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How do so many app menus get that finished textured look?
I don't know how to describe it but how do you create that nice textured look with css?
Seen in the background:
Also seen a bit on the left hand dark navigation of:
Thanks for your help
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how to reduce the size of my graphic design cv?
I designed my cv on Photoshop and then I did two things but still I have a problem:
I have two pages of my CV, I saved them as JPEG with save form web and then I combined them in a PDF in Acrobat ...
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design inspiration collection of horizontal website layouts?
Who knows a good resources to get some fresh design inspirations for horizontal layouts? Searching google gives some blogposts with relative bad quality designs.
I look for fresh, inspiring layouts ...
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businescard disguised as a real iphone, anoyone knows a good mockup / sample?
I try to create a businesscard like below. I searched for the internet for an template to no avail. So playing now around with Illustrator but im not that of a design guru. Does anyone know if below ...
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What are the most important qualities to look for when hiring a great mobile UI designer for a consumer-facing Internet startup?
I'm looking for an experienced mobile UI designer to lead the vision and design for our iphone and android applications. What characteristics, experience or requirements would a mid-to-senior level ...
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What are the most common album layouts besides the classical one?
When one try to make/publish a photo album the most common layout is the one with one photo per page.
What other layouts are proven to be successful, especially considering that we intent to print on ...
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Why are all my colors dull in Illustrator CS6?
I just installed Creative Suite 6 on my computer. I was working on some artwork for a client in Illustrator and having a hard time getting the right colors. I noticed they were all very dull. So I did ...
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What are great examples of the influence that design has?
There is a quote that "bad design never killed anyone," but I know that what we do is less trivial than that.
What designs have you seen cause real change or have a real influence?
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what tools to use for beginner
Could some experienced graphic designer suggest what tools to use- what software, to do this- make a picture of some money bills, which are curved and floating around randomly, with some background ...
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How to change a google map into something similar to the poster background?
How do I change a google map into something similar to the map in the 1st poster?
How do I change it to blue and also include shadows?
Please help!
Regards,
sammydude
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London Olympics Ticket Design - How to?
I'm in the process of designing a program invite and thought I could experiment something similar to the London Olympics ticket.
I am more interested in knowing how I can go about designing the blue ...
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How to improve this design?
How can I improve this design? I'm kinda new to this and I've just felt a bit demotivated because I've been dealing with a difficult person.
I intend to make the color of the copyright notice darker ...
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Which design should I choose? [closed]
I'm trying to choose between two designs for a military allowance calculator I'm developing. You can view my two choices here: http://imgur.com/a/qRmDX
My main question involves the second design: Do ...
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Improved splash screen design
The splash screen at the moment for my application is far from catching, but I'm no graphic designer and apart from the fact it looks bland and boring, I can't really work out what I need to do in ...
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What should I do regarding color profile when designing for the web?
I have read this article by Doug Avery where he explains how to disable Color Management in Adobe Photoshop and the follow-up article in response to the uproar of the commenters arguing against it and ...
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Unique icon design for a university map application? [closed]
Most university map apps on Google's Play store seem to just use their university's logo or a generic map icon. Neither way seems ideal, but I'm unable to come up with a better way myself.
How do I ...
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Concept design suggestions and feedback wanted for pricing table [closed]
Im totally stuck on designing a pricing table for my web app, you have 2 sorts of prices "free", "pro" the problem is I have this horizontal retangle running in the page and this seems to not match ...
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Why is there so much emphasis on the text of a logo and not the catchyness of the logo itself?
Ok, so I have been looking at a lot of logos recently, all done by graphic designers. And in the majority of them, the only thing they have is a name or some "basic" text. I thought the idea behind a ...
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Keep minium distance of 1px when resizing logo
I am currently doing some work for one of my sites, for which among other things I am designing a logo. The logo partly consists of a few squares, which are aligned directly next to each other and ...
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Kerning problem with Fontographer 5
I configured my font's kerning for every possible letter combination in Fontographer 5 and when I preview it from there, everything is as it should be, but when I generate the font files (TTF and OTF) ...
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Pricing for Website Design (Graphics Only)
I was wondering if someone could advise me on pricing for a website design.
I'm redesigning a blog/travel site for an individual. The site is about 8 pages plus some modules, etc. I'm also ...
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What does “PDF-compatible glyph names” mean?
In Fontographer 5, when I want to generate font files, it asks me do I want to "Keep glyph names as they are" or make glyph names "PDF-compatible".
What does the "PDF-compatible glyph name" mean ...
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How do I combine bold, italic and regular versions of a typeface so they are grouped together in application font selection menus?
In Fontographer 5, I have made more versions of the same typeface (regular, italic and bold), but they are separate files.
How can I make them be one unified file and that when writing in a program ...
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“Cutout” effect in Fontographer 5
When I paste a thinner version of a letter on a bolder one, I get this cutout effect inside it, somewhat similar to this:
(please note that this is not my image, not my font and that I do not claim ...
