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What analog tools should every designer have today?
Prior to the proliferation of software, namely Adobe and Aldus, a designer needed an entire toolbox full of things to get a job done.
From t-squares and triangles, to ruling pens, masking tape, photo ...
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Illustrator reducing double stroke svg to a single stroke svg
I have a double stroke svg that I want to reduce to a single stroke svg. The area on the svg is defined as some white shapes that are overlayed on a black background, with anchors outlining the shapes ...
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How do you call “Charte Graphique” in English?
This is not really a translation question - more of a designer vocabulary.
How do you call the set of visuals, logos, designs, colors, fonts... that make a whole design project?
In French we would ...
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eyedropper tool working incorrectly
By default when sampling colors in Photoshop with the eyedropper the color selected shows up as the foreground color, currently when i try sampling a color it sets it as the background color -how can ...
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How can I automate the process of cutting intricate shapes out of paper?
I am trying to find whereabouts and name for this kind of automatic paper scissors, source of image here. I understand it so that one plugs in image with formats such as vector and raster and then it ...
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How to quickly create multi-page layout presentation? (image maps?)
How to quickly create an interactive presentation of the layout where user can click buttons to navigate through the site.
Obvious solution from HTML side would be to use image maps, but these are ...
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What computer hardware matters to a graphic designer?
I've had my MacBook Pro since 2007 and I'm starting to think about what the next system might look like. I'm not made of money, but if upgrading a component helps to make me a more efficient worker ...
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What's the fastest-drying pen?
I'm talking about real pens, not software!
I love drawing with Sharpies except that I often smear the lines with my sweaty wrists!
What's a similar black drawing pen/marker (felt tip or otherwise) ...
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Adobe Illustrator error creating text constrained by shape (Area Type Tool)
I am newer than new to Illustrator, but am trying nontheless to design a logo for my friend.
The most basic of operations is to create an ellipse, correct?
I have created a circle with this tool, ...
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How can I do spiral circle
I need to do the following shape in illustrator, if can be done by illustrator. I think it can be done by spiral, circle and pathfinder tools but I'm not sure. Please I need the details of how to do ...
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Simplest way to create a product box image
Would like to present our products as pictures of 3D product boxes like this:
I think Adobe Illustrator with the persepctive tool could to it, but I wondered if there is maybe something even ...
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What are some essential tools I need to start school?
I dont have an artistic background, so when I start school soon, I don't really know what I'm going to need and what I'm not going to need. I'm trying to prepare as much as I can before starting and ...
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Which mockup tool should I use [closed]
I'm not a designer, but a developer. Still, part of my job is requiring mockups.
I've always just used pencil and paper but thought I'd use software finally. There seem to be a bunch of free ...
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Is there a tool that fills an area by its surrounding borders?
By example:
Is there a tool or a way to fill the white X shape so that the colors and patterns around it will blend into it as automatically as possible?
I.e., I want to remove the X as close to ...
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How Do You Use the Redeye tool in Photoshop CS5?
i had applyed redeye tool for my image.but after applying it. i am not seen any major difference in that image ....can't we remove the red eye in that image?
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Illustrator eyedropper: What effect does different 'Pick up' and 'Apply' settings have?
Double-click on the Adobe Illustrator eyedropper icon, and you get a useful panel of advanced options that allow you to control what it picks up and what it applies. Two columns, 'Eyedropper picks up' ...
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Illustrator: Pathfinder divide not working as expected
I'm trying my hand at making a map using illustrator. I'm fairly new at it so I'm still learning the ropes. I'm trying to divide up a continent into several countries using border lines. Here's an ...
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can i add these features to photoshop somehow…or can it be done & i just dont know [closed]
ability to arrange stuff with equal spacing based on actual space
and not the center.
ability to bring the back handle bar to default as you can do with
front handle bar when you have pen tool ...
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Tools to save, tag and share images with clients/team?
When you are doing visual research, what tools do you use to save, tag and share images or screenshots with clients/team? Do you know other tools than Little Snapper?
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Add exact color to texture
Say I have a texture/pattern (like this one from subtlepatterns), and I want to make it a specific colour. I know a number of ways to color it (mostly in PS), from overlaying it on a block of the ...
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Turn image into geometric array of colours
Is there a tool like Poly (iPad app) available for Android or Windows systems? I'd like to turn images into polygones/triangles like shown on the app site.
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Dashboard mockup tool
I'm looking for a tool to make dashboards or reporting mockups.
The idea here is to present several presentation possibilities to executives who know which metrics and KPIs they want to see, but have ...
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How do I preserve transparency over a 'paste' operation in photoshop?
Basic situation:
I have an image with a complex alpha channel (ie. feathered, complex non-linear edges).
I have an image I want to overlay on top of the first image using a blend option like ...
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How can I produce variations of a logo automatically?
Are there any tools or online services where I can that I can feed a logo and get a series of variations using different effects?
For example: A reflection effect OR a shadow effect OR depth effect.
