A graphics and photo editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. So ubiquitous is its use in photo manipulation that it became a verb: "To Photoshop".
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What resolution should a large format artwork for print be?
For wall sized graphics and large banners (e.g 3m x 5m), what is an acceptable PPI for print.
As i understand it 300 PPI is the typical for 'small' artworks (esp. for clean text resolution), however ...
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Designing A Website from Scratch – Illustrator or Photoshop?
If I'm designing a website from scratch and I intend to slice it and code it up in Adobe Dreamweaver later, should I create the design of the website in Illustrator or Photoshop? Why?
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Font (anti)aliasing in Photoshop
I'm using Photoshop for designing websites and whenever I compare a photoshop design with the live browser preview the fonts appear to be rendered differently.
Basically any anti-aliasing method I ...
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Photoshop curved Shadow
How to create the shadow effect as per the url/image below? Specifically, the rounded/curved shadow at the bottom:
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How to resize icon sets in Photoshop?
When looking online for icons to use on my websites, I often find very well designed free icon sets.
However, often these icon sets are only available on a single size - for instance the icon set ...
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How to design sleek magnifying glass effects like these?
I'm wondering how I can create the magnifying glass effect I've seen a lot lately on pages that sell software (either desktop or web-applications).
Here are two examples. I really like the first one ...
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Which tools for digital art & paintings
i like digital art and paintings. I want to create my own. Which software/tools i need to accomplish?
Below are the examples:
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How to create a speckled/pixelated background?
How would I replicate this speckled/pixelated background effect?
You might need to zoom in to see the effect fully.
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How do I learn to be creative?
I've been a programmer my whole life, and now I've found that I really need to start designing my own stuff. I know how to use Photoshop in and out, but I just can't create anything nice. I often ...
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Export photoshop layers to individual PNG files - batch process?
I am a web dev and competent in Fireworks but not so much in Photoshop.
I have just received a layered PSD file to turn into a web page. Can anyone tell me the easiest way to export all layers to ...
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How to draw “rays” photoshop?
How do I draw "Rays" emmiting from an object in an image in Photoshop?
Example from http://www.pxleyes.com
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Exporting individual layers in Photoshop, keeping their sizes
Well I was trying to look this up through Google but didn't find anything, but then I just got the invite for this beta, so I might as well ask here :) I'm trying to export individual layers in ...
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Is it really impossible to have gradient without banding?
I am struggling to create a gradient without banding. I have watched all the videos on YT and tried: Bluring all kinds, Noise, Dither,bit depth, Brush and doing the gradient in Illustrator.
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Is it possible to have global color swatches or color styles in Photoshop?
I'm looking for a way to use one color in multiple different layers, and then be able to change that color in all the layers in one single place.
Lets say that I have four layers using #ffffff. Now I ...
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Sunken look in photoshop?
Does anyone know to make a control look sunken into the back ground? Is it some sort of photoshop effect?
I.e., in first button in this interface,
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How to create a batch job, numbering images (writing text on them) from 1 to 100 in Photoshop?
Looking to create a 100 images that would have their appropriate numbers written on them.
Since I`ll be most likely making changes to the template in the future I figured it would be better to ...
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How to get this blur texture effect in photoshop?
I'm trying to get an image to look similar to this photo:
I'd guess they took a picture of the monitor with a regular camera. But I'm more interested to know what effects / filters they used to get ...
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Life size image in Photoshop
I've noticed that Photoshop makes my image size, specified in inches, smaller than it really is. Approximately 1 inch both in height and width. Since this is an approximation and not exact, and ...
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How to create a shape, in a form of two basic shapes partially substracted?
When I have a circle shape and now I substract from it a little square in the middle, what I get is a shape that looks like hollowed circle. But in fact in its paths I still have my whole shape of ...
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Lower-cost alternative to Photoshop
Maybe once a month I need Photoshop. Since it is rare, the cost seems like a disproportionate amount of money to spend by my startup.
I think the tasks I need to achieve when I'm converting a ...
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In Photoshop, how can I open up a view (in the same window) with another zoom level?
When drawing pixel art in Photoshop, I like to have the zoom level really high. Is there a way to also have a regular-level zoom (or perhaps an outer zoom) in another part of the window, so that I ...
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Exporting a Pattern to Image in Photoshop
I am designing a website and in the background I am using a pattern that is done by somebody else.
Now while slicing, is there anyway to find and select the exact dimensions of the pattern that the ...
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Darker shade of a given color
What does it mean and how do I get a darker shade of a given color. For example if I have the color
R = 53, G = 140, B = 205
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H = 204, S = 74, B = 80,
or
#358CCD
What value do I change in ...
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What makes a design professional?
Can anyone define why something might not look "professional"?
What differentiates between professional/unprofessional designs?
I have clients who have said my design does not look very ...
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Fireworks for website design - why?
I've used Photoshop to design (more or less) every website I've made in the past 9 or 10 years. I hear people going on about Fireworks saying that it's excellent for web design and prototyping.
When ...
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Is there a way to copy layers from one Photoshop document to another?
Is there a way to copy layers from one Photoshop document to another? I was working on a project earlier on that required this but I didn't know how this could have been done. (Procedure not as simple ...
