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Image attached. More specifically for the character names (white text) and dialogues. I have tried using Font Matcherator but it failed to properly identify because the image has a low resolution. (I couldn't find any high-resolution versions of this image).
I am new in Adobe Illustrator. I need to know how can I create an effect that is close to the one in the picture (rose gold sand) in Adobe Illustrator? Any guide to right direction would be great I tried ready made rose golde texture, but it gave me clear 2D effect, not the 3D effect as the one
what is font used in the opening of the テイコウペンギン youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@teipen.official/videos Ive tried using font recognizers but nothing...
I asked a question about opacity in Inkscape and one suggested solution was to draw a mask. Well, I tried that but failed completely, probably because I don't know the "craft" required to draw bezier curves etc. I would like to draw a path/create a shape over the rectangular (with two rounded corners) dark blueish sha...
I don't even know how to describe what I'm looking for, that's why I'm showing you an image: So how could I imitate this texture on Photoshop? I don't know how to search for it online. Anyone can help me please?
I am making a design which I would like to print later on (I do not know yet where, so I do not have the printer profile). The problem is always to make sure that the colours I see on screen are also the ones I will get when printed. Having found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg4inW434vU I bought that cali...
I have two pictures of the same size (e.g. 8192x8192): Using Photoshop I put the first one on the second one and make the color matching. Then I add a mask layer and use a gradiend tool to make a smooth transition between with two pictures (e.q. from the left side). I get: But I really don't like the transparency: ...
Doing composites creates a workflow. This workflow may consist of various components that proliferate or enhance the larger composite. Composites build all components of post-production. Digital cinematography generally compiles in real time; using macros, scripts, etc. The question; What graphic design workflow (appli...
I'm writing a scientific text, which includes a labeled diagram. Are these traditionally labeled in the same font and font size as the body text, or in a smaller font size, or in a different font?
I'm seeking guidance on automating the Trace Bitmap function in Inkscape. Specifically, I'm looking to preset parameters like color type, number of scans, and corner smoothing for the Trace Bitmap operation. Is there a method within Inkscape to create a shortcut or automate Trace Bitmap with predefined settings? Additi...
After creating an illustration with a text element in Inkscape, I would like to reuse the illustration by only changing the text. However, the individual letters are broken into path elements. I cannot recreate the font and its styling definition anymore. I have the following questions: What happened? I assume some ob...
Hopefully someone can help with this. We have sewing patterns that consist of multiple pattern or garment pieces that are layered into multiple sizes, alongside text and other graphic elements. Each piece is layered so that when its exported to a PDF, you can turn on or off your size when you want to print it. The prob...
I had to reinstall windows 10 recently after a computer upgrade and after adding GIMP I noticed it has this grid constantly active, even if I put new layers over it. I genuinely do not know how to remove it. I've gone into the settings and this option should have removed it but even after restarting it does nothing an...
I'm going to be asking a question I thought to be a lot more popular than it seems to be, as there seem to be many different options and methods for doing this very simple task (removing objects from a background). I'm trying to simply use a background to paint away an object on that background, and in searching for th...
I was able to use a shellscript to open all pdfs from a folder and save to svg like: # Convert the PDF to SVG (basic conversion) "$INKSCAPE_PATH" --file="$pdf_file" --export-plain-svg="$SVG_DIR/$filename_no_ext/$filename_no_ext.svg" But what I need to do is export individual paths as separate svg files, in a folde...
I'm looking for a way to run inkscape in batch mode (without GUI) to apply the "resize to content" GUI action to an SVG from the command line. I'm in 1.3 (so verbs are not an option) on Linux. Is there a sequence of actions to do that? Obviously, these is because I need to apply this to 100's of SVG.
I'm redrawing the following diagram, which I find cluttered. I think I find it's cluttered because of the stripes in different directions, that represent combinations of the three colors (RCA, LAD and Cx). Is there another useful way to visualize these combinations? I considered using three additional colors instead of...
It has been asked before for Adobe Illustrator: Zigzag border for rectangles Smooth parallel zigzag lines Is there a way to generate a zigzag border or stroke for a rectangle in Inkscape?
I want to be able to have a space between the words and the image. Like a transparent outline. How do I do this?
I'm looking for a font in which letters which are normally lower than the baseline (g, y, p, q) are written completely above the baseline when in lowercase. I'm looking for such a font for the game I'm designing. I've done some surfing around the internet but cannot find a font like this. I don't want a font which re...
