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What I'm trying to do: I have lots of software code that I need to print on a long scroll. The scroll will be no more than 440mm wide and as long as it needs to be (with a maximum of 45m). The resulting code listing is to be part of an exhibit contrasting the ‘sketching’ phase in a multidisciplinary project between design, social science, and software engineering. What I've tried: • Printing straight from the IDE I cannot print straight from the development environment (Visual Studio 2012 and SQL Server Management Studio) because: Both tools assume standard page sizes I need to rotate the software code listing 180 degrees so that the end of the listing is at the tail of the paper roll. • Using Photoshop Since, I can't print from the IDE, I’m doing it in Adobe Photoshop (CS5, 64 bit, on Windows 8). My workflow for this is verging on the ridiculous: First I cut-and-paste each file from the code editor into a Microsoft Word document. If I cut-and-paste the code listings into PS/Ai I lose the formatting (for example the coloring of comments differently form variable declarations) I save the Microsoft Word document as a PDF and open that into Photoshop (to preserve the formatting) I now have 51 PSD files, each with one layer containing the text for that ‘page’. It’s rasterized layers as it is not editable as text Using Adobe Bridge I open all 51 PSD files created in step 3 and “Load Files into Photoshop Layers” so that I have a new single Photoshop file with all 51 text image layers in. The layers sit on top of each other. What I need is for them to sit head-to-toe. I don’t know how to do this without spending a million years selecting layers and moving them by hand. If I ever get Stage 5 done I will then group the 51 layers and rotate the result through 180 degrees. I will then re-size the result to have a width of 400mm and print the resulting file on our banner printer, having first calculated the resulting paper ‘height’ and turned off the automatic paper cutting. My Questions: Is there a better way of doing this? I can see the Photoshop actions that will align layers by their tops, their bottoms, or their centers but how do I automatically align them so that the bottom of layer 1 touches the top of layer 2, the bottom of layer 2 touches the top of layer 3, etc.?
I'm new to design, contrast and color concepts but I'm trying to get my programming code snippets to look crisp, clear and very legible, without hurting the eyes. I'm looking for a font that is ideal for programming code snippets in a blog. I'm looking for a free web safe font. The background color of my page is almost white (#eee) and the code snippets will be wrapped in a container with the following CSS details <div class="code-snippets"> </div> .code-snippets { background-color:#070707; color: eee; padding: 20px; /* font-family: ??? */ } Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
When it comes to creating printed promotional materials such as leaflets, brochures and any other print design medium, what should the person deciding on the size consider, and why? The few considerations I can think of are: Price - I assume that custom sizes are more expensive. Familiarity - Sticking to sizes that are common to the industry will be more familiar for potential customers Purpose - If it is an informative piece it probably needs to be large enough for a fair amount of information, though on that topic I suppose that the volume of information doesn't hold that much weight when deciding on size, unless it's a one page flyer. I'm sure there are many more things to consider..
Like it or not, Impact is now associated with image macros and memes throughout the web. As the Impact font itself is not free to distribute, I was wondering if there were similar fonts available under more permissive licenses? I haven't been able to find one that felt right enough.
When selecting a path or more paths with the Selection Tool or *Direct Selection Tool, I do not see the blue guide lines anymore. So I cannot know what is selected as well as how many anchor points are in a path. However when I put the mouse over a path, I can still see them. How can I bring this blue lines (guide lines) back?
I downloaded some beautiful patterns and filled them as patterns in images. However, every image I prepared with the patterns loses its aspect ratio when it is used as background on different screen sizes. An example is below Original image (256 x 256) I prepared: The pattern as it appears on a screen: The pattern as it appears on another screen: Can someone suggest on how to make it perfect so that the pattern is not stretched?
I have the following image with written text over it. The image is a flat .jpeg, so I don't have access to the layers: Click image for full resolution As you can see, the written text ("SPACE") is quite big. My question is: are there any effects/anything I can do in order to remove the text and still keep the background? Or at least hide it a little bit more?
I have a PSD file which contains many Layers and each layer contains either some image or text. I want to get/extract in a combined form e.g. one text layer and one image layer combined. Can any one help me how can I crop images from layers?
I'm asking how to use a given measurement to create a custom scale that I can use to accurately measure the rest. I have a vector file that looks like: I wish to measure parts of the car, to build a 3D model. How can I use the single measurement provided to measure the rest? Which of the Adobe CS5 programs can I use for this, and what tool should I use?
