Vector Graphics are image files created using geometric elements such as points, lines, curves and shapes. Due to this, vector graphics are infinitely scalable without loss of image quality. Common graphic design software that creates vector based images include Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw and ...
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Easy way to make smooth connection in Adobe Illustrator CS6
Take a look on the image. I have a line with two segments (on the left). How to make smooth connection between them keeping one segment untouched (right side)? I know two methods but they are not so ...
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Making a line drawing or vector image from photograph
I'm trying to create shooting target-style single-color images from digital pictures of animals. Once I've lifted the image from the background, what are ways I could turn it into a simple line ...
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What do you call these infographic icons?
What do you call these simple, basic types of graphic elements that are used in infographic commercials, and the like? They are vector based, look like pixel art, but have smooth edges, and are ...
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How to smooth it out/add curves less jagged edges and illustrator
I am working on a trademark that utilizes a leaf. I translated the leaf into a vector shape but need to remove all of the jagged edges and make it smooth. Any suggestions?
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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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Gradient white lines in .eps file
I designed a vector in Adobe Illustrator CS6, but when saved as an .eps file, white vertical lines appear in my gradient.
What is happening? I've tried rasterizing the vector at 300 PPI with ...
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Illustrator: Altering color of many objects from differnt layers
WORKAROUND TOWARDS THE BOTTOM
This lovely PSD file (350 Perfect Icons -- brankic1979) consists of a high number of beautiful icon elements that were originally masked in photoshop. I want to be able ...
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How to convert .svg to .eps?
I am using Inkscape to create .svg vector files. I wanted to convert it to .eps so that I could use it in Latex (unable to use .svg in Latex). Please recommend a free software to convert .svg to .eps.
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How to copy a vector mask to another layer in photoshop cs6?
I am trying to follow a set of instructions and am looking to copy and paste a vector mask to a gradient layer. For some reason when I simply do cmd c and cmd v to the gradient layer nothing is ...
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How do I uniformly scale an elliptical shape with straight sides?
I am interested in taking the gray shapes and creating a uniform border around it; an outline with a white interior.
I want to do this by scaling the original shapes and intersecting them ...
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Using “vector-like” raster images in PDF documents
I'm in the process of producing QR-codes for use on product packaging. The codes are generated in batch and the resulting files are typically 25x25 px PNG files. Of course, such a small image would ...
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Better ways of vectorizing photos than Illustrator's Trace?
Are there any better ways of vectorizing photos than Illustrator's Trace? I don't have one of them Wacom boards so I can't really do this by hand.
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Delete one shape from another in Illustrator (CS4)
I have an image (below) of two hands over a black circle. All three are currently separate paths with a fill but no stroke, all on the same layer.
How do I delete the shape of the hands from the ...
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Single path overlapping? I shoelace design
I'm trying to make something similar to this in Inkscape:
I tried making a path then using object to path. But that didn't work.
So then I tried using the pen tool from clipboard... Still didn't ...
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color tint a complex drawing in illustrator?
I have a board ful of logos for a creds presentation which has a load of vector logos which are complex shapes. I want to turn then completely monochromatic to a particular shade of dark sepia/grey ...
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How to make rounded corner thumbnail “ containing image of the post ”?
When I create rounded rectangles in Photoshop, I can mask images over those rounded rectangles to give them rounded corners.
When I'm making websites however, I'm not sure how to give images rounded ...
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Add 3D perspective to a vectorized text
I don't have any real experience with 3D software (except for 1995's Raydream Designer). I realize there are plenty of fine options out there, but I am looking for something tremendously simple:
For ...
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Illustrator Adding Weird Lines to Logo on Dark Backgrounds (Not Stroke)
I have a logo symbol that has several intersecting lines. In Adobe Illustrator (CS6), slight gray lines are being added at the intersection points.
I haven't noticed it in other artwork, it only ...
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How do I cut a hole in a vector object I've drawn with the pen tool in Paint Shop Pro 8?
On a whim, I decided to try to recreate a high resolution Paint Shop Pro 8 logo icon.
The icon is a red painter's palette with a paint prush and the text "PSP 8".
I traced the outline of the ...
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Get a vector path from Photoshop to Inkscape or SVG
I need to extract vector paths from Photoshop into SVG format (or anything else Inkscape can use).
I don't have Illustrator, and buying it just to convert file formats seems silly.
So how can I get ...
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Export vector design from Illustrator to photoshop and back
How do I take a gradient vector design into photoshop, add noise to it, and then return it back into Illustrator without the white background?
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Failure to convert .svg to readable .eps in Inkscape
I am trying to produce a design which can be used to make a stencil of teardrop and heart shapes of various sizes.
The basic design is created by an equation in "Graphmatica" and inserted as a .bmp ...
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Photoshop CS6 Resize Rectangle with Rounded Corners
Before my question gets marked as duplicate let me explain that I did my research. This question is about Photoshop CS6. Hopefully the feature was added in this version. Before posting I looked up ...
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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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Convert a line drawing from raster to vector
I have a raster image, basically a scanned drawing of the outlines (and some detail) of various objects, and I wish to convert these lines to vectors, using either illustrator or inkscape.