I'm using Inkscape to work with Live Path Effects (LPEs) to apply dynamic effects to my vector paths. However, I'm looking to streamline my workflow and would like to know the specific keyboard shortcuts for some LPEs. I was wondering if anyone could provide a list of shortcuts for Live Path Effects, particularly for L...
I have a design made in Illustrator (see pictured below) which is separated into 3 layers (one for the yellow, one for the orange, and one for red). I want to apply separate effects in Photoshop to each of these layers. I want to keep editability of the design intact. I do this by placing the illustrator file as link...
For the purposes of writing an academic paper, I need to briefly explain a certain visualization I've made. The visualization involves multiple types of arrows, including dashed arrows, dotted arrows, and solid arrows. I would like to describe the general category of these different types. Thusfar, I've only been able ...
I have a simple PSD with a layer group called "faces", and there are 24 layers in it, each 175x175 pixels. I want to automatically arrange those into a 6x4 grid. When I run this script (with help from https://stackoverflow.com/a/12064474/470749), my layers each seem to get erased, sort of. They still exist, but the con...
perhaps one can help me with some scripting snippets for: A) supress/ignore open and save Dialog in Actions with PS-script B) supress Color warnings while opening C) toogle on/off a dialog box next to an action (inside a action with e.g. bluring dialog box, this should run with standard values) I know, I can toogle it ...
When I work on an Photoshop document, I do many changes, create snapshots, and so on. But after saving the psd and open it, the history is empty. I didn´t find anything. I can log the history to txt with detailed parameters, but they won´t restore and this log ins a global logger for photoshop, not for documents. And a...
When exporting images from Sketch, at least one of the images that is exported is hidden when viewing the folder it is exported to. Additionally, the image also cannot be overwritten if it has been exported and is now hidden. Is there a known cause for this?
When designing a website/mobile you need to choose your neutrals. But I can't get my head around it. Sure I can move the color picker around but I'm trying to generate neutrals in a controlled, consistent and reproductible way. So a bit of methodology would be much appreciated. I tried generators such as grayscale.desi...
what's the best listener for beginner scripting? I'm a little bit confused. Script Listener with CleanSL or Alchemist Dev version? Especially for Action converting and listening.
I have 2 paths (1st image). When I apply Path -> Different to them, the border still stays there. How do I remove the border I have marked on the 2nd image?
I'm looking for a solution for my connected script font which has multiple weights in its' family (light, regular, bold) The problem: Individually, the styles work perfectly fine and letters/glyphs connect as they supposed to (I'm using 'calt' feature and it's great). However, if I decide to change the style/weight of ...
How do I round the corners on the 1st image without changing the stroke's width like it's done on the 2nd one? Also I wonder whether I can change all the corners equally, so that they all have the same radiuses.
Anyone uses the Michel Mariani TonTon JSON scripts in Photoshop 2023 / 2024? How to install the jsxinc? When I rename it to jsx, they will show in PS. I have tested the action utility to convert an atn to json. But there are four checkboxes, I don´t know to use these. And what´s the difference between the tonton script...
If you want to separate parts of a webpage in a website you could use a CSS border command or an HTML <hr> tag, but these designs could be a bit bland and you may want to use some wide image for that (cropped in mobile devices). Something like these images, but even wider: Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 What is the professi...
Im helping someone to design a thumbnail for a youtube video. So far the layout has been established and i had a placeholder for text on the top left What Im going for is big med small w the fonts, but since I want to make sure the illustration is most dominant, I decided to make the biggest font at the bot, and then m...
"Select Sky" in Camera Raw and Photoshop produces excellent results, since it selectively adds alpha in tree silhouettes towards branch tips, etc. It's impressive when looking at the mask using "Show Overlay -> Black on White". How can I create a mask with a similar quality between (e.g.) a foreground tree line and ano...
I am not sure if here is the right place to ask this question. If not, I would appreciate if anyone could point in the right direction. I am trying to run a .py plugin in gimp, but it is not showing in the menu. I have a plugin that is .scm in the same folder that works, so I know that the folder is right, but all the ...
I have a problem when I use "paste in all artboards" it's always moving objects slightly Thank you for your anserws!
I am encountering a perplexing issue with the Black Future font in my React application and am seeking assistance to resolve it. Below, I have detailed the problem, my troubleshooting efforts, and specific questions. Issue Description: I am trying to use the Black Future font, obtained from this source, in a React appl...
Is my memory bad? I've been using Photoshop since v1 (1993). I could have sworn, ever since they added shapes that you could select the shape and adjust the color of that shape live. But, today I made a blank document, drew a vector rectangle, then clicked the color button and the color of the shape does not change as ...
