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Photoshop: Strange defaults for layer styles
Photoshop layer styles now have strange defaults on my system, seems like all values are scaled up. I don't know when or how it has happened.
Eg:
Bevel size: 84px
Stroke size: 52px
Inner ...
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Flash: Creating a single walking pattern for multiple characters
I have a big project to do right now. And my final delay is... now. It's a ~35-second animation I have to do in Adobe Flash Professional CS6. Anyone having ever animated on this software knows that ...
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Is it acceptable to make a Windows Phone 8 app that looks like an iOS app?
I'm trying to transition some clients apps to Windows Phone 8. These particular clients want their apps to look exactly like they do on iOS and Android (I tried to convince them they shouldn't look ...
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How do I install Gimp 2.8 in Windows without administrative permissions? [closed]
I want my creativity to flow right now but I don't have access to the administrator account.
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Metro Website Template Guidlines
What are some of the rules and guidelines needed to design a Windows 8 "Metro" style website template?
I notice using blocks is one of these guidelines. I'm also noting something about the colors, ...
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OTF font family styles not showing up in Photoshop
I have a font which has six styles (Black, Bold, Extra bold, Light, Medium and Regular). For each style there's an OTF file. If I install all the OTF files, the font shows up properly in the Fonts ...
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Adobe InDesign 6 not printing booklets to edges of paper, InDesign 5.5 did
I printed booklets for my students in InDesign 5.5. Worked perfect, on US Letter paper I was able to get 2 worksheets per side. I'd cut them down the middle and have these great packets of ...
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Is there already a pre-compiled windows version available of Gimp 2.7 with single window mode? [closed]
I found a (german) description on how to install it for Linux (http://zinformatik.de/tipps-tricks/interessante-programme/gimp-2-7-mit-single-window-mode-installieren/) but I want it for Windows. ...
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Show Preview of .psd files in Windows 7's Explorer
I was wondering if there is a way to view a preview in the icon of the photoshop files in windows 7(simmilar to the preview of a jpeg file for example) instead of the photoshop file default blue icon.
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Can I automate saving different combinations of layers?
I have a source file for an icon. It has a base layer which is the icon background, and a number of layer folders, each of which contains layers for each individual icon. There are 20 or so of these ...
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Any way to use an Android tablet as a cheap touch-screen (display + pointer-input-device) for Photoshop?
Is there a way (a hack; a commercial app; etc...) which enables me to use any of the available <300$ tablets as a pen-input device to my PC? And specifically in Photoshop?
Wacom's offerings are ...
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Recommend a good font management software for Windows 7
I am looking for a good Font Mangement Software for Windows 7.
Can you guys please recommend a good professional one, something that has options like:
install/uninstall a font at the touch of a ...
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Right color balance MAC vs Windows
I've designed a web page on a Mac computer. When testing it on windows in appears with something like 20% less saturation. The page is public, for the web, so the final user may have any kind of ...
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What to do with these errors when I open a PSD file in my Photoshop CS3 (Windows 7) while PSD is made by Photoshop (Mac OSX)
I'm a Web Designer and when I open some PSD files in my Photoshop CS3 (Windows 7) I get these messages pop-up before to open PSD. My fellow designer use Photoshop on Mac OSX.
Error 1
Some text ...
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Any Google Font that renders equally well both on Windows (IE) and Mac (Cr, FF, Saf)?
I like the fonts available at Google Fonts but I've noted some sans-serif choices render markedly different when comparing Win XP (IE) to browser on a Mac (Saf, Cr, FF).
An example is Open Sans, ...
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Can't see all the font styles installed in Windows 7
I've installed a font that has different styles (bold, italics, thin, medium, ultra and so on...), but I can't use them all because I can't see them in Photoshop. The fonts are installed, but seem in ...
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Color differences between Mac and Windows, How to set color profile scheme on Windows to get same colors of Mac?
I'm developer; I use Windows but my designer uses Mac. Whenever he sends a graphic file to me (.psd and .ai files) the colors show differently on Mac and Windows, even if I take the color code from ...
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Free Windows software for animations
Can anyone suggest a good (and easy to use) freeware for creating animations in Windows? I was looking at the Pencil mentioned in a similar question, but it seems its development has stopped. In ...
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Which wired mouse you would prefer to buy to use with my Windows Laptop for using Photoshop? [closed]
I want to buy a good (wired) mouse for all-around use with particular attention on selection precision, particularly with Photoshop.
Will any mouse work with Photoshop or are some specific mice ...
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Automation of repetitive tasks in Photoshop?
Is there a way to automate some highly repetitive tasks in Photoshop?
Example 1
I have a folder of images.
For each of them, and I want to import each as its own layer
I'd like them to be resized ...
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Which font should I use when I do not have a lot of real estate , and anti-aliasing turned off
I have been developing a lot of Windows 7 gadgets lately.
The max suggested height and width are 400x400 but ideally 300x400 is the area I develop a gadget in.
Now a lot of rendering is being done in ...
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Problem printing PDF from Freehand-10 via Acrobat X
When I go to print a pdf file with "Adobe PDF printer", I get the following error:
cannot complete command because read or write access has been denied.
This very strange error only appears if I ...
