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Add transparency to an existing PNG
I'd like to use this image on a web site.
What I need to do is change the background from black to transparent, so I can use the arrow on my site maintaining the page background.
I used Gimp to ...
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Contrast ratio between foreground and background
What is an acceptable contrast ratio between a foreground and its background?
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How do I get rid of a background color (with a glow)
I have this image:
Is there any way to get rid of the red background (make it transparent) yet keep all the glow effects? So far I've only been able to remove the pure-red parts of the image, yet ...
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Text effect on any background color
I want to display a text over a video. However, the video may include any color from white to black. What is the best text effect (color/stroke/shadow/glow ... etc) that can be applied on the text so ...
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How many colors should be used in a background gradient?
For on-screen design (web or desktop applications), in areas where there is significant background space visible, a subtle gradient adds a lot to the look of the app/page/image. How many colors (max) ...
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How can I remove white pixels around circles when exporting this to gif?
I took the loaders from here:
http://xooplate.com/template/details/10888-5-animated-loading-spinner-action-icons-psd
Than I exported them easily, with the help of the included action to a gif. But I ...
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Completely remove background from image
I have an image (a logo) that was on a black background.
I have used Photoshop's (CS5) background eraser tool to remove the background.
This is great except that there are black (well grey/black) ...
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Good background and text colors for a website with both photos and text
I put both photos and significant blocks of text on a couple of websites I run. Currently, I'm using white text on black or dark gray. It's getting a bit old, and I think I'd prefer text darker than ...
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Is there a single text color that is acceptable on both dark and light background?
Is there a single text color that, when used on either dark or light background, produces a readable (or at least tolerable) output?
If it makes it easier, constraints can be put on the hue, ...
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Invert background to white in Photoshop
I have this image:
What's the easiest way to convert the background from black to white?
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Why is my character lost in the background?
I am designing and developing a 2D-platformer and I'm having trouble with the look and feel of the game. The game is about an inventor who is kidnapped for warfare. Theme: Childish but sad.
There are ...
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How can I fix the edges of foreground objects pasted onto a new background?
How can I cut out a foreground object, e.g. a person, from one picture and superimpose it onto a new background without making the edges look bad?
The problem I've come across is that if I have for ...
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How to isolate artwork from games for fan art
Wherever there is a popular game, there is fan art: custom wallpapers, t-shirts, etc.
One thing they usually have in common is that they feature artwork from the game, or something close to it. ...
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Remove identical pixels in two layers/images with free software
I've inherited a large set of button icons at work, which I'd like to use in another project, but with a different button background. The trouble is that the original files have been lost in history, ...
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Add a background-color to a paragraph-style in inDesign
I am currently creating a book layout with inline code and code-blocks.
For those code parts, i would like to add a background-color. It should handle code similar to the way it is displayed on ...
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Testing if a BG will Repeat Tile Properly in Photoshop?
I am frequently working to create background textures in Photoshop to be used on the web. Unfortunately I usually have to guess, or just use freebies from other websites.
I would like to build my ...
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How to show background texture through text placed on background in Photoshop?
Say you have an image of a wall or an old, creased piece of paper and you want to add text on that background. How can you make the texture of the background come through the new text in Photoshop so ...
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What is this pattern called and how is it created?
I've seen this on many websites as a background but I can't seem to find a name for it or I can't seem to create it myself. If someone has done this, it would help a lot if you can give me some ...
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How to find a texture for a background image for website?
I am looking for a texture pattern for an image that is similar to the one Path.com uses:
https://www.path.com/images/about/bg.gif
I want a similar image pattern so i can use it as a background ...
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Does anybody know a tutorial for designing the Mountain Lion background pattern?
Does anybody know a tutorial for designing the OS X Mountain Lion background pattern? I am referring to this commonly used background pattern:
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How to decontaminate black edges on hair
I have a pretty decent knowledge of Photoshop, and have used masks and levels etc to remove backgrounds a fair bit (as well as the edge refinement tools they have now). I am having a tricky time ...
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How can I match a site's background color in both Chrome and Firefox?
I'm designing a page with both a background image and a background color for the area past the end of the (gradient) background image.
Something like:
background: url("/images/bg.png") repeat-x ...
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Creating flexible text boxes in Illustrator
I'm going to be making images that include hundreds of lines of text of varying lengths, each of which will have the same "background", with the exception of the length of the background, which will ...
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How do I create an image with blurred background and focused foreground?
EveryMe.com uses this image as background:
How is it done, and how do I edit an image to look like that?
I use Pixelmator and photoshop, thanks!
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How can I create a half-circle patterned background in photoshop?