I am trying to create a logo that incorporates the work of two other projects we have images from. Basically, we take the image from the oldest project and want to create a blow out effect in the center with distortions that mimic the swelling and bursting to reveal the image of the second project inside. We'll be using something to the effect of a razor or laser to cause the bursting. The effect should look like a rupture looking torn edge, like say, a bullet hole: To reveal the logo of the second project in the middle like a superman revealing the S symbol underneath: So it will look like the logo of the second project burst through the chest of the first project logo (since it was derived from it) and there will be sort of a laser or light saber effect that caused the rupture alluding to the current project as the revealer. How can I manipulate the first image to make the new logo appear inside it? UPDATE: 11/1/13 I came across an image that better exemplifies the effect I am going for. It turned out to be a tattoo ironically that demonstrates the type of blowout/ripped edge effect that I want to show something coming through it. Maybe this will help provide some more specific suggestion on how to achieve my goal.
I have an Illustrator file which you can download from here. However Illustrator CS6 seems to open the file as being totally empty. Is there something wrong with the file? Perhaps something I can edit before opening. Or is this just another bug with dealing with SVG in Illustrator?
I have a simple b/w logo in illustrator, and want to save this for web use. I am new to web, just savvy in print :(... what is the easiest way to save this file with a transparent background so that it can be placed on various backgrounds? Thank you.
I'm looking for a workaround to export raster without anti-aliasing. ExportType.PNG 8/24 with exportOptions.antiAliasing = false export with anti-aliasing. The only way I know is to export manually to BMP, but this isn't an option. I need strict bitmap colors in my files because of color-coding. I already tried app.activeDocument.rasterize, but the script just stops after reaching this line.
I have a folder full of videos that I want to convert to an animated gifs. ffmpeg/avconv does a bad job of doing it directly, so I instead convert the video to a gif by first outputting each frame as a png and then converting back to gif using imagemagick. The problem is that this results in a large gif in terms of file size. To solve this I want to "drop" every second or nth frame from the gif, either by skipping every image file when converting to a gif or by removing frames from a gif. How can I do this on Ubuntu (13.04) using imagemagick or some other command-line utility?
I made a field of lines evenly spaced in illustrator. They are grouped together. I want to cut out and paste a segment of this group. The grouped lines are parallel and the group is tilted at an angle; I wanted to cut out a vertical segment so I have a strip of trapezoidal shapes to paste elsewhere. How do I do this?
I have the following shape I have drawn with the pen tool. The bird head and eye are a compound path but releasing them both from this makes little difference. What I am trying to achieve is a rectangle with a transparent logo at the center (i.e all white). This works fine for the antena and the signal bars but as you can see the bird head does not cut out but remains filled in effectively leaving me with half a logo. Been at this for hours now I'm new to Illustrator and would appreciate any advice anyone can offer on how to achieve my desired result or pointers on where I have gone wrong!
I know how to trim an image in Photoshop. (choose Image > Trim in Photoshop's menu) Is there any method to trim a slice to get rid of extra transparent space?
Well the question pretty much sums it up. I'm running Illustrator CS6 on Windows and after selecting a shape and wanting to round the corners by going to Effect > Stylize I'm looking for the option rounded corners... All I'm seeing is "Glowing edges", and, well, that's not very helpful is it?
How do I cycle through blend/transfer modes in Illustrator? It seems I can only manually choose 1 at a time from the drop down then open the menu and choose another. It's a slow process. What shortcuts exist to do this more quickly?
For example: Say I have an image that is going to be displayed at 1000px wide. I want to optimize my site for retina displays, but the largest resolution image I have to put here is only 1900pixel wide. Is there any unwanted visual effect to scaling down the image by unusual percentages? eg. A 1900pixel wide image being displayed at 1000px wide on a retina device, instead of a 2000pixel wide image.
Are there significantly less features or uses for them? They seem to be quite popular, and being free and open source is definitely a plus as opposed to the Adobe suite.
I need to know what font is used in this banner, which comes from the FAO website.
I am looking for a font or image with woodblock style blocks that I can type in. Like children's blocks similar to the ones in this picture: . Any ideas where I can find some?
