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How to colorize an translucent picture in Photoshop?
I've got a scanned picture of a sticker album which contains an translucent room where the sticker should be sticked. I've tried (using the Equalize, Curves, Levels, Vibrance and Contrast Tools from ...
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See stroke rather than the skeleton when manually moving a path in Illustrator
In Adobe Illustrator, I want to align paths to their outlines (ie including the stroke thickness) and not to their underlying skeleton. When I move a path with the mouse, I however only see its ...
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How do you get a simple logo to look crisp after compression for Twitter/Facebook profile pictures? [duplicate]
Being a complete novice at this but having tried many methods, I cannot get my logo to look crisp in my Twitter or Facebook profile pictures. It looks fine in Instagram.
I have been dabbling in GIMP ...
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InDesign: Interactive colour invert on object
on the image below you should see that I have a large black shape which intersects with some black lines. I need for those black lines to turn white when they intersect with that black shape, but I am ...
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How to increase the minimal darkness?
I have an image that I like, however, the blacks are a bit to dark. I tried using the Gimp tool "Colors->Curves" where I can set the maximum value that gets brightened, however, this not ...
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Krita PNG or JPEG not saving?
I've tried a grand total of 12 times to save my Krita files (called .kra) as .png or .jpg files, but it doesn't work. Each time I try, Krita freezes for a few minutes and then shuts down without ...
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Inkscape import .AI file appears blocky
I'm trying to import some vector images into inkscape to remove the background and crop them before converting to .svg. Problem is, when I import any of them, they appear really blocky and strange, ...
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Image retain proportions as it scales down using XD responsive resize
I'm having this recurring issue with XD where i want to resize a group of elements where one element is an image, without changing the proportions of the image which needs to remain 16:9. In this ...
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Photoshop and printing profiles
I'm trying to print a graphic design in photoshop to match an existing print. I have the existing print's LAB values that I am using in photoshop but every time I print my image, the colors are way ...
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How do I remove shapes formed by other touching shapes in adobe illustrator
I have 4 circular shapes as shown in the screenshot. I want to remove the area marked A and B that forms around where the 2 small circle touch and the inner and outer circle. How do I do this?
This ...
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Problem with .psd transparent picture impression in Indesign
when i am printing my Indesign document with .psd (photoshop) pictures with transparent background, there is always a white background ! i do not see it on screen but when i am printing all pictures ...
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GIMP, cannot fill a circle on a background layer
The canvas for my image is a rectangle no bigger than the original image. I want to put a circular background with the image. I've tried two ways:
I create another layer, resize it large enough for ...
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What functions in Adobe Illustrator to use to get these effects?
How can I make on my own? What functions I need to use in Adobe Illustrator for 'waving' words?
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Importing each Excel cell into it's own text box in InDesign
I have multiple text cells on an Excel sheet and I want each of them to be placed on a separate text box in InDesign and autoflow.
I created a text box on each page of the Master Page because I want ...
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How do you choose between a small and a medium Wacom Intuos graphics tablet?
How do you choose between a small and a medium Wacom Intuos graphics tablet?
I'm a high school student who is extremely intrigued, curious, and enamoured with the idea of using a graphics tablet for ...
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How to change time format in Playhead Position on Premiere Pro CC 2015
This is how it is (there is only numbers):
That is what a want (time is separated in hours, minutes and seconds):
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How to remove the grey background noise
I'm doing some exercises with photoshop. I wish to transform a design to only black and white draw without background.
I'm working on this image
I tried two ways:
but it always remain a grey ...
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Enhance "Border" around imported sprite
I am completely new to GIMP. I am using it, because I am currently creating my first 2D rpg in Unity. Currently I want to create some fighting sprites, for which I intend to adjust some of the sprites ...
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Master pages and applying adjustments to photo place holder frames in InDesign
I am working on a photobook right now in ID 2021 with the same size place holder frame and margins applied to all pages.
I want to increase my margin and the size of the photo frame and apply it to ...
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How to set up a perspective grid to draw a scene with multiple horizon lines
Most perspective tutorials I've encountered cover the basics of one, two, and three point perspective. However, they fail to discuss more complicated scenes in which there may be multiple horizon ...
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How to display custom font on Adobe XD mobile cloud document?
I have a prototype which uses a few third party fonts and 1 custom icon font.
When previewing the prototype on my PC, everything is displayed correctly, but when I try to test it with my Android ...
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IndDesign - chapter name XML
As I am preparing a catalogue in InDesign based on xml import.
Ideal would be that the chapter titles would be imported as well as a variable/xml tag.
That would mean I can have 1 xml file and 1 .indt ...
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how can I remove additional points in below image quickly and improve quality of existing dash lines?
Hi I want to improve the quality of this simple figure for my thesis. Can someone help me for removing additional points in this image and improve line and dashed-line Quality in this figure. Thanks.
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How do you scale uniformly, using the Scale Tool in Illustrator?
When using Illustrator's interactive Scale Tool, how do you scale an object uniformly?
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How can I create text with a drop shadow combined with a stroke in Photoshop?
I want to achieve this text effect. The references below seems a mix of stroke and a box shadow. But the shadow seems connected to text (normal text shadow is like basically another text layer just ...