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How to create this effect in photoshop CS5
First let me start off by saying that I'm a programmer and have very little experience with Photoshop, so thanks for helping me out! I'm trying to create a background for my main view, but I'm not ...
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Need help with pen tool
Let's say I've completed a path and the pen tool is no longer selected.( It's a straight line, not a closed circle.)
Now I want to start from the ending point again and continue the line. How do I do ...
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What causes the Eyedropper to change all samples to white?
My Eyedropper has suddenly started changing all samples to white. No matter what area of an image I click it samples white, this is regardless of sample size or modifier keys. If I manually select a ...
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Fireworks: Export from layers - Include common layer?
I am versed in exporting all visible layers in Fireworks to separate files. What I would like to is one notch more sophisticated - I'd like to include one or more of these layers in each and every ...
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Simple, hosted file tracking
I'm looking for some advice on a simple, hosted web-based digital file management system. We have a design team that creates a lot of assets needed by engineering, marketing, and many other people in ...
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Designing forms for printing in InDesign
I have to make a lot of forms in InDesign. Not interactive forms, just forms that need to be printed. It's really a pain making all the checkboxes, radio buttons, lines and text fields and ensuring ...
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What are the best online collaborative tools? [closed]
What are the best on-line tools, software or web-apps that you can use to collaborate with your team and clients?
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What do I need to start creating professional drawings?
What tools or software or devices are neccessary to create proffesional drawings for games for example? How to draw something and be able to use it on PC?
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InDesign HTML 5 plugin or web apps to create HTML 5 ebooks based on InDesign project
I am designing e-books for iPad & Android tablets. The problem is I have very little options to add animated effects to my e-book when doing it on InDesign (which is a must for me, as the e-books ...
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Can I connect multiple line segments to a single point using the pen tool in photoshop?
I'm using the pen tool in CS5 to draw shapes, and I'm getting more comfortable with it, but one thing I'd really like to be able to do is add to a path. For example, if I draw a circle, I'd like to ...
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Looking for equipment recomendations [closed]
Is it OK to mention specific brand names on this list? If so, I have a couple of questions or requests for recommendations.
I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive and portable desktop printer that ...
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Photoshop: Why does the Hand Tool icon flicker when choosing 'Add a layer style' from the Layers palette?
Does anyone else see this? Is there a reason why this happens or is it a bug? (Photoshop CS5.1 on OS X 10.7.2, not sure if this happens in previous Photoshop or OS X versions.)
Steps to reproduce:
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What is the most accurate way to transport a physical sketch via email?
I have a sketch on paper that I would like to send to someone via email. What can I do to send it to them without changing the size of it and will still allow for them to print it back onto paper? ...
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A good Mac image annotation tool?
I'm looking for a tool where I can quickly annotate my Photoshop/Illustrator designs with the distances in pixels between different elements and / or the edges, so I can then transform the layout into ...
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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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Need an Image Manipulation Program [closed]
I need an image manipulation software with certain features, the cost doesn't matter to me.
I am looking for the following features:
A program which enables me to: Make logos and other vector works ...
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What are good and maybe free UI storyboarding applications, especially for mobile UIs
Hi I would like to get an overview of existing UI desktop or online application, which may have a specialization towards user interaction modeling and mobile device interfaces. I guess there are some ...
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Workstation recommendations for designers?
I have a question that comes a bit unconventional and I apologize if it is a little off topic,
We need to buy computers (laptops because we have many power outages in Mexico) for web designers and ...
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What is a good free font management tool for linux?
I've been trying to find a font management tool that is free, but all solutions are comercial.
Is there a good font management tool that is free?
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Color mixer that can mix 3 or more colors?
I'm looking for some sort of service, tool or application – even manual techniques – where you can digitally mix/blend 3 or more colors (i.e. not 2 as in most applications out there) and get the ...
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Wireframing tool to design a website idea
I have nothing to do with design, because I don't know how to mix two colors. Some time ago, I've read about some tools which are used in the creation of interfaces for application and web pages.
In ...
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iOS, Android, etc., tablet devices in a design workflow?
I'm going to have to spring for one or more tablets (iPad, Tab, whatever) for testing ePubs, digital magazine ads, site rendering, etc. Because I don't have the consumer nature and also because I'd ...
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What Windows-based tools do you use to create icons?
I'm working on a project that often needs small (16x16, rarely 32x32), simple, bespoke icons (either made from scratch or as slight modifications of other icons).
Working on a Windows box, I end up ...
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Photoshop - Eraser tool - how do you edit multiple layers at once?
Is there anyway to use the Eraser tool on more then one layer at once?
my question stems from a project I'm working on where i am cleaning up a scan of an architectural drawing. The Architect has ...
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Illustrator problems with free transform and type tool
I was used to trasform object by clicking ctrl+T and then working the shape off by dragging the vertexes here and there as much as I want.
Now this shortcut is not working anymore and I dont know ...
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PDF font embedding; any utility to batch test font collection?
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Is there a utility that will batch test fonts to check which CAN and/or CANNOT be embedded in an Export to PDF?
Why?
I want to organise a (too large) collection of fonts so that when ...