Is it possible to trim a clipping mask in Illustrator? I have an image that I created a mask for, but the entire image is so much larger than the space I need, I would like to crop the rest of the image to the mask. Basically, I need the same result as in Photoshop when you Right-click > Apply Mask.
I heard Adobe has essentially released CS2 for free, i.e., giving away the license keys. Is it legal, if I owned CS4 at one point (but lost it), to download and use it?
I have two questions regarding inDesign and external files: How can I flow together several word files into a single text frame while maintaining their links? And how can I add a anchored inline image to a frame where the content is an external word file? This is driving me crazy.
I have attached a quick unfinished sketch made in Photoshop that will be developed for digital and screen printing on fabric and paper. It's basically a mix of hatching and erasing in different opacities using the brush tool in white and the eraser tool. Illustration http://f.cl.ly/items/2u181m1T30040u2z1l1s/Jacket.png Now given that I'd like to be able to easily change the color of the illustration (to different spot colors) while retaining the shading I thought it'd be best if I tried to recreate it as a vector drawing. Is there an easy way to recreate this or does anyone know of any techniques I could use to achieve this effect in Illustrator?
I was changing the color settings in my Photoshop CS6 the other day; now I get the Windows color mixer (below) instead of the Adobe color mixer. . ... so my dilemma is I cannot remember exactly everything I did. I was working off of multiple sites to help make my colors the same as the print as on the screen. But this Windows color mixer is very impractical; it doesn't show the color number or anything.
I'm looking for something similar to this or this I basically have several smaller icons and I want to position them into a shape. Is there a way photoshop can position them automatically or will I have to manually copy and resize them myself?
I know many work in where they enjoy but lately after spending all day at work I get home and all my thoughts and ideas for my freelance projects all day become annoying after I am drained and exhausted. So how do you: manage your energy with your work and freelance? not burn yourself in your field? balance your time with work and freelance? Stay inspired to complete what you've been working on? I know I tend to bounce around on projects because I believe in managing my time when I get into a design block. However, is this method bad? Should I stick to one project until completion even when battling a hurtle? I have read many articles on this but nothing seems to motivate me. If it helps someone else: How to Recharge and Get Motivated How You Can Get Motivated To Reach Your Goals How to Beat Designer’s Block Like a Kung Fu Master 20 ways to beat the creative block 5 simple ways to beat designer’s block
Can something like this be accomplished via .pdf export from Adobe InDesign CC, our does it require using the Adobe Publishing Suite?
I have designed a product label in Photoshop CS6 that I will be outputting as a PDF. The label only includes text and shapes so nothing is rasterized when viewing the PDF, and you can enlarge to any size without a loss in quality (as the print house would want). I need to add a barcode to the label which I have in PDF and vector formats. The issue I have is once placed into photoshop and saved as a PDF, the barcode becomes rasterized with a large loss in quality. Hopefully you can advise me on how to ensure the barcode stays as a vector like the rest of the PDF label!
If a company has been in business for some time they generally have a stockpile of branded materials in addition to online content. How should the company handle utilizing a new brand design or refresh? The two schools of thought I'm aware of are: Option A: Immediately stop using old brand items and regenerate all items with the new brand - both print and web. This works but can be costly. Option B: Immediately refresh all online content. For print content, slowly integrate the new brand, replacing the old brand as items are depleted. Does option B degrade the new brand? Which method is better and why? An example scenario: Company refreshes their brand. Currently in stock are $1,000,000 worth of trade brochures with the old brand on them. This stock customarily lasts for a year or more. But there are only a handful of old letterhead stock left and business cards are reproduced monthly. In addition, then need to order $500,000 of new product brochures immediately. Reluctant to write off the $1 Million in old brochures, which path is best?
I know many scientific publications tend to write the names of authors, or names of people in general, in small caps. I quite like this idea, since it helps readers not to try and understand a word which is a name and as such has no deeper understandable meaning. So far, so good. But what about situations where the name of a person is included in an adjective, forming what (as I just learned) is sometimes called a proper adjective? The example I have in mind is the term “Euclidean geometry”. What would be the best, most widely accepted or suggested, way to typeset this? No small caps at all? Small caps for the whole “Euclidean”? Or small caps only for “Euclid”, with normal “ean” suffixed to that?
So, I have a page, make a hard page break, so that content flows to the next page. I would want the next page/frame following such a hard break to have a top margin of n cm, but not other pages. What would be the most comfortable way to achieve this?