My present ...
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eps file vector quality issue
I have a large vector .eps file of 8 logo samples. At 100% zoom, it is crisp and gorgeous, about 4 inches wide and 1.5 inches high on my laptop screen. How do I export a PNG version at that size and ...
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Create second path with specific offset from previous
I have this vector art I paid for from istockphoto, but I need to shrink it down. In order for this to look good I need to shrink in Ai, then export. However, when I shrink down the graphic, the ...
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Can Photoshop Be Used for Vector Purposes?
Usually vectors are only created in vector-based programs such as Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape, with some limited support for drawing vectors in programs like Adobe Fireworks and Flash.
Can ...
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Need advice on reducing icon size without loss in detail [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to resize icon sets in Photoshop?
I'm redesigning the icon for my Android application.
I designed it at 512x512 and then rescaled it to 96x96 and 32x32. However, it ...
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Is it legal to make a vector of another companies product?
So I own a business that will soon start developing mobile apps for platforms such as the iPad. I am wondering if I can legally make a vector graphic of other companies products such as the iPad to ...
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Running ink effect in illustrator
I'd like to create the effect of ink running similar to how it's been used here, but I'd like to do it in vector. Anybody got some great brushes that might work?
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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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Is a Photoshop EPS file a vector?
If I save my file from Photoshop as a 'Photoshop EPS' is that going to be okay as a vector across the board (ie will it be resizeable in whatever it's opened in)? I know if you open a .psd in ...
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Export SVG function in Fireworks only creates outline
There's a pretty big problem I'm having with Aaron Bealle's Export to SVG script in Fireworks:
So I have a path in Fireworks that I created from a marquee selection (which came from the magic wand, ...
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Free vector graphic images, for commercial use
Is there a free library of vector graphics for commercial use?
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Photoshop CS6: selecting all shapes contained inside a rectangular area
In PowerPoint, Visio, and many other programs, there's a "rectangle selection" mode which allows selecting a group of objects by drawing a rectangle with the mouse. All objects which are fully ...
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How to construct logos/letterforms with circles?
I've always wondered how to create these kind of logos - based on circles and a grid:
How do I connect the circles in the 'U' here and clean up the paths afterwards?
The connection could be done ...
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Jagged lines on my icons
I'm creating an app and I am trying to create some icons for it. I made the icon in AI, changed the color of the icon in Fireworks, and then resized the icon to the exact size I needed in Photoshop. ...
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What program should I use for animated vector style graphics for an iOS game
I'm starting to design a game for iOS and I want to use a style similar to the image below:
The game will have a few animations for the player, what program can I use to do that? I couldn't find a ...
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selecting vector path only from the current layer in photoshop
does anyone know if it is possible to "shield" other layers from path selection?
for example lets say I have 3 layers with different vector shapes in each one that overlap eachother in some points. if ...
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Align to pixel grid problem
I'm designing small icons for screen, I'm using align to pixel grid. One problem I've encountered is aligning a compound path to the grid.
This is the letter "O", which is a compound path, when I ...
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Free vector design app besides inkscape?
Does anyone know a good vector drawing application?
I tried Inkscape, but it is not a real vector design app. Technically it's an SVG editor, and as such doesn't support anything that SVG doesn't ...
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How to extract PNGs from Adobe Illustrator file
My graphic/web designer left me with an Adobe Illustrator file of my website. She said it would be easy to extract the images out as PNGs so I can use them in my HTML. But I can't figure this out too ...
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Is vectorizing an image copyright theft if the image is not CC/Public domain?
Is it okay to vectorize this image to make a poster out of it even though the image is not Creative Commons or anything like that? I'm not using any part of the image directly and only going to use it ...
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Are working outlines, like the ones shown inside, a product of the workflow or added, manually, for presentational purposes?
I've seen a few images like this one, they fascinate me, but what I wonder is whether the geometric 'work-lines' are a product of the workflow (hidden masks, etc) or added, manually, for ...
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Quick way to subtract white outline from knotwork pattern in Illustrator?
I am working with a pretty complex traced AI that I received, and I want to basically make it so that all the visually black stuff is shapes, and all the white outlines (invisible here) are removed. ...
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Breaking up a live traced word
I'm converting hand-drawn and scanned letters into vector paths via live trace. So far, so good.
The next step I need to do is break up the live-traced letters into individual objects, so I can move ...
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How can I create organizational chart in inkscape?
I have lots of problem with inkscape connectors incluing these
1. when Icopy/pase a connector everything changed!
2. can not break a connector alone!
now I do not know how to creat some ...
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How to select an InDesign vector path point when a text wrap contour is in the way?
How can I use the InDesign direct selection tool or pen tool on a path that has a text wrap over it, without just hitting the text wrap contour?
So to recap: in InDesign, when you apply a text wrap ...
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Resize handles not showing up when I select an object and hit the command key
Apologize if this has been covered a thousand times, but I'm new to AI and I don't even know the technical terms of these things to find anything in Google. Been trying. Anyway, when you select an ...
