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Wondering how to achieve this blur text effect, hopefully in Sketch
Is there any way to easily generate this?
thanks!
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What's the name of the font used in this image?
I'm developing an app, and I would like to use this font:
What's its name?
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I am trying to identify this font used in RSK Group's logo
Can anyone identify the font in the graphic below?
Thank you.
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Photoshop Sticky Shift Key
I don't know if this is a feature or a bug but I happen to run into it every couple of times I use PS. Basically I somehow enter a mode where the Shift key is stuck and I have no idea how to get out ...
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Do you really earn money via Society6.com or Redbubble.com? [closed]
I have many works on Society6, I have seen a few works sold in 5 months. A work of mine shared in Wanelo 1191 times recently in two days and it is getting increased day by day, but it is not sold even ...
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1answer
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Designing GUI for mobile apps working in bright sunlight environment
I'm going to create GUI for a mobile app that will work in bright sunlight environment (inside a car so it will not be fully exposed to sunlight) and the usability and visibility of certain GUI ...
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1answer
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How to Draw vector illustration? [closed]
I am looking drawing lessons of the illustrations in vector.
Or in any editor.
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What is the effect of ligatures in web, regarding SEO
All designers love ligatures but vanilla web typography just sucks. I heard of smartypants that solves many of thoses issues, bringing sexy quotes, gorgeous ampersands and all. It's just perfect, ...
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1answer
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InDesign and advert size (PDFs)
I've learnt the basics of InDesign and created a 10-page magazine with some adverts in (stored as PDFs). My earlier question here was from a purely educational standpoint; not an actual printed ...
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2answers
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How to simulate long exposure light trails using Photoshop?
I just want to know, how to apply lighting effects in roads using Photoshop see the below image
how to achieve this ?
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Adobe Illustrator - working with path & pathfinder issue
I'm working on some print design in Adobe Illustrator, but I can't seem to figure out this one thing. It's probably stupid, but would really appreciate if someone could help me out.
I've create a ...
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How to 3D-rotate image in Photoshop?
I have a site screen shot(like this - http://d.pr/i/KxHN), and i want to rotate it to "perspective view" like this - http://bit.ly/14oIzhg.
How i can do that? Google hinted nothing about this ...
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How to store and use fonts externally on a Mac?
I'm setting up a new Mac :) I know that my huge font collection will bog down its performance considerably, so I'm looking for a way to store and access them externally - either on an external drive, ...
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For the main image on the landing page, can a dark contrasting background help increase conversion?
BACKGROUND OF PROJECT
Initially I envisioned that the header would have an image that can span the entire width of the page. I was thinking centered, and it would be so wide that as you stretched it, ...
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How to remove part of a raster image?
I have the following icon as a raster image, and I need to extract the "i" to do something with it. I'm not able to identify the font (it isn't Times), so how might I go about "removing" the i from ...
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1answer
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Cannot Get graphic file to appear with alpha channel
I'm importing a quicktime movie file and can not get it to play on the timeline. It has a preview that works (shows up in the source) ... but not on the time line. Any suggestions? The file worked the ...
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1answer
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How to: Line 3D effect?
How would one go about creating a lined 3D effect as shown in the image below?
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1answer
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Scaling image in gimp without losing definition of characters
I'm working with a .png (a logo with text) found here. When I import to gimp and try to scale it down, to fit my canvas, the text above "DON DAVIS LECTURESHIP... etc" becomes illegible from ...
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How can I export only text with a distinctive character style from InDesign to a new document?
I had a catalog layout with 200 captions. They all have the same distinctive character style. I am searching for a solution to export only these caption texts with the distinct character style out of ...
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How do I use one shape to delete a portion of another shape?
I have created an arrow shape (rightmost in image), from which I wish to cut out the majority so that only two thin sides remain. The most accurate way to do this would be to duplicate the shape and ...
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1answer
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How can I create imagery for cyber security and cyberspace general while avoiding that late 90's early 2000's look?
If you were to do a google image search for cyber security you'd see exactly what I mean. Even the slickest images representing cyber security or cyberspace seem to fall under a style that IMO is very ...
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1answer
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Does ideal measure change with language?
The ideal measure for single column of text is most widely accepted as around 65 characters, but does this depend on the language of the text? Some languages like French have much longer words than ...
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1answer
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Any good example of electric waves incorporated in a web design?
The client I work with has undergone an internal branding exercise. The result is that all of their documentation standards have been updated to include a common header. The header contains a black ...
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InDesign grep rule that applies to everything then stops if it reaches a certain character?
InDesign GREP rules can get a bit mind-bending. Suppose you want a paragraph style with a GREP style rule that applies a character style to everything except text after a certain character. Something ...
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1answer
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Adobe Illustrator CS6 (not responding) [closed]
As soon as i open a document in Illustrator CS6 or start a new document i get the famous spinning ball of death and the only thing i can do is force quite illustrator.
I have tried restarting my ...