I am using a font that does not have an italic or bold versions. To simulate italic, I am typing the text, clicking over it, selecting and draging the top-middle point to the right, thus changing the angle to a negative value. How can I keep track of the dragged distance (degree given) ? The idea here is to reuse the value on other words or objects.
Many sites offer gif generation services with the option to create a transparent background behind a gif, however, when placed on a dark background, you can see edges around the animated gif. Ajax-loader.com and chimply.com (as well as many others) do not work as well as I had anticipated. Does anyone have a suggestion for a place where I can find a true-transparent background loading gif? Note: I cannot rely on a different color background, the site uses a preloader already and I would much prefer not to have two.
I'm trying to give a div a background according to a spritesheet, meaning that it'll define the parts from the sprite sheet and use those accordingly in the div. This is my sprite sheet image: Now I would like to have a "dynamic" div that could get resized and would look similiar to this: If anybody could help or point me in the right direction that would be appreciated.
I have to search for a UI designer/front end developer to build my website out of a set of wireframes. I noticed this process is very fragmented due to complexity. What would be the best approach? 1) a "GREAT" UI designer to provide only the layout .psd, then I have a front-end developer to work on it; or 2) a "GOOD" UI designer capable to do a "GOOD" front-end development.
We are working with two brochures, which we are looking to copy content from into one new brochure. These two brochures are different page sizes, and so image and text are different sizes as well. What we would like to do is resize the pages of either brochure and copy them into the new brochure, keeping all the text and images in the same position and in tact (except smaller or bigger). How would we go about doing this? Any help would be much appreciated!
I'm trying to create tiles with a cloud embossing. I generated the tiling clouds with filter > render > clouds , and then applied filter > distort > emboss. But the modified clouds don’t repeat properly anymore, as you can see I have transparent pixel vertically and some shift horizontally. How can-I control this aspect of the emboss filter, or how can I get the same result without this pixel shift?
Is there a better way to manage fonts in Illustrator instead of the default drop-down? I am on CS6 and Windows7 I have several hundred fonts and I wish there was a more intuitive way to browse through my fonts. Any suggested add-ons or extensions ?
I've read a few tutorials but I'm still new to Illustrator. Currently, I am trying to work with a sketch that I am trying to position on the artboard. If I were to resize the entire shape the sketch is drawn on to within the bounds of the artboard, however, the sketch would be too small. How can I crop or otherwise keep the sketch the same size as it is in the image below, while keeping the shape it is on within the artboard?
I'm designing the UI for a financial application. I'd usually do high-fidelity mockups using Photoshop and send them to the developers. What I have noticed is that the text in the actual product looks different from my mockups, but they are in fact the same font. The left image is the hi-fi mockup, using Arial. The right image is the actual product, also in Arial. I tried all the different anti-aliasing options, but none gets me close to the image on the right. Most websites/web apps I see don't have this problem. I wonder how they do it?
I'm working on a digital graphic novel, moving from InDesign CS6 to iBooks and Kindle. Every page is a giant image, and I can't figure out how to get it to be in the same style as a graphic novel that I purchased. Example images: http://imgur.com/a/XfYTt Priorities: Pinch and zoom, largest images possible on page (removing of current margins) The goal is to make the book once in InDesign and then publish once while avoiding iBooks Author. If this isn't possible to achieve the format shown in the above link, that's fine.
I currently dont have Illustrator but I do have Photoshop, is it possible to open a .ai vector file and save as JPG/PNG in a desired size?
How can I create a dotted swirly line like the example below in illustrator? I would like to create a loop dotted line.
Inkscape doesn't seem to support charts or tables, so what's the best way to create a chart/table and import it into Inkscape? Excel 2013 unfortunately doesn't seem to support svg.
I would like to create transparent graphics for window decals using Photoshop CS6. The graphics should remain transparent after being printed on foil. By transparent I mean see-through, e.g. a set of light grey lines that you could actually see through. I am not asking how to create graphics with no white background, I would like the actual grey line to be semi see-through. Is this as simple as changing the opacity settings and is it something that is even design related or it is something that is done during the printing process itself?