Have a look at this website: http://owltastic.com/extras.html - in particular, look at the topmost part of the page. You can see a small background the bottom of which forms half circles. The same ...
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How to create a background like Dribbble.com?
I'm curious about the background of http://dribbble.com/ . I've seen something similar on a couple of other sites too.
What's it called?
How can I create something like with a different color?
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Where would I find a high quality version of a wooden floor like this?
It is to be used for background on a website. I like it exactly the way it is except that the image quality is not good enough. Looking for quality that will look good on a Retina screen. Must be able ...
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Changing the color of the following image
What I'm trying to do is change the color of the following image to something around #21190E. I've tried using the Hue/Saturation, Color Replacer, etc. tools, but none worked well.
Do I change the ...
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Remove background based on color in Inkscape
There is a classical way of removing background in Inkscape using Bezier curves. This is often quite lengthy process.
Is it possible to remove the background of an object based on background color ...
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What is this network pattern/symbol called
So I want to make a seamless repeating background pattern using the line and dot in this image below...
Is there a name for this type of design?
(sidenote) If you have any other suggestions, I'm ...
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Uniformizing background in scanned images
I have some old photographs that I have scanned. While the image of the person is clear, the background has several blurs and is not a perfect black as one would desire.
Is there a way to detect the ...
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Automatically remove overlays from a set of identical images using Gimp
I have a number of images that have all the same background but each has different text overlaid (they are covers of a magazine journal).
I don't have access to the background image, but I know that ...
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What is this outline around text and how do I get rid of it? (Adobe Illustrator CS5)
I'm a beginner in Illustrator so please excuse me if this is a very noob question.
There's this thin orange-ish outline around the text. I'm 100% certain it is not a stroke. I'm guessing it is ...
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Image that looks different on black background and on white
If you put this image on a black background you see something different than on a white background. Does anyone have a idea how it works?
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image as a background doesn't fill all the page
I changed my html code with for the multi image background to work with Internet Explorer.
Since this change, I have a white border all around the page.
Did someone know why it doesn't fill all the ...
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Change Background Color of Text Box in Illustrator CS5
Any way to change the background color of a text box without all the workarounds such as placing another shape behind the text.
I need to have a textbox filled with color of 249, 249, 249 and a ...
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How do I create a lens flare effect?
How was the following design made? It's very beautiful, and I'm trying to recreate it on my own. When I'm done, I'd like to have a "correct answer" to check my answer against.
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Coloured background in illustrator that isn't included in export
I have an illustrator document with many artboards. Almost all the artwork is white and needs to be exported as (transparent) pngs. In order to see the artwork I have to put a large grey rectangle ...
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Where can I input a color palette and find combining colors that fit in?
I use the Affecton template in a bit different way that it was designed to be used probably. I do not have as much content as it was designed to support. I have only couple of pictures on the page and ...
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Link a layer with a shape/vector mask in Photoshop
Simple question that I can't find the answer to.
I have a layer with a photo that I got off the internet. I want this layer to have rounded corners. So I draw a rectangle with rounded corners in ...
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Key out white of embedded image in Illustrator
I have an Illustrator document with a number of images embedded. The images are all illustrations on a white background. I need to remove the white so that the art behind shows through. I know there ...
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Creating a perfect background blur?
I have looking through DeviantArt and the background of one of the web interfaces caught my eye. I tried to replicate it but couldn't get anywhere near the perfect effect.
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Rotated tiling background
How do I rotate the this image by 30 degrees but still have it be tileable?
http://i.imgur.com/OXQ8cD4.png
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Creating Rolodex-Style Flipping Numbers Sprite in Photoshop?
So Apple recently had a countdown to their 1 billionth app download and it used a rolodex flipping type of effect. This actually turned out to be running on a sprite image which is composed of ...
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Critique background color / gradient to use
I'm in the process of putting a site together. I have very limited knowledge regarding Photoshop (but I am trying!!).
The site is being built to display some images of mine. I'm a photographer by ...
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How calculate 2 colors for red gradient button with same ratio as 2 colors for blue gradient button?
I have gradient button that generated by 2 colors:#0880A9, #066383.(blue).
I want to create button with red gradient that have same ratio as my blue gradient.
How should i do this calculation?
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Background to create comic book
I am not a graphic designer but a programmer. Recently i wrote a short story in answer of a technical question. Then I realized if i convert it into graphical comic book story then it would be more ...
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How to produce a blurred abstract background like this?
I have been seeing these blurred backgrounds all over the place, so I would like to know the exact steps how to reproduce something like this ...
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How to create wooden texture for table for flash game?
I've been developing a flash game which is a kind of top-view table top game. I'm trying to have a go at the art myself and need the table to look kind of smooth and not photo-realistic. So far I ...