I would like to add the GIMP BG Remover to my repertoire for converting portraits to landscapes (yes I know about outpainting and online bg and fg generators). I remove the background, then take the foreground as a mask to the original image, allowing me to select the foreground and fill it in using GIMP resynthesizer....
Cf. How to perform a "selective color adjustment" (a Photoshop feature) in Darktable? Photoshop lets you pick one of the nine colors (which are the main colors of the three color systems CMYK, RGB and Grayscale), and adjust the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black values for this one (1/9) chosen color [note the plural for...
I’m looking for a website that offers a premium-quality set of hanging silk scarf mockups. The setting should ideally be in nature, either on a tree or suspended in the air. I specifically need PSD files for easy design insertion, and my search has been challenging. Additionally, in the second part, I'm interested in g...
I'm shocked that this isn't done by default: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-concepts-undo.html Even though the Undo History is a component of an image, it is not saved when you save the image using GIMP's native XCF format, which preserves every other image property. When the image is reopened, it will have an emp...
Cf. How to perform a "selective color adjustment" (a Photoshop feature) in GIMP? Photoshop lets you pick one of the nine colors (which are the main colors of the three color systems CMYK, RGB and Grayscale), and adjust the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black values for this one (1/9) chosen color [note the plural form in ...
I am trying to put numbers from 2001-4000 for labels, I have also created an Excel file with the numbers I need. I haven't found a way to incorporate that file in the textbox.
I'm using Adobe Illustrator (27.8.1) How do I make this kind of shape, so that the whole shape is symmetrical both vertically and horizontally, but each corner is elongated along one side but not the other? It's not a regular ellipse, it's not a regular rounded rectangle.
I'm looking for an icon to represent the camera manual mode. Typically, it's represented by an M in a circle but I haven't found it in the Material 3 Icons set. Does the M in a circle exist in the Material 3 icon set? If not, is there an alternative icon in the set that would represent it?
I'm working on a large-ish project in InDesign, and it comes with a lot of text boxes of different sizes. Right now, I'm using some of the built-in InDesign borders for them, but I'd like to be able to play around with this, using different kinds of strokes or even decorative effects along the border. Unfortunately, In...
When attempting to paste from the clipboard into GIMP 2.10.36 the statusbar says there's no image data in the clipboard to paste. There's no image data, true, but there is character data there that gets ignored. What happens to the character data it ignores, and how do I copy character data into GIMP?
I've made some custom presets that I no longer need to use. For example under the Colorize panel, you will see a list like this... How can I remove some of these presets I no longer need?
From this tutorial video, there is a brush in Procreate, called "Light Pen", that has an effect that I haven't been able to find or replicate easily in Photoshop. The brush essentially applies the foreground color ONLY to the softer outline, while leaving the inner part of the stroke unaffected by the color. The person...
I have an image that contains a few characters that are currently various shades of gradient gray. They start out dark on one edge and the rest of the character is a gradient of grays. Each successive letter is a bit lighter than the one next to it. I think I was able to outline the characters using edge detect and...
I would like to get some help in reproducing the figure attached as a photo using inkscapce. I have started by creating a 3d box using the procedure of extrusion and then I found my self stuck in trying to make the strokes appear like in the figure where we should have three sides of the bottom face dashed and all the ...
I have two layers, A (a fancy shape) and B (an image). I want all the parts of B that are covered by A to be visible, and all the parts of B that are not covered by A to not be visible. Put another way, I want to use A to make a cut-out of B. Is there a way to do this? I have been trying to use an inverted mask, but fo...
What is this font ? If it is not standard, what would you say is the closest font?
I came across a layout with a mathematical problem. I have made all my shapes to have 3 pixel gap between them, the problem I'm facing is: 1)3 Green squares are 17x17px,but I'm left with 1px gap. (Where Red arrow is pointing). 2)Teal colour boxes 30x30px and do have 3 pixels gap, but obviously they're too big. So they ...
I am struggling to get multiple gradients in GIMP as shown in this youtube video @2min 18seconds. This idea is to have the background of my smaller/inset picture completely removed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYsQF93UR6w&t=104s Every time I attempt a 2nd gradient, the first one is removed. I am using v2.10.36.
i'm having issues with SVG Freestyle Export from blender. 3D Scene in blender Fills issues I have a problem regarding strokes that do not stop when they intersect with the face of another object. I can address this issue by using booleans, but it forces me to flatten all my geometry nodes. Previsualisation in blender T...
I have this texture for the head and hair of a humanoid 3D model: That is the version of the texture re-saved as a .JPG. For reference's sake, here is the original in .PNG format: This character should have dark brown or black hair, as shown at location #1 in the pic. The actual hair portions of the model are textu...