I am using Gimp 2.8 for Mac OS X, and I would like to change the default text size from 18 pt to 36 pt, so that I don't have to highlight the text and manually change every time I create a new text box. Even after selecting "Save tool options on exit" from the Preferences menu, the font size still goes back to 18 points when I create a new text box. However I cannot figure out how to do that. All of the tutorials that I can find online appear to be for a Linux version, that looks like it has a different UI. Also, I have seen some answers that suggest there is a ".gimprc" file that can be edited, that has those settings in it. However, I cannot find any such file on my system. I think this may be because I downloaded the .dmg, which said to just open it and drag the executable into the applications folder, and didn't run any kind of installer that would have created the configuration files. What is the correct way to set the default text size?
The font is really blurry. I don't know how to fix it. Does anyone know? Please help me! I tried everything and none of them worked.
I'm trying to insert an image in to an ellipse shape layer, I need to hide the overflowing parts around the circle/ellipse. How do I insert an image in to a circular selection and hide the parts that are outside the ellipse using Photoshop? Essentially, I want to put a normal image in to a circular object, creating a round image.
Why is it that when I save a file that has many, many layers to a PDF without layers as a copy that the file size is larger than flattening the layers and then saving the file as a copy to PDF? 19Mb vs. 5Mb?? Wouldn't saving a file without layers be the same as flattening the layers and then saving the file?? Can anyone explain this?
Does anyone now how in inkscape how to pull things sort of inward? As an example, I am trying to take the following image (source) and pull the yellow teeth more towards the middle so text can fit in. Sample image:
If I have a simple shape like this one in Inkscape how can I make one segment vertical or horizontal to get to this result?
I have a closed path. The corner where I started and ended the path looks like this: When I do Object > Path > Outline Stroke, that corner is not perfectly outlined. Sometimes I can see the details. This is how the anchor points look: Looks like the path wasn't broken. I would like the start and end do not notice. Is it an Illustrator limitation or am I doing something wrong?
I was trying to make my own custom shapes in Photoshop, so I first started out with an ellipse. I saw that all the shapes had pixelated edges. I went to turn Anti-Aliasing on in the marquee tool but it was grayed out. I couldn't select it. I didn't touch Photoshop for a while, but now after 1 or 2 months this happened. Can someone please tell me how to turn it back on again? I'm on a MacBook Pro 10.8.4 and I'm using Photoshop CS6.
I'm inexperienced with Photoshop/GIMP and was hoping someone could tell me how to create a realistic (or as realistic as possible) shadow between a wall and a floor as a background image for a web page, to give the impression of a room for a more three-dimensional effect (either Photoshop or GIMP is fine). The image is just two colors, one for the wall (about 2/3 height) and the other for the floor. There's no angles involved. I've tried using two separate black gradients with reduced opacity where the "wall" and "floor" meet, one at the bottom of the "wall" and the other at the top of the "floor". The result isn't great, I'm sure it could be a lot better, but I don't really know what else to do. Any tutorials I've checked out regarding shadows are more focused on creating shadows cast by objects or drop shadows for text, things like that. Here's my attempt: Can anyone help me out with this, or maybe point me in the direction of some good tutorials?
I'm looking for a web safe font that looks like this: Of course I can find tons of fonts which look like this that are available, but they are not web safe. I need a common font (e.g.Arial, Times New Roman, etc.) because I intend to use the font for my website, for headings.
I am trying to use the predefined gradient styles where i found one design and applied it. Look at the below image. Could anyone suggest me why there is a difference between the preview and the real image? (The black border internally) The question is simple. Why there's a difference between the preview and the actual image that's being rendered.
I really like this texture: There's a million similar to it on Subtle Patterns, but they're all white, grey or black for the most part. How would I take one of those and make it a dark blue, like in that image? Or a dark green?
I have a photoshop file with over a hundred layers. Each of these layers have white backgrounds. I need to remove all of these #FFFFFF pixels automatically. I'm not worried about the actual content being deleted or anything. None of the content contains any pure white pixels.
Im looking to convert a full colour vector image into pretty much a line drawing with no fill. I use illustrator CS6. I have tried the Edit> Edit Colours> Recolour Artwork. However, when I'm done it still fills in the drawings where a colours were filled previously. deleting the colours inside isnt possible as the vector image was created through a live trace. Any help regarding this would be appreciated.
Help me please to find this twisted font.
