blend a white text on top of a multicolored background and I only want to blend with a particular base color. (in this case it's the orange) How do I configure blending options to do this?
I am seeing it a lot lately and I'm curious what tools are being used for this technique, is it an actual 3d app, or photoshop? Here is an example: http://dribbble.com/shots/1160245-iPad-UI-Files?list=users
We make quite a lot of mood boards in InDesign, which we then export as CMYK PDFs (Document CMYK - U.S Web Coated(SWOP) v2) as the image below. We then send them off to the printers to be printed on A2 photo paper and mounted onto foamboard. What I've noticed is that the colours in PDFs come out rather dull (on the screen and in print) when compared to how I would normally do them. Is there any reason for this and is there any way I can fix it?
If I want to venture into the world of typeface design, I of course would prefer to use the proper font file format. I'm wondering if there exists an industry standard for this, as well as whether there is a specific format that is particularly popular in the open source world. My first thought is OpenType (.otf), which, I gather, supersedes TrueType (.ttf), but does it replace PostScript as well? How about Embedded OpenType (.eot)? Not sure the difference there. Note: I don't mean for this question to be a subjective discussion of merits and appropriateness. I'm really asking whether there is a standard, and if so, what it is, but if there isn't a standard, that should be the answer.
I'm creating CG for a video commercial that will likely be used mostly in tradeshows or online. I'm looking to purchase two models from Turbosquid, one a Boeing 787 and one a Volvo semi truck and trailer. Because these are real-world products they are marked as "editorial use only." The product/service being advertised is a new kind of composite tooling. The 787 is meant to provide an example of something made from composites, the production of which might be facilitated by this process. The semi truck would be used to illustrate that the process can be taken out of the factory and used for on-site production. In other words, neither model would be a primary visual element, nor are they directly related to the service being sold. I would also be perfectly willing to put a disclaimer in the commercial to the effect that we are not affiliated with nor endorsed by the companies that own the products being visualized. Does this blur the line at all of the "editorial" use licensing? Despite the "non-commercial" admonitions I'm usually reading about editorial use, I'm also seeing things like "giving context," "enhancing the effectiveness of the story," etc., which is the primary reason for using the models, and essentially I'm using real-world examples because "generic" models are usually much poorer quality or are so glaringly trying to be generic and unreal that they become a distraction.
I've run into a conundrum where I want to purchase two 3-D models (one of a Boeing 787 and one of a Volvo semi truck with trailer) from Turbosquid for use in a commercial, but both models are listed under an editorial, non-commercial license, presumably because they are depicting real-world products. However, there are other models of the exact same plane and truck (available at either a higher price or lower quality or I would've saved myself the dilemma) that are released under a standard royalty-free license for any use. So who should I believe? Did the artists in the latter case not know what they were doing? Were the artists in the former case being too cautious? Might the latter artists have gotten special permission from the manufacturers to sell their models for commercial use? And furthermore, is it on these artists if they released something under a commercial license that they shouldn't have? Or am I the one in trouble if I buy an improperly "commercially-released" Boeing airplane model and Boeing comes to me later saying that I used their stuff without their permission?
Trello uses an icon font and I'd like to figure out how to bring in some of the glyphs into an Illustrator project. Admittedly, this is going a bit backwards (usually you want to import Illustrator art into Glyphs). I'm creating a board mock-up in Illustrator to be used in a video (After Effects). Here's a direct link to Trello's icon font SVG file: https://d2k1ftgv7pobq7.cloudfront.net/images/fonts/a91174257e439d87d1987b15ad199035/trellicons-regular.svg
Based on my sketch/wireframe prepared for a UI designer (links below): Link: http://postimg.org/image/npt5zlvu7/ 1) Would I be able to approach a UI designer with the wireframe/sketch above? 2) What are the concerns that I should have between wireframe -> UI design -> front-end development? Thanks
I'm trying to create a yearbook with each single page holding 50 to 60 pictures, depending on the class size. I have Adobe Cloud but I don't even know what program would be best for this project. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've tried using Photoshop, InDesign, and Lightroom and haven't had much luck getting things the way I want them. Which of the Adobe Cloud programs has the best tools for what I'm trying to achieve?
