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Save for Web with Layer Mask
I have an image which has a layer mask so that the image fades to transparent. However when I try to export the image (Save for Web) as a PNG the layer mask is lost. What am I doing wrong? Can this be ...
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Width and height pixels reduction with specific height and width
I am trying to reduce the pixels of an image for the web, but it looks very bad (for exam).
3200X1200 pixels is the original size of the image, but I would like to convert it to 530x411 for my web ...
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How to begin with UI design
Newbie here. I like web and UI design, I know what good UI and good design is, but I lack Photoshop skills.
Sometimes, when I try to do design, my mind goes blank or gets mixed up because I see too ...
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Simple Line Fading Away At Both Ends
I am not much of a designer. Looks like a very basic thing to do but i don't know how to do it. I just want to create a line that is blurred from the ends and have this shade at the bottom of it. Its ...
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How do I create a button with two shadows in the bottom?
I am not much of a designer. I want to know how I can create Wix like buttons in Photoshop.
They offer many kinds of buttons, but I want the one with a shadow on both sides of its bottom. Any help ...
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Why does photoshop import every third frame of a gif?
I have a 90 frame gif and if I file-import-videoframes-to-layers it will make 30 layers and the .gif will end up flashing too much.
Any ideas?
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What is the exact role/relationship of photoshop in web design?
I'm confused about the relationship of Photoshop (and any other image processing software) in web designing. I can see countless tutorials anywhere teaching on how to make web layouts from scratch, ...
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32/Bit PNG unable to save
I am working with Photoshop CS6 Extended.
I have a PNG that I need to edit. It is green and orange. Shows up fine in image viewer or even MS Paint. But when I open it with Photoshop the image is ...
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Transparency dithering issue when saving for web
I am trying to optimize the graphics for a webdesign, since I am not satisfied with the performance in terms of load-times. The logo is quite big and in PNG24 so I experimented to see how much I could ...
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Where can I find textures that are GPL compatible? [closed]
I am for a long and painful endless google search for days now. I can find masses of so called "Free Textures" and masses of textures that are CC licensed. I found a shop that sells textures "royalty ...
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Coding a website design , which is better from PSD (Adobe photoshop) or EPS ( Adobe illustrator )? [duplicate]
What is the diffrence between EPS and PSD in making a mockup in:
1. Quality
2. Size in loading page
3. Easier to use
4. Similarity between both of them
Thanks in advance....
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Photoshop help to reduce the PSD file size without losing its quality and to create a fast loading page? [closed]
I have beeen working on a website design into a psd format , the file size reached around 300 megabytes.... So is my PSD file as intial design reaching this size is terrible !
I need to end up with ...
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Export selected layer from Photoshop to web format
I have this big PSD file (300MB) which I need to somehow, export each layer as a web format (PNG for example) to fit them in a HTML. The only thing I found in PS is in the Scripts menu, the Export ...
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How to become an `awesome-UI' creator like Dribbblers? [closed]
This aims to be an useful and a guideline question for those who knows and visits Dribbble daily and dreams to create awesome user interfaces like those listed in.
I'm a newbie web designer and I ...
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Save individual element in PSD as an image
I am developing a site and got given the design as a PSD, my question is, can I select an individual element, say the social media icons, and save them as an image?
What I have been doing so far is ...
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Overlapping images - how to slice in photoshop CS5
I got pretty simple example of site layout (link below), and i need to slice it.
The problem is, when i have 2 images, or image and title overlapping, and when i try to make slices of both, i get one ...
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Creating a pattern from an image
I need the following image turned into a pattern that would repeat in the y-axis only. How can I make it repeat smoothly (so it actually looks like it's a pattern)?
Thanks!
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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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What process should I use for converting this Toolbar PSD comp into something I can use on a Web page?
I am a programmer and have recently started playing with Photoshop in my spare time.
Ideally, I prefer to create components using HTML/CSS only, but there are times when it is not possible.
In this ...
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How to design a websites using thin fonts that will look good in a web browser?
I recently quite repetitively encounter the same problem - the fonts in photoshop don't look even close to the fonts embedded onto the websites.
Obviously - it's mostly about external, 3rd party ...
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How do I replicate these two effects in Photoshop?
I am having trouble finding help on my own since I do not know the names of these effects. Here's the reference image:
How do I replicate the impressed circle effect behind the button? I
tried ...
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How to create a vertically asymmetrical grid in Photoshop
I'm working on a site. The width will be fixed, but the length will vary.
What would be the best way to create a grid like the following in Photoshop?:
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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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Professional looking websites [closed]
Apologies for cross posting from the Webmaster stack exchange but I have a question I'd like to resolve as urgently as possible.
I'm starting to design a site and am at the stage where I have most ...
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How can I get more efficient at designing tables for web in Photoshop?