I have created an application that produces CMYK documents. They print well in "Microsoft Xps document writer" and are still in CMYK and carry the exact color values I've designed in my application. When I repeat the printing into Adobe Pdf, the CMYK values change. This is unwanted behavior, I want my exact color values retained. I've tried setting the "color management policies" to "leave color unchanged" with no success. Any help will be appreciated
I need to print a brochure on a CMYK heidelberg CPC printing machine. The design house has asked me this: "We'll need to know that/if you are using a specific profile for uncoated paper. Right now the pictures have FOGRA29 embedded for uncoated paper. Is that okay for you?" I actually don't know what this means... I don't know what FOGRA29 is, all I know is my machine can print CMYK. Can someone please explain what it all means?
Can anybody help me figure out what font used in this image? I had tried using myfonts.com as well as whatfontis.com but couldn't get the exact font. Ubuntu font and FF Dax are close, but not correct.
I have an image with several text layers on top of each other. Because they are rotated, they all have the same 'boundary box'. I want to edit several of the text layers, but when I click on the text, it selects the wrong layer. Even if I actually click on the letters I want to edit (so not on the text of the wrong layer). Even when I set the wrong layer invisible, GIMP still selects that layer. How can I force GIMP to choose the right text layer?
Take the following image, for example: I'd like to represent the lineart not as a black-filled, closed object, but as a network of Bézier curves connected at odd places, with various and varying stroke widths between them. When I manipulate a curve that has other curves connected to it on its arc (not just at its endpoints), the other curves should adjust to stay connected to the one I'm manipulating. Additionally, I'd like to represent the coloring as a set of "fill points" that, when rendering the image, propagate their color out in a wavefront until they encounter a Bézier curve - just like a flood fill tool in raster programs, just not prerendered. Is there a vector graphics format (and editor) with which this can be done? I've only had casual access to Inkscape/SVG, but the graphics primitives it offers are indeed too primitive.
I have recently just created a template, and I would like to show it on my site that it is responsive & fluid. I would like to take a few screenshots of my site, and display them on multiple devices such as PC, iPad, iPhone, etc. Are there any online tools/services that allows me to upload an image, and it frames it with a device of my choice? This is an example of what I'm looking for:
I have created both animated gif files with Photoshop CS5.1 (combining single frames; gif 128 with dithering) and FFMPEG via command line (converting a .mov file to a .gif file; -pix_fmt rgb24). Photoshop's output resembles the original images much more than FFMPEG does in terms of colors. What is the reason for this?
I'm a new enthusiast of web programming/development. Recently I started lectures and started studying to learn web development. I don't know if this forum is the right place to find help, but I wish to learn enough to be able to achieve designs like this. Could you recommend me some adequate resources?
How can I distort a shape so that it looks like it's drawn on the side of a cylinder? I.e. vertical lines should stay the same (just moving up or down depending on the location), and horizontal lines should become ellipse arcs.
I have two path shapes. They overlap in some places and do not overlap in other places. I want to create new layers for every place where the existing shapes overlap and new layers for every where they do not.
While creating a form in .pdf format it occurred to me that I did not know or see where to get stats on what the average human pt or px size is for writing. Typically I would just design what appeared to look good for the design and I didn't find anything after my search. Could the average pixel size be typically what Word uses as a default 11 pixels or is that program specific? So my question is what do you consider as the average pixel or point size for human writing in form design?
I'm trying to create a rectangle with two rounded corners and two pointy corners. I should be able to accomplish this by deselecting the "make all settings the same" icon in the Corner Options window, but for some reason, this icon is locked, and I can't seem to figure out how to unlock it (no, clicking on it doesn't work). I can adjust all four corners, but not each one individually.
If I turn on grid inside symbol, then it has no relation with symbol's coordinates and it's registration point, which is at zero. So I can't use snap-to-grid function correctly. How to fix/overcome? UPDATE Extra sample: A -- zero coordinate location B -- grid line location C -- snap to grid effect doesn't allow to position to zero since it snaps to grid, which is shifted relative to zero
I have complex symbol, which can (imaginary) exist in different states. For example, in treeview control node can be either expanded or collapsed, which means different indication. I want to have one symbol/prototype, but multiple instances of it in different states. Is it possible in Illustrator? UPDATE Rephrasing the question: are all instances of the symbol obliged to be identical to it's prototype in Illustrator? This is not true in programming: a class instance can differ from prototype by field values. For example, different instances of a vector can have different coordinates. So, for example, can I have a symbol for tree view indicator, which can be in two states, expanded and collapsed, like here
I'm looking for a font similar or identical to this one: I search with "what is the font?" but I could not find anyone. The most similar that I found was: http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Plastic_Beach.htm but the uppercase are lowercase but bigger. Underwater and Underwater love are more different. Thanks in advance :)
I have searched for this question here but I did not see anything in regards to paper. I ask this question because some have chosen different types of paper when illustrating and I do not understand why. The majority of people would typically choose matte paper but there are some benefits to choosing glossy paper such as: Glossy Better finished quality finer detail capabilities Doesn't work well with ball point pens Matte easier to work with pen sometimes cheaper than glossy Harder to achieve finer detail Other than those pros and cons is their a reason why someone would choose glossy paper over matte paper?