I have opened a simple svg icon in Illustrator and added a filled rectangle to it. When I save and open the result in chrome, for example, it looks fine. However if I open it in Fontello, it breaks. The area where the rectangle overlaps the original image is inverted: I wonder if there is a way to prevent this in illu...
Using Adobe Illustrator 2022 I made some vector art. In the final step of my process I added some water-color-like texture by adding an image in a layer above the art, setting the trasparency to 30-50%, and changing the blend mode to color burn. When I did this, the texture was visible on the art board, as well as when...
I can't embed a copy of Courier New True Type fonts in my website due to Microsoft license, so my website only uses Courier New for code sections where the host system has Courier New installed. Is there a font that is very close to Courier New? The obvious categories of Courier New: Monospace Serif? This is not a du...
I often see examples where the spacing between an italicized word and a non-italicized word isn't sufficient. For example, in "Bored book" the tall thin portion of the d and b get a bit too close in some fonts (e.g. whatever Discord uses). Is this spacing something that fonts have control over like how they can control...
I have a map with countries of unique colours, I want to add a 1 pixel thick black border between them, I use gimp is this possible. Alternatively is there a free program I can achieve this in? Thanks for any help!
I'm a bit confused about terms like brand identity, visual identity, brand guidelines, brand style guide, brand identity guidelines, etc., and I have some questions: Is brand identity a tangible thing like presentations or documents, similar to visual identity? Suppose we create a logo for a client who wants branding...
I have imported a black and white picture and applied a layer mask to it with some gradients and soft brush applications. Unfortunately, there is too much difference in colour between the 2. Is there a way to reduce this? Thanks
Background: There are two slides each slide has a set of 3 text boxes: each containing a number the numbers are to be sequential and not duplicative Slide 1: 1,2,3 Slide 2: 4,5,6 The goal is to automate updating the number if a 4th or a 5th text box is added to slide 1: Slide 1: 1,2,3,4,5 Slide 2: 6,7,8 Questions...
I'm sometimes using a trick to bring out darker areas: Duplicate layer. Colours -> Invert. Set mode to "Overlay" for the new layer, play with opacity for it. But sometimes this results in quite vibrant lighter areas becoming "washed out". For example in this: The quite nice background becomes a bit washed out: I tr...
What's the icon highlighted (red box) below called? (In Firefox and Chrome, this button is to access permissions.) Also, where can I find this icon (in vector and/or raster)?
It seems that, when using rsvg-convert to render SVG files to PDF, elements that are affected by filter effects (such as blur) get rendered as raster images. (How) can I control the resolution of these rasters? The -p and -d flags have no apparent effect, and neither does it seem to be affected by the user coordinate s...
I'm wanting to revert an Illustrator file that I last edited a while ago back to a previous iteration (if possible). I am using Illustrator CS6, however I cannot seem to find history as an option when looking in the window tab Is there a history to view in CS6 like there is in Photoshop CS6. Am I going mad?
Edit>Transform>Warp seems the only command that can'be played in a batch. Why? Any workaround?
I've got 5300+ files to convert. Here's what I want to happen with Batch Processing: Open an .ai file in Photoshop and have the width and height in pixels be auto entered [Problem is that the open action records the file as well as the name of the file. If I try to check show dialog I have to manually choose the next ...
I have an image of a curve that roughly consist of 4 straight line segments + 4 ellipse arcs (in theory it is a set of points with equal distance to a square, then compressed to a 2:1 aspect ratio). But it is really a "rough" approximation, as you can see all kinds of alias when zoomed in: I wonder if there is a way ...
They used this font on a simple clothing label. But I couldn't find it on the internet, paid or free. Can you help me?
Is there any way that we can save our color gradients in Figma's variables? one way I know is to save the color as Style. But I want to implement the same using the variables property. Please see the attached screenshot for your reference.
Is there any typographically correct or the most common way of writing mobile phone numbers in the US on websites/apps and in printed materials? Examples: +1 (555) 123 4567 +1 (555) 123-4567 +1 555 123 4567 +1 555 123-4567 1-555-123-4567 1.555.123.4567 555.123.4567 555-123-4567
I'm setting up a process color offset printed letterhead and I have found thin 8pt (Acumin Pro Light) text--address line--set as a 4-color break (C38 M29 Y24 K5). Is it better to convert this to a tint of black (45%K) and deal with the resulting halftone screen or take my chances with misregistration and keep the 4-col...