It takes me too much time (IMO) to design tables in Photoshop. I need to move rows, columns and stuff easily. I'd like to be able to get through this faster.
I've tried InDesign and Illustrator and ...
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Which Photoshop features are affected by different DPI or PPI tags?
A Photoshop document‘s physical size, pixel density (DPI/PPI) and pixel dimensions are all linked.
Bitmap images contain bitmap data, which are a specific size (pixel dimensions). They also contain a ...
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What is the different ways in Photoshop to copy the remaining layers and create a new document?
Basically when someone gives me a PSD that has a bunch of copy and other things that I need to quickly strip off to use the background on a web page. What are the fastest ways to clear that and start ...
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When creating PDF from an image, what determines the screen dimensions when viewed at 100%?
I would like to use pdf for ease of use and annotations when creating previews of my screen designs. However, no matter how I create my pdf, I can't seem to figure out what determines the 100% view of ...
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Colors appear differently on webpage when saving in sRGB
I've made a webpage with an image next to text, set as the same color I thought I had used for the image. However when I looked at the webpage on Safari (on Mac) I noticed that the actual color of the ...
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Crop canvas to unique outline of image in Photoshop
I have unique shapes for my menu background, the problem is that the .png's are linked in the transparent area. I am looking to crop the canvases of these images in Photoshop to their exact unique ...
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Is it possible to divide one Photoshop document into multiple source files?
I am new to Photoshop and therefore in need to get familiar with it fast.
I wonder, if there is a way to divide Photoshop like a website, to make every picture (such as a website logo) editable ...
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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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How to make a image fade out to both sides
I want to use an image in different screen resolutions with fading and the same background color. In a website, the image will not scale, but the background will. Something like this:
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Shadow below images
I have this image that I got from slidesjs.com
It looks awesome when used as a frame, but I want to "elongate" it. Steps on how to accomplish this? I know it looks like a simple shadow, but the ...
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Image Sizing problem from photoshop to web
I'm new to the web designing stuff, so I bought a template. I want to change some text in my header. It is saved as a png image. I opened the PSD file in photoshop and changed the text.
I then ...
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Photoshop Navigation Menu HTML/JS [closed]
I am working on a site at the moment and I have run into a problem which i am not sure if the problem is with my images or the html/JS code.
I am making a navigation menu with 7 images that will ...
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What is the fastest way to copy a colour in Photoshop as HEX?
A lot of designers use Photoshop as a design and mockup tool. And in doing so, one of the last steps can be to get a lot of the colour information out so things like gradients and dynamic text can be ...
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illustration tools for beginners
I'm a software developer and am working on a personal project (website + iphone/ipad app). I need simple illustrations for these to fill in the blanks until the project gets "some" paying customers or ...
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Getting text to behave in photoshop like it does in html/css
Im setting out a template in PS 1280x700 px 300dpi (i know web is 72 but i like more clarity when working in PS).
My main problem is the way the text renders im using helvetica neue light 15px and ...
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MacBook retina Photoshop save for web
I am, like so many other graphic designers, very excited about the new MacBook 15" with retina display. But there is one thing that I really am concerned about. With 4 times the pixels as on ordinary ...
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How can I make my photoshop fonts appear like they do on the web?
Do I really have to design everything in photoshop with anti-aliasing set to "none"??? I'm sure there is a better way.
I'd like to have a setting so that when picking a basic web-safe (such as ...
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Photoshop Image Slicing For Web Design
I have a webpage designed in Photoshop. But the primary background image is designed little different than the usual way.
Large image.
I need to keep the texture and use the background in ...
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How To Achieve This Type of Page Border
I'm taking this website as an example: BuddyMiller.com
Is that border that looks like a nice persian rug, surrounding the page, something I would get from a template online (I've been searching ...
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how to add one smart object in multiple files in photoshop?
I know I can do multiple iterations of the same Smart Object within the SAME document and have it change all instances, but what about Smart Objects placed across DIFFERENT documents? That would be ...
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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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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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photoshop for the web [closed]
I am quite new to photoshop and use dreamweaver for web designing.
I have inherited a website that was designed(?) using Photoshop - seemingly in 1 PSD file called "master_mock". I also have Image ...
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How to apply border on the right and bottom only?
I use 'Round Rectangle Tool' to create a rounded rectangle shape.
I want to apply dark gray border on the right and bottom of a rectangle shape (layer).
What is the solution to do this? I have tried ...
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Remove bottom corners when using 'Round Rectangle Tool'?
I use a 'Round Rectangle Tool' to create navigation bar (for website)..
How to remove two rounded corners at the bottom?
Once it has been removed then I can apply some style from blending options. ...
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How do I breakdown a PSD Background To Tileable layered elements
I'd like to create a scaleable multi-resolution web effect similar to iBooks and started by building on this tutorial.
The problem is with the background image:
As you can see it has two masks on ...