When I create a new CMYK color for my document, the color’s values change when I edit it back, as you can see in this animation (sorry for the bad quality): For example: 65,00% becomes 65,10% 40,00% -> 40,00% 30,00% -> 30,20% 5,00% -> 5,10% How can I solve this and have the right value applied?
I'm wondering if there is a way to setup an Action in CS6 that would be able to determine the dimensions of an image or layer? Ultimately, I'd like to create a watermark essentially which would stamp the image with its own dimensions. Any help appreciated.
I need a thick spray of dots. I have tried both the Symbol spray tool and the paint brush to create a spray effect but a tight one. I'm not looking for scatter so much as a "pile-on" effect. Neither tool really works because with the symbol sprayer the dots seem to avoid each other and spread instead of thickening and with the paint brush it only does one line at a time. Is there a better way to do it?
I need to keep the logo/ text the same colour as shown. The problem is that part of the logo is the same colour as the background it's going to be placed on. I'm running out of ideas to try and show the logo without disrupting the logo itself. I've tried adding drop shadow to it, tried a large chunky white style border but none of it looks quite right. here is an example.
I'm making a simple template to laser cut. The laser cutter acts as a printer and you choose the power, speed, etc. for each colour that is in the document. I only want to cut, so I only have RGB red lines at 0.001 pt thickness. Or at least that was the plan. One of the shapes in my template has come out a different red (the swatches were CMYK despite the document colour mode being RGB). I would now like to select all the paths in the document and make them all RGB red. However, when I open the colour panel from the dock the sliders are CMYK, again this is despite the document colour mode being RGB: How do I change all the paths to be RGB red? How do I stop Illustrator offering me CMYK options and swatches and offering RGB instead?
Is there a way to take a sub-object of a group and resize it, then have the rest of the group follow along with the transformation? To illustrate my problem: I have these three groups on the first line of this image, all squares but with different things also included in the group. I'd like the groups resized so that the squares are all the same size (my best attempt at this on the second line, they're actually slightly different because I just dragged them by hand),
I have align to pixels turned on for new objects, but an image I placed earlier is not aligned to pixels, though it's exactly 1440 x 900. How do I set Illustrator so that when I move this image object, it will always snap to a round number?
I have a text which I outlined and broke into individual objects. I want to fit this text into as tight a space as possible without overlapping, rotating or moving the letters around. The text doesn't need to be readable, it just needs to use the least amount of material as possible. How can I do something like this?
My print has got a plain dark grey background CMYK of 0, 0, 0, 90. This has just been rejected from the printers because 'it was black space and not CMYK'.. Not fully understanding this I decided to combine small amount of the other inks perhaps CMKY 30, 22, 22, 80 to create the dark grey. My problem now is that I have a lot of small white text over the grey so I'm worried that using a mixture of inks will make the text be blurred at the edges where the ink doesn't quite line up. So I have a few questions really. Does anyone know why this was rejected at the printers - could I have saved it incorrectly from inDesign, or can I just not use the combo 0,0,0,80? Can anyone recommend a good CMYK for dark grey? Any tips for not ending up with blurred white text?
I am trying to add the following 3D image as background to the content of a wordpress website: Click for full resolution Website I would like the header part to stay the same size on all pages, the same goes for the footer. But as the body changes from page to page, i would like it to change accordingly but still fit properly to the header and footer part of the whole image. The problem with this background is the fact that it not symmetrical so the top & the bottom of the body image suppose to include the top & the bottom of the canvas (the middle part of the image) I tried different techniques to implement this solution, but couldn't figure it out. The issue is that the body part of the image doesn't repeat-y so well, as it changes throughout the height of the image, I would appreciate a solution, and it doesn't matter for me if i have to cut the images to a several parts.