I have in illustrator multiple shape that overlap and I would like to make them have a freeform gradient. I have learn that you can't do that and you need to make them compound path but because they are overlapping with each other it mess everything. They look like that : I want to keep them overlapping like they do n...
I am making a font. It looks fine in the editor (Glyphr Studio), but, if I try it in Word, it has holes where paths overlap in sizes to 74. In sizes from 75, it doesn't have the holes. It happens in Sublime Text too, but there are holes at sizes to 49 and not from 50. If I export the example in Word to PDF, it doesn't ...
Can you please help me to understand where shadow will go under this computer? I need it to look like it is standing on the table
What is the easiest way to produce several of .png images of icons generated with Font Awesome and some simple CSS styling? I need to generate some social media icons that will be included in an email template. I chose to use Font Awesome because it has icons for most social media brands, including Mastodon. <i class="...
I am looking for a way to replicate the effect that can be obtained with border-image in CSS, but within InDesign. What I'm interested in is having this image smartly resized to fit the block's content (meaning stretching the sizes, but keeping the aspect ratio of the corners intact). I am looking for a way to do it wi...
Good Evening, I am having the same problem to a Posting some Years ago. I have worked through previously suggested solutions carefully & dilligently. I believe my problem may be System Related; [code] System: Kernel: 5.15.0-92-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: m...
The built-in PDF export and saving options for Illustrator sucks. Very painful when working with multiple pages and multiple files/documents. If I use "Save As", it's suddenly a PDF, not an AI document. If I edit it, I have to remember to save back to AI so that it's the latest iteration! If I use the export function f...
Im currently animating a Bar Graph in After Effects. I linked my Trim Paths on my bars to respective Bar Sliders. Then I created a Textbox also Referencing the Number on the Bar slider. This all works. Now I want to add, that my textboxes moves up and down with the bar. Means when the value and the Height of the Bar ch...
On an WP site I use a framework wich supports custom fonts upload. But, a font file upload for every font weight. For 3 weights I'll have in the header 3 @font-face{ declarations with 3 font files loaded. Since I had no other option - just a promisse from them they will implement support in the future if it is feasible...
In inkscape, I would like to apply a batch process to all Glyphs of a SVG font, like: either just enlarge the path to make it look bolder or, maybe equivalently, add a stroke, then stroke to path, ungroup them, union the stroke and shape I can do this manually, but it is really tedious (maybe I want to test various s...
I have a client who has told me to source their logo from their website, but their logo is CSS information. Is there a resource to convert the css back into vector information?
I have a texture that I'm using as a layer mask to create a distressed "grunge" effect for a DTG T-Shirt design. Because its not being printed on high quality DTG, the mask can only consist of 100% black and 0% opacity pixels (no grey or semi-transparent). This is what part of it looks like this when zoomed WAY in: . I...
I'm trying to duplicate this. Thought it would be a low-resolution bitmap effect but somehow I can't achieve those patterns. Any ideas?
I am designing a page for a client, and they want to have a list of all the members in their organization. However, they only provide names for each member, and so there aren't any images, emails, or any other information to include alongside the names. This is by request of the client, and honestly the amount of names...
I have worked with a client for 5+ years, operating my S-Corp Graphic Design studio. Do I retain the rights to my native files, if I signed a standard PIIAA? The language reads "I acknowledge that all original works of authorship which aremade by me (solely or jointly with others) within the scope of my employment and ...
In desktop publishing, is there a single term to refer to both page headers and page footers? (It's Ok if the term includes other elements, but it should exclude body text.)
https://prnt.sc/6ReXP5NhGoUP Here in the link is my lineart. I know it looks clean, but it looks nothing like this one: https://celcliptipsprod.s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/tips_article_body/3f3c/945184/5352eb7109910ae79950d3f22a57adb3 How can I change that? I use Krita the last version, and I use a wacom tablet. Th...
Think I'm going mad :/ I have an Illustrator file open that I repeatedly use to create web UI designs - open the file, save as new, delete the previous contents, start with the grid and artboards. Currently, when I reduce the opacity of a Normal blend mode object on a white background, the object becomes darker, not li...
I have a magnetic box PSD mockup file that has a couple of smart object layers - some change the color and some are editable layers I can place a design onto. I am trying to figure out how I can edit the smart object that changes the color to a design... It's a little hard to explain, sorry and please bear with me but ...
Does anyone knowx what is the best and easiest tool to start creating similar kind of square/round logo raised in a 45 degree platform thats comes with shadow shown in this example image. I managed to make the angle of the image, as for the darker red, how do i raise it nicely. I'm not use to inkscape, i'm trying to...
I'm looking for the typeface from which this C came from. What The Font did not help.