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What is the name of this kind of character illustration?
I have seen lots of UI designer nowadays including this kind of illustration i want to know the name of this style so that i can also learn and try this in my designs.
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blend with morphing
I am trying to blend between two lines within adobe illustrator in order to achieve the top blend as it appears on the enclosed image.
The bottom blend is what i am achieving but i want it to have ...
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Is it possible (and usually done) to create such grainy effect in Illustrator? [duplicate]
Sharing some illustrations from Handsomefrank agency. If you see them, all have dotted / grainy colors.
I've highlighted the thing I want to ask about by yellow color.
It's not limited to one artist. ...
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What is this texture/filter?
I'm working on a personal project and I'm looking for inspiration. I've found something interesting but I doesn't know what it is nor how to do it… Could you help me answering these question ?
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How do I change my logo in png to white
I am trying to give a logo a white variant so it is easier to use when i design flyers or for marketing videos. I tried using the paint bucket tool but it did not work. Any help will be appreciated.
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What should have in a Scalable logo?
I'm just having different ideas about the logo size. Some places say it must be 800×800 px and 72 dpi.
What's the artboard size I choose first? What are resolutions I should use? What is the best DPI ...
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In Design Horizontal Black lines in PNG that shouldn't be there and get printed!
I've got a slightly different problem.
I've got horizontal lines (like exercise book lines but much closer together) behind ONE image on a page full of several copies of said image.
There is a ...
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Advice for creating a fluid and responsive graphic
So I'm creating an entirely responsive website, with the aim of using as few media queries and magic numbers as possible. I've found after a number of attempts, that using the content to create the ...
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What kind of program can I use to make the following image?
Wondering how I can produce the same effect as the following image:
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How to save keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop
After 1 or 2 years if I need to format of my Windows PC with a fresh installation, how can I keep my keyboard shortcuts that I configured manually?
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What is this type of design called - mobile app
I'm a new member to this community and I have been looking at quite a few designs recently for an app I intend to work on. I honestly like this kind of style which is used in a lot of modern apps/...
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How to create a vibrant gradient with 2 Pantone Colors?
I'm working on a logo with a gradient. The original gradient is set along a path. When I outline the stroke, Illustrator converts it to a mesh. This seems to work well for both RGB and CMYK versions ...
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How to read and write a font file?
Lately I have been getting into font creation, and for the most part, I have been using software and website (such as fontstruct).
While these websites give me some control over the fonts, they do not ...
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Why do designers use Illustrator and then take to Photoshop [closed]
I've watched a few YouTube videos where some designers build their outlines in Illustrator of an image, then they take it to Photoshop to do colouring. Why do they do that?
I'm a relatively early in ...
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Photoshop PSD to PDF: Best Program/Settings
So I purchased a CV template, which came as a multi layered PSD file, which I edited in Photoshop and now want to convert/save as PDF.
Photoshop has this option, but I am not sure what are the best ...
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Script to copy text object and increment value in Adobe Illustrator
I would like to have a hotkey in Adobe Illustrator that copy, paste text object and increment number value inside that object.
For example I select text object with value "1", press hotkey ...
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Should Graphic Designers be paid for reprints of past work?
Seeking "best practices" from experienced designers....
A design is completed for a direct mail sales piece.
The piece is printed, mailed, and used by the client.
The project is paid for ...
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FontForge / Mac's Font Book - Rearrange font family order
Is there a way to change the font weight's order through Font Forge? WhenI downloaded Aktiv Grotesk, each font weight was its own font. I used Font Forge to merge them all into one font family.
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Methods of loading icons for wordpres? [closed]
I'd like to add an animation I made as a loading icon for a wordpress site, but I'm not sure what method most efficiently accomplishes this. Is it better to use a built-in algorithm of the site that ...
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In Illustrator, trying to create a mask of a word off a background
In illustrator, I'm trying to create/extract the word 'sunset' from a sunset picture. I keep getting a message saying, "I must click on a non-compound mask"? What do I need to do, to the ...
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Printing type with thin ornaments in light gray: tints of black or spot gray?
I will be printing invitations with body text set in 14pt Snell Roundhand Bold which has "pen strokes" that end with very thin ornaments.
The text needs to be light gray and, if I understand ...
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Photoshop: Trouble copying and pasting layers to another file
I would have two layers selected from "Regular Rects.psd", hit CMD + C, and click on the canvas for the destination psd file. When I paste it, it shows the two rectangles in the destination ...
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PhotoShop: How to delete a selection after you're done with it
I use the pent tool to make a shape, then right click make a selection, I fill in the selection with the colour I want. Great perfect no problem.
Now say if I want to go to the stamp tool and work ...
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Batch export AI and EPS files into a PNG
I have about ~600 files in .ai and .eps formats and need to export them to a .png (Full image, not layer by layer). Is there any way to do this automatically? Also it will be good if the .png file ...
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How can I translate this diagram into flat shapes with Photoshop drawing tools?
I wish I were skilled enough to figure this out... but it might take me weeks! I need to break down this diagram into 4 accurate individual shapes which can then be scaled up to make a template e.g. ...
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