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Standards when creating Icons
I'm in the process of creating some icons for an application, and find myself coming up with the same question over and over again. Are there any guidelines for how thick the lines should be in an ...
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Site registration [closed]
What are some good (very engaging) examples of a site registration? Not just the typical form fill out. But with some bells and whistles. ie: Choose your favorite exercise activity by dragging and ...
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Photo Manipulation and texture… like instagram
Does anyone have any recommendations, links, or tutorials on how to create a similar effect to this using a normal photo?
More: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Nike-60-Surfcali/1242523
My goal is ...
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What to avoid when using negative shapes / text for logos expected to be placed on a glass door
I'm not a designer (as is probably obvious from the vague question), but I'm being asked to design the signage that will go on the front of our offices. Our logo is deliberately simple, blocky white ...
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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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Who is in charge of creating fake logos and products for movies/games, and what are good examples of them?
Who is responsible for creating such products? Are they usually done by the props team? Or are there companies that specialise in them?
Here are a couple of examples. It's usually easier to find ...
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Is there a font face in which all glyphs are identical?
As strange as it seems, I am looking for a font in which all characters look exactly the same.
The goal is to obfuscate the text of passwords generated on http://enlargeyourpassword.com to the casual ...
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iPhone iPad iPod packaging texture
I hope that this is the correct forum to be asking this question. I am trying to figure out what verbiage one would use to describe the packaging that Apple uses for many of its products. Specifically ...
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The best software for electronic device design (phones, etc.) [closed]
I am looking for the best CAD software to design my products electronically, I know of autodesk and solidworks, but is there anything else, maybe open-source? I am a student at MIT, I hope companies ...
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Creating a font for a new language
Suppose somebody develops a new language, with totally new characters.
And a font for the same has to be created.
How does one do that?
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Games Design & Illustration - Starting Off
So I primarily have a background in Interface Design and wish to expand my skill set into illustration and game design.
I've recently armed myself with a Bamboo tablet and want to get serious about ...
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Which design system is used?
Which design system is used here:
http://perfectionalism.tumblr.com/post/22604543313
I'm trying to learn about the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci, so curious about what is used here.
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What Graphic Design degree has more value for advancing the field?
There seems to be emerging two schools of "Graphic Design" which I use very loosely in the world today.
The traditional school of Graphic Design is about "Art". Creating, exhibiting, and the history ...
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New generation of Add New icon that has no “+” (Plus) sign [closed]
could anyone suggest me a new way to represent the icon "Add New" without using any form of plus symbol.
For example, say Add New Quiz. How could I represent this as an icon without using any form of ...
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Transitioning Between Background Colors
One problem that frequently stumps me while working on sites is how to transition between two differing background colors elegantly. For instance, the top portion of a site I'm working on has a gray ...
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Which are the most prominent creative thinking techniques/methodologies?
I know SCAMPER & Ideo cards, but I'm curious if there are any other important techniques/methodologies one must not miss. I'm particularly interested in those that you would resort to use for a ...
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amalgamation morphing effects
Doesn't mean to ripped off. I know how to create morphing between images but does anyone know how to make the animated wavy effects showcase here?
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Online Program in Graphic Design [closed]
I'm interested in possibly studying graphic design while I work full-time. I already have a BA in Business and a MS in Software Engineering, but have not taken any art or design courses because the ...
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How should I add a realistic shadow to this?
I'm working on a mockup of a jQuery slider which can be found here.
Now, I'm not the best graphic designer by any stretch of the imagination, and I can't seem to be able to get a realistic looking ...
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How do I create a worn/distressed effect in Photoshop?
Notice the texture in this image:
I'm trying to create that effect. How would you recommend doing so?
I could easily overlay a pattern/texture but I don't want it to be uniform. You can see in ...
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website background and footer color suggestions [closed]
I want to make a better background image for a site I been working for my church, I need help on the colors and design for my background image , and footer, I know there is a few techniques and ...
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Indesign and syntax highlighting
I have a poster which I have made, it is basically lots of java code and looks like a wall of text.
I want to add syntax highlighting to this so that the code is more readable. I know that I can ...
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Easiest way to present design on Device (imac/macbook/iphone) screen?
I see so many people presenting their designs/portfolio on device screens, like a macbook pro or imac or even iphone. I'm also seeing program developers and others do so who I presume aren't ...
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Where can I find Web Designers interested in improving their portfolio? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to hire a graphic designer?
I am a recent software engineer graduate and am interested in building a web service app for portfolio reasons. I would require a graphic ...
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online PDFs saved as spread or single page?
There are benefits to showing the downloads both as a spread and a single page. Which should I take into account- the view-ability on smaller computer screens or the design appeal of showing them as ...
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Who are the main exponents (and books) on Design Strategy?
At my web shop we have been studying Content Strategy to implement it and raise the business value of our web development service/product. Upon modelling our business process I stumbled upon what ...