How can I make a stroke look pixellated like this in Photoshop CS6? I'm talking about the sign's border specifically (not the text). Ideally I don't want to have to manually draw the pixels, so it's repeatable at different sizes.
When opening a new image from a PNG file in Illustrator as the background for my artboard to trace over I am not able to select any color swatches the only available options are [none] and [registration]. I have black and white available for gradients but thats it. I have checked the color settings and they are set to RGB. Has anyone come across this before, I'm hoping to either force colors or else find a way to add images from a file into the artboard as when I create a new document the standard colors are all present. The weird thing is I have just traced round a photo and I cannot remember having this problem in the past!
Resize controls are hidden for paragraph text box in Photoshop and I can't figure out how to get them to display. Usually I double click the text layer and they appear, but not anymore. Any ideas?
I am aware this type of thing is probably very general knowledge, but after reading some tutorials I can't seem to get things right. I am a programmer, but have been tasked with some minor UI tweaks. I have this caret as shown below, but it was much too small, so I used free transform and enlarged it by 200%. Now, it looks slightly blurry, and I am not sure how to rectify this. I know anti-aliasing in fonts takes care of this type of thing, so how can I achieve the same effect with just a layer? *I can also rasterize it/convert to smart object - not sure if this helps in any way.
I am trying to figure out why JPEG compression causes noise in the red spectrum that is larger and fuzzier in regards to, say, the blue spectrum. I've seen this question and I am not looking for a workaround; I just want to know why red is prone to more distortion during compression. This behavior is highly visible in 'political campaign' images (where the picture is rendered in red, blue, and some shade of tan), but is visible elsewhere too. Here is an example: Notice the border along the red side?
Just trying to follow the document upload specs for one of the web's largest online printers and bleed has confused me. Their instructions are shown at the bottom of the diagram which shows close ups of their Illustrator template. (My doc will be in InDesign which they don't have a template for.) Ignoring heights, their Illustator template matches their full bleed width (282 mm) and trim width (279 mm), which I would have thought is a 1.5mm bleed. But then they say to use a 0.137" (=3.5mm) bleed, which is what the template shows from the safe area and more in line the typical 1/8" bleeds I've come across in past. What am I missing?
Is there any border pattern version to the website http://subtlepatterns.com/? What I mean is that these patterns are usually used not as backgrounds but just as a border or divider between two sections. Although I can use some from Subtle Patterns, they're more geared to be used as backgrounds and not as a one line pattern.
I'm new to designing graphics for clients, I normally did things just for myself or for friends when they needed something done and I had a free minute. I've also worked at a retail store that does "desktop publishing" and offered a 24 hr turnaround guarantee. Because of this, I've become accustomed to working really fast. I still plan ideas and do research, but I usually go with my gut feelings on design direction (usually the second or so idea I have is the strongest in my opinion) and the clients I've worked for always love the work I do for them. But my problem is, because I work so fast and can almost pump out the designs they need, how do I should I charge? Charging by the hour would be a huge loss for me. But I don't know what to charge for a flat rate since I don't know what the "average" time for a design should take (if there is such a thing). When doing research, everyone always just says "It depends on the designer." But I feel I could be making a lot more money for my skills, I just don't want to lie about my time. Edit: I have to ask several questions to this: Is this your only job? How are you measuring your designs as really fast? Do you know the normal calculations for design areas? Do you time your designs to measure them? No, I still work at that retail store I mentioned and I'm also a full time student. When I talk to other designers in person, they mention their average times and mine are significantly less time (about 20-40% less time) to completion. I don't know what the normal rates are for my area. But when reading up on it I found that an average estimate (and when I calculated my hourly rate for myself based on a formula given to me) as $40/hr Yes I do, I always take notice of my work time. It's a habit from working at my retail job.
I am creating a directional sign for an apartment building "Units 1-5 (arrow right) Units 6-10 (arrow up)". If I make the arrows the same weight as the text they do not stand out very well. Is it bad form to make the arrows a heavier weight?
Is there a way to change the color picker to emulate illustrator or photoshop's color picker? I can never figure out how to get to the color I want in InDesign. I always have to go to the other programs and pick the color then use the RGB/CMYK values.