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Create a Triangle with Rounded Corners
I know you can create a rounded-corner rectangle; but, how do you create a triangle with rounded corners in Photoshop?
I am actually interested in making it from scratch, not basing it on a custom ...
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Is there a faster way to save all layers in PSD to PNG?
I'm trying to export all 155 raster layers, each 240*240 in pixels, to separate png files, but it takes ages to do that using CS5 "File > Scripts > Export Layers to Files".
This script creates new ...
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Version Control for Designers / Alternative to Version Cue
I've just been searching around the net for version control that has some support for graphic/Photoshop files. We're currently using BitBucket which is free and unlimited when it comes to file size ...
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How do I get this uneven airbrush effect similar to old art deco posters?
This is an section from a poster made back in the 1920s or 1930s, that was made using an airbrush:
What interests me most is that it has a rough, spattered quality. It's as if the airbrush didn't ...
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How to create a “zig zagged, jagged” effect with Photoshop?
I'd like to create the effect of a zig-zagged line at the bottom (or top, or any edge) of a rectangle. I also want to use this image on a web page, thus I think I should do it such that I can repeat ...
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Any way to use an Android tablet as a cheap touch-screen (display + pointer-input-device) for Photoshop?
Is there a way (a hack; a commercial app; etc...) which enables me to use any of the available <300$ tablets as a pen-input device to my PC? And specifically in Photoshop?
Wacom's offerings are ...
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Effective way to cut out clouds in photoshop
I've had to use clouds in projects on more than one occasion, and I'd like to find a way to extract (select only) the clouds.
There are a lot of good brushes for this type of thing but often times ...
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Name and possibly a tutorial for this inset rounded rectangle technique
I am speaking about the drop-in effect around the round edges. I like the fact that the actual theme seems to be a bit further back and the border is closer to the viewer.
I can gather that a ...
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“Fake” 3d effect in Photoshop/Illustrator with raster images
I need to create a "fake" 3D effect for some raster image, like this one below:
do you know how I can achieve this in Photoshop (CS5) or Illustrator? Thanks.
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turning off slices in photoshop save for web&devices without deleting them
I have a document set up with slices in photoshop. If I want to export the whole psd as one large jpg and no other files, can I do it? I don't see any option to select combine all the slices into one ...
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photoshop. multiple overlay effects
i use photoshop cs4. there are 3 overlay effects avaliable in photoshop: color, gradient and pattern. the problem: these effects come in strictly fixed order! somebody please tell me, why can't i make ...
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Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality?
Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality ? Like this:
I've watched this tutorial : but the quality of the outcome is still far away from the one above.
Is there a way to ...
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How do I turn off anti-aliasing while drawing shapes in Photoshop?
Whenever I create a square shape at 100% zoom, I get perfectly sharp edges. However, once I zoom in at any amount, drawing a perfect square (without anti-aliasing) is very difficult. Is there a way I ...
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What software is best for GUI design?
I've used Photoshop extensively, but the fact of the matter is that it's a photo editing tool. It has some complicated effects built in, such as the drop shadow and inner and outer glows etc., but it ...
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Why can't Photoshop properly open this PNG?
When I try to open this image in PS (CS5) I get red rectangles around the parts of the image that are not transparent.
If I copy the image and paste it in PS I get the contents of the image, as seen ...
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How can I identify what font was used in a Photoshop layer when the font is not installed on my computer?
So I created a layout for a website a while back and now am getting back to the project. The issue is I have a small logo designed and I am trying to recreate the logo at a much larger resolution.
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How to make an inner shadow around a page in Photoshop CS2?
I'm working on a web site and want to create a bounding-shadow effect around the whole site, like in the image below. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I've tried inner-shadow but it doesn't ...
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How to use “add/subtract/intersect from path/shape area” effectively in Photoshop?
I'm attempting to follow the below Photoshop tutorial, but steps 29 and 30 have me stumped.
The larger of the two white rectangles in the below image was created on its own layer. Once I have that ...
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How do I change RGB value without changing the Alpha channel?
I would like to know how can I change color of RGBA image when alpha channel will be unchanged for each pixel. If I use Paint Box Tool it will set alpha channel for all pixels to constant value.
Look ...
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What is the standard method of slicing a photoshop document?
Is there any industry standard method of slicing a PSD to convert to HTML? Because I use marquee tool rather than slices.
At times there is design where slicing cannot do the job like if you need 2 ...
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Make sharp dashed line path stroke on rounded corners in Photoshop?
Following this answer, I've tried to make rounded corners with dashed stroke, but the output is blurry. Is there any method to make a sharp dashed stroke in Photoshop?
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How to ensure scalability of logo design?
How can I make my logo suitable for all purposes, from webpages to very large printed banners?
I currently use use Photoshop.
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Perspective manipulation
I'm trying to achieve the effect shown below, but with a photograph and I'm having some trouble maintaining the height width ratio so the photograph doesn't look too distorted - can anyone offer any ...
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Text in my Photoshop image looks “blurry”
I am creating a website header in Photoshop CS5, however when I look at it, the text looks very blurry and I have no idea why.
I use the Web preset. What do you recommend for the sharpest and best ...