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Please suggest : What is the best icon i can use for “ Other Events” .? [closed]
I'm creating a event page, so please suggest me an icon i can use ' other event '. may be a simple , trendy .
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How to create irregular shapes with round corners
I found a logo of a company named Ibbt. As you can see, there is a separation between elements (the shapes in the left). Can anybody tell how to create such effect in Illustration?
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Switching to GIMP from CS5.5. Is it feasible?
I've recently moved to linux from Windows7. The only program I can't do without is photoshop. I make a lot of banner ads and small landing page creatives.
My question, is it realistic to switch and ...
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Advice about fallback font stacks for Proxima Nova and Adobe Garamond Pro
Can anyone suggest a good stack of fallback fonts for Adobe Garamond Pro (serif) and Proxima Nova (sans-serif)?
The obvious choices are of course:
"Garamond Pro","Hoefler Text","Times New ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to view the metadata of SVG or EMF files using open source tools?
I have an image/chart that takes a long time to print - actually, a long time to create the post script file. Years ago I had a tool that allowed me to 'inspect/view' the chart and it visually showed ...
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1answer
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Interactively drag constrained 45°/90° line
I know I can hold down shift to drag a line constrained to 45° or 90° with the pen tool in illustrator. However, I'd like to see the line previewed interactively as I draw. I can get that behavior ...
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Can I make each group in this SVG file its own SVG file?
I have a huge SVG file that I filled with all the characters for a font. There are a lottt of characters and it'd take forever to manually copy each of them into its own file. Each character has all ...
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1answer
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Where to start when styling widgets for an app?
I'd like to improve the visual appearance of these widgets. What tools are available to help me?
I am in need of advice on how to make widgets I create look and feel professional. I am no artist ...
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1answer
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How can I symbolize credit? [closed]
I'm trying to think of a way to graphically represent the idea of credit, as in money owed. Are there any conventional solutions to this?
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How to create a light border for an app icon
This is a fine piece of iPhone app icon:
I'm wondering how they created the fine texture along with the slight 'glow' on the edges:
I suppose the texture is made by a semi-transparent layer on ...
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1answer
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Multiple double lines
I have two lines with a double appearance:
which I would like to be joined at their intersection:
(which I did with Object->Path->Join).
However, I don't want the lines to be joined at the end; ...
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Should fonts always be very “formal” on a legal page?
I am working on a HIPAA page (legal disclaimers in the medical industry). I am including a screenshot of the bottom portion of the page.
I think this looks good but wondering if I should perhaps go ...
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How can I make these links more obvious to click on?
Currently working on a redesign for a dental laboratory.
While testing the home page with a user, they never clicked on the links in the subnavigation. They clicked on the larger buttons in the links ...
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Custom square brush defaults to circular?
I recently learned to create custom brushes by selecting an area and using the "custom brush by selection" option.
What I'm trying to do is make a square brush with a slight tilt to it (I'm using ...
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How do I create a shape within a shape that has the same layer effects? [duplicate]
I wish to create a bookmark shape within a bar shape and make it look like it is "part" of the underlying bar shape, i.e. It conforms to the same gradient, but is only a different color.
I created ...
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1answer
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What's the best way to intersect a box shape layer?
I'm attempting to create a login box based on the below, but with a line (in the same style as the outer stroke) dividing the two sections. Is the best way to do this to literally draw a line as a new ...
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Graphic design courses under a Creative Commons license?
I'm an amateur graphic designer, with a decent head for theory, and intermediate skills. I would like to run a graphic design course for my friends, but I would prefer not to spend months on ...
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Rotated tiling background
How do I rotate the this image by 30 degrees but still have it be tileable?
http://i.imgur.com/OXQ8cD4.png
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3answers
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Pointillism? Mosaic? Vector Bokeh? [duplicate]
Is there a name for this effect and what would be the best way to achieve it in Photoshop or Illustrator in terms of filling a different vector shape with a similar distribution of rainbow circles?
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What's the name of the font used in Ambersoft Labs?
What is the name of this font? I have checked in many sites but could not get a proper answer. In the given picture, the letter T looks modified.
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How to design forms that encourage clear printing of numbers?
On most of my documents, I have places where people can write their name and number. I found, many people do not print clearly, so I cannot read the numbers. For e.g., many write their 5's like 3's.
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Paste in place leave gaps in Photoshop
I'm using Photoshop CS6.
As I make a selection and cut it (copy and delete) I would then like to paste it in the exact same position but on another layer. As I use the "paste in same position" ...
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What do you call the first paragraph in a layout where its bigger and made to stand out?
So you often see the first paragraph, for example of an about us page, where the first paragraph has a larger font and just kind of gives an enticing bit of information to read further. Anybody know ...
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Retina Display Email Signature
Our company uses gmail as the email client, and so our signatures are made up of text that can be edited in the text editor and images that have to be hosted on our server.
CSS is not an option.
Any ...