I redesigned my resume using InDesign and this modern resume tutorial. However, I'm wondering whether I need to redesign my cover letter as well since it might look odd if I email my beautiful resume (pdf) and a bland cover letter created with Word. My question is, should I also create a cover letter in InDesign as well? I'm not a designer. I'm applying for a programmer position. Thanks in advance.
A friend of mine and I have been trying to start up a web design company, so we're looking to find the most efficient overall web-design process straight off the block. However after reading a few articles on creating mock ups, I'm getting the impression that it is potentially a very wasteful process. I was wondering whether I could pick a few brains of some hardened veterans on the best mocking-up practices for your development process?
I have a vector image I've created in illustrator which I would like to turn into pixel art. I've imported my vector as a shape layer in photoshop, and I was hoping to use the outlines of it as a guide (as the image is 64 x 64 in size, a raster guide would not have the same detail). Is it possible to keep a shape layer's outlines visible, even if it is not selected?
I work with PSDs that have the same layout frequently. I need to extract a few areas in each, and these areas are always the same. Same position, same size. I know I can save a selection, but I was wondering if I can pull that selection into the next PSD I work with.
In Photoshop, the Save for Web dialogue does not give an accurate size for the file. For instance: The original file size is 2.6MB (checked with Cmd + I on a Mac). When I open it in Photoshop and use File → Save for Web, it tells me that the file size (Original) is 6.73MB. It happens in all my photos. Why does Cmd + I on a Mac 2.6MB and Photoshop's Save for Web 6.7MB. In a PRACTICAL way, what number should I trust for web design? It seems that if I upload the file to a server the important number is Cmd + I. Is that right? if so, does the number that gives Photoshop have any PRACTICAL utility?
I have started doing some freelance website design work for small business clients, and part of my work will involve selecting fonts to use on the sites that I will be making. Given that typography is not my strongest point, I was wondering if there is a website that offers a collection of schemes/combinations using web fonts. By 'scheme' I mean something as simple as a small list of fonts that have been proposed to work/look well together, e.g., Font A for headers, Font B for sub-headers, Font C for body copy, etc. Basically something like Color Combos, except for web fonts. I think a site like this would be a great resource to people like me who aren't the best at picking fonts that work well together. It would be great if the website indicated which of the included font schemes consist entirely of free-to-use web fonts, as these would obviously be very easy to implement. So, does anyone know of any websites like this?
I am trying to make a new design for a water canteen on CATIA. I'm trying to rotate the orange line in the figure around the two circles at each end to form the outer surface of the bottle. I'm not sure which tool to use and how to do this.
I'm trying to create an icon based on a 2 color png I downloaded from icon monster. It is placed in my document as a smart object. I want it to be crisp, but photoshop doesn't want it to be.. even though it directly taunts me by showing the perfect result when I'm trying to resize it and then throwing it away when I hit enter. While I am resizing it is crisp, but when I apply the resize it is all mushy and smooth which I do not like. Is there a way I can get it to remain as it is while dragging? There is an 'anti-alias' checkbox when I'm resizing it, but it is unchecked and disabled.
I can't seem to apply graphic styles to objects if they're behind a clipping mask. I encountered this problem when I wanted to use graphic styles in order to change the fill colour of a symbol instance that contains a clip group. It is the same with clip groups that aren't within symbols. Is there a way to apply graphic styles to symbol instances containing clip groups? Here's an screen shot of the symbol layers:
My question is specifically about Making a Venn Diagram in Adobe Illustrator. I am trying to make a Venn-diagram to visualize different set operations in math. I found that Illustrator made some pretty good pictures but I am stuck now. I want to turn the part of the Circle A that does not intersect with the Circle B into its own object so that I can fill it with a color. The problem is that the intersection of A and B is one object, and the complement of the intersection is also one object. So if I try to fill Circle A, but not the intersection with a color, it also fills Circle B minus the intersection. In other words, currently the two circle make up two object, but I want to turn it in to three separate objects that share sides. I used the pathfinder tool to get this far, but I don't know how to use it to get what I want. How can I create three separate shapes from the shape in the diagram below, one for Circle A without the intersecting part of the circle, the same for Circle B and one more shape for the intersecting part?
