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Making the auto select layer check box a keyboard hot key
I find myself clicking on the auto select layer check box an egregious amount during the day. I was wondering if someone knew how to make it a hot key as that would save me quite a bit of time.
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How to create a transparent stroke or outline around a vector shape?
I'm attempting to create a transparent stroke around the inner heart shape, which knocks out the "lungs" layer below to reveal the red bottom layer.
I seemed unable to create this as an actual ...
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How to give sharp edges to a shape in Illustrator
I had no problems creating a grid like in the figure, but I can't create sharp edges at the end of the grid:
How can I do this?
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Export Photoshop layers in subfolder to individual files?
My question is an extension from this question ( Export photoshop layers to individual PNG files - batch process? ), but for some reason, I can't seem to contact any of the posters from that thread.
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Better image compression by combining images?
What is the name of the technique where many small images are copied into one large image to get better compression and avoid loading many separate images int memory? And is this still useful in ...
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Can you see while drawing on the drawing tablet?
I bought a drawing tablet. But when I draw on it, I can see the drawing I am making in an image editing software such as Microsoft Paint or on Microsoft Office products, but I cannot see anything on ...
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Is there any way to convert 'AI' and 'EPS' to corel draw format (.cdr)?
Is there any way to convert 'AI' and 'EPS' to corel draw format (.cdr)?
My client want to rework from their existing AI and EPS to corel draw.
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Exporting an object as svg from inkscape
I know that Inkscape does not have the ability to export selected objects as svg, but is there a workaround that people have found that works?
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Distributing layer position in sequence
I'm in storyboard hell. I have to place about 400 seperate images in sequence on a huge board in photoshop. So I have a 20,000 px by 10,000 px board and a load of layers which have been imported in ...
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AI - Breaking a mesh into a grid of vector shapes
I've researched for what seems forever, and I cannot find anything explaining how to break a mesh into a (distorted) grid of vector shapes. I don't need to preserve any kind of gradient or coloring; I ...
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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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Fireworks - inner shadow on transparent background
How to get inner shadow inside rectangle with transparent background?
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'Printers page' PDF layout in InDesign?
I'm doing the layout (first time) for a friends charity magazine, last minute as the usual girl quit just before it was due, so panic time there.
I'd saved the individual pages (as I'd been asked) as ...
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How can I make a Tartan Design in Adobe Illustrator
I generated on the internet this tartan design:
Now I want to get this design as a vector graphic built in Adobe Illustrator. Is there a trick to get 45 degree lines on the squares?
Or does ...
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What's this font used for Astrology & Crystals' logo?
I need to know what font is this. Thanks so much!
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Differences between “Royalty-Free”, “Public Domain”, “Creative Commons” etc
Is there a simple summary somewhere (or can someone provide one) of all the different kinds of legal terms for how and where we can re-use someone else's images?
For example these terms are bandied ...
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Using PhotoShop to create a magazine
My question:
Can I create a magazine exclusively using PhotoShop?
My understanding:
It should simply be a case of using CMYK and an adequately high resolution.
Other software:
InDesign is pretty ...
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How do I move or copy a single path?
I know this is a ridiculously basic question, but I cannot seem to do it for the life of me, even though I did it just 5 minutes ago...
I'm trying to copy the path on the right over to the left side ...
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How do I adjust anchor points correctly?
The way I have just learned to use the Pen tool, if you hold Cmd/Ctl while selecting the end of a guideline, it will move the guideline on BOTH sides of the anchor point and adjust the last curve that ...
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Why are guides looking like this?
I'm working on a file in photoshop and every time I drag a guide out I see multiple guides. How can I fix this so only one guide is present? I tried restarting photoshop but the problem persisted.
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How do I get out of Outline View?
I have drawn a broom in Illustrator and cant apply any brushes or strokes to it. I just don't get it. What do I have to do? Here is a screenshot:
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What hardware do I need to work with very large 300dpi illustrator files?
What hardware do I need to make a 300dpi 2000mm x 1200mm illustrator files rich with 2 x layers of jpeg artwork and 1 x layer of vector?
I suspect the final files for printing will be in excess 1GB ...
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How do I make these paths have the same vector?
I'm trying to draw another shape to go with this heart, and I want the line on which the anchor is selected to have exactly the same curvature as the corresponding length on the heart. Is this ...
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What size, spacing and baseline shift for tm and numerals in superscript?
Is there a set formula / ratio for creating a trademark symbol (TM) or adjusting numerals such as 2nd or 3rd to create the proper visual effect on the superscript? Currently I always just eyeball it ...
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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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When I create an arrow in Sketch and enlarge it, the tail bursts out of the arrow
I've been creating an arrow in Sketch and whenever I adjust the Size property of the border, it decides to burst out the side of the < part of the arrow. Is there anyway to fix this, or am I ...