I understand that communication between client and designer is very crucial and it will set the tone for possible work and whether you may ruin your rep. That said I would like to improve my communication skills to be a better person, explain in a clearer fashion and feel comfortable in a situation that is important. However, I am having trouble looking for material, sites, or books that will focus on improving communications. Does anything exist that will help teach designers how to communicate better with their clients and even with one another when working on sub-contracts?
Im planning on using a font in part of a company logo, with this particular font i need to purchase a commercial license before it can use the in the final release of the logo. Im designing the logo for a 3rd party, who do i make out the commercial font contract to - ourselves the graphic designers, or the client who the logo is for ?
Source: GraphicBurger.com I'm sure a few here have seen this image before. I'm hoping someone can help identify the fonts. Here is the un-skewed version of the logo:
This is unfortunately all I have: I tried finding it with Identifont and WhatTheFont, but I had no success. The closest typeface I could find is Trelic, but the y does not match.
How do you move several objects radially in illustrator? I want to mimic an explosion effect. In other words, I have several objects in illustrator and I want to separate them further. doing it manually is not an option as they are more than 100 individual objects. you can see an example of what I am trying to accomplish here: I could also try to write my own script (I am comfortable at programming) though I don't know how I could do that in illustrator. If it is not possible in illustrator is it possible on another compatible program? Thanks
I am trying to design an image which looks like this: But I ended up with the following image: (edited image) I tried adding layer styles as in the below image (Edited image). How can I make the second image look deeper, like the first does? Edited one : with this new bevel settings
After using the scrollbars to move, everything gets very slow. For example selecting an object in F2 Mode ( selecting pathnodes ) When zooming out and in its again fast enough. Is this a bug or is there a trick to avoid this. Working more then a year with this tool , but did not found any trick. any hints ? regards
I found this image few years ago. I don't remember where I found it but it really helped me in teaching all the networking concepts to my students. I mean, picturing network like this has somehow made things very clear than those 2-D Network diagrams. The only problem with this image is that it doesn't actually contain the icons of actual network elements. I want to replace the icons shown in picture with real (not symbolic) icons of hardware and produce similar 3-D map. Can any one suggest me a good software for doing this job? Note: Actually this is a cross post. I posted this initially on serverfault and it is likely to get closed on that site. So, asking it here.
I have an animated globe that is spinning from the right to left. Since this is supposed to simulate Earth's rotation, it should be from the left to the right. How can I reverse the already created animation on the timeline? Note: For this particular case, we are talking about a simple animation where two layers get moved from point A to point B and loop takes care of the rest. If relevant I am using Adobe Flash Professional CS6.
I've looked all over google , and i can't find any images that would fit right. I'm looking for something like this http://wrapbootstrap.com/preview/WB02634G3 or http://unslider.com/. I really hope you know what i want. Is there a website i can download free banner/slider images? I want those landscape , blurred , HD photos of nature or city or people. Thanks
Scenario: You design a piece for Company A. The piece performs very well for Company A. So much so that they use the piece for several years. Eventually Company A shuts down. A few years later, you are contacted by Company B who shows you samples of the piece you designed for Company A and wants something similar. Through price negotiations you learn that Company B has discovered you did the design for Company A and most likely have the files associated with the piece. Company B wants you to use the files created for Company A and merely cut/paste their info into the same piece. You know full well that Company B will pay someone to replicate the design if you refuse the work. Do you smile and oblige? Do you refuse? Are you at all concerned about copyrights? Is there an obligation to Company A to maintain their pieces and not share them with every company who merely asks? Does the fact that Company A has shut down alter your decisions? Of note: I'm not referring to "template" design. A full product is developed for Company A and they pay for that product accordingly. Nothing was ever referenced as or maintained to be a "template". "Template" indicates a client is aware that the design is used many times over for various (other) businesses. Customarily, "template" use reduces the initial costs to the client.
I'm a young girl and I love to draw, especially characters. I started drawing people when I was much younger. I love character design. I would like to have a job that involves drawing people in different poses and backgrounds. It could be for games or motion pictures. What college major would be best for me, and what should I focus on now to set myself up for the this sort of career path?