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If I draw something with a brush then use Live Paint, how do I get rid of the brush stokes?
Say I have the following picture that I drew with a black brush then used Live Paint to color it.
How do I get rid of the black stroke?
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How to create new image from a group of layers of the exact size as the biggest layer extends? (Cropping in photoshop)
I am trying to crop an element in photoshop and I want to make sure it is perfect. I have a PSD that has many web elements that are grouped together nicely. I want to create a new image with the same ...
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How to make photoshop pencil tool 8x8 pixel square
I was making some pixel art and at some point I doubled the image size so now in order to continue to make my nice squares I want the pixel tool to be an 8x8 pixel square tip. Is it possible?
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Mac OSX Lion or Mountain Lion GUI wireframing kit for Illustrator
Is anyone aware of a wireframing kit for Illustrator (or any vector based template) that encompasses GUI elements from Mac OSX Lion or Mountain Lion?
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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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Inkscape: bitmap pattern filling - 1px line around every tile
I want to fill an object with a bitmap pattern.
Instead of perfectly connecting, there is this 1 pixel transparent line around each "tile" of the filled object.
The same problem was described here: ...
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What license do I need for a font, which is used as a base for commercial icon font?
What licensing is appropriate for a font to be used as a base for an icon font?
So basically I need to use the UNICODE table of that font to include custom icons and sell that font.
Most of the ...
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Fastest way to replace mask with current selection (Photoshop)
Situation: I want to use the current selection as a mask on layer X. Layer X already has a mask, and I want to completely replace it.
If layer X didn't already have a mask, I could do this in one ...
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How can I get Farsi/Arabic text to render correctly in Photoshop?
I downloaded a number of Farsi fonts and they render individual characters fine but but don't join multiple characters together at all. Does anyone know how to get whole words to appear correctly? If ...
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How do I do Ctrl-Left-Click operations in GIMP on Mac OS X?
When you ctrl+ left-Click, it's like a right-click in Mac OS X and brings up a menu.
I'm trying to clone a selected rectangle as shown here
But if I ctrl+alt+ click, I just get a context menu ...
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Is there any way to auto close the bezier tools when using the Pen tool for every new angle?
Using the pen tool, I can't imagine why anyone would want the following line segment to go in the ( random ? ) angle it chooses for you when making a new anchor point.
After making every line, I ...
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Automate replacement of Smart Objects in Photoshop
I'm involved in the production of a touchscreen device. Our workflow for designing the graphics of the interface is to create the buttons, text, etc in Illustrator, bring it into Photoshop as Smart ...
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Drop shadow in photoshop
I want to create just a transparent shadow to use in a website. While saving as PNG, the shadow is saving with the solid white border. What am I doing wrong?
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How to optimize the packing of multiple shapes inside a page for print
Is there a tool inside or outside of Adobe Illustrator which packs custom shapes inside an (say) A4 page?
This would be an optimization for printing the same element multiple times on the same page.
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Standard pixel density for print? [duplicate]
I have to design a flyer for half of an 81/2 x 11 page. It mostly has images but some text. And I'm designing it in GIMP. Is there an industry standard dpi for simple prints? It's not magazine ...
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How to beautifully incorporate tables in texts/documents
From time to time I have to write a small report and usually I end up having to present data in a table. Everytime I end up thinking that a table is an ugly looking rectangular box I wish I could ...
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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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Replace individual colors in multiple layers
The goal
Replace individual colors in a multi-layer Photoshop document in a way that is flexible and efficient enough to be done a multiple times in the production process—like when I need to update ...
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Never use white?
There was a famous blog post by Ian Taylor called "Never use black", in which he explained that one should never use pure, complete, 0-0-0 black, and should instead put a little bit of color or light ...
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How to balance a tab bar with an even number of elements, one of them being a call-to-action?
I have to design a 4 item iOS tab bar. One of the items is a call-to-action button for creating content. Typically, apps have 5 items, so it is natural to place the call-to-action in the middle for ...
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Why do you always end up with unused swatches in Illustrator?
Why, after a Live Trace, when you Output to Swatches, do you always end up with a bunch of Unused Swatches? What are their purpose, assuming they have one? I see a lot articles explaining how to ...
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Photoshop CS3 animation opacity problems
Here is my dilemma. I am making a scrolling text gif. I need the background on this gif to be transparent with a white box centered in the middle with the text showing ONLY in the white box. This ...
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Combine Same Color Objects
This question has probably been asked, but I can't find it, exactly. I'm a bit of a noob, and am unclear on some of the terminology.
How do you combine all adjoining objects of the same color, all in ...
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Need name for font used for the Office 2013 Icons
I need to create a logo design similar to the icons for Office 2013:
Can anyone help me with font name as I am not able to find it
