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There are several ways to do this. You can use the pen tool draw it yourself.
My answer is based on the way I've been doing it over the years.
Draw a triangle in a new layer. hit cmd+a(select all) then cmd+c(copy)
switch to the Channels tab and create a new channel. It will be named "Alpha 1" by default. now paste the triangle you copied from before. ...
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First you will have to convert the arrow from a path / stroke into a shape object. Do this by selecting Object -> Path -> Outline Stroke.
Open the Pathfinder palette (Window -> Pathfinder) and with the two items selected alt-click on the Unite button - it’s the first one that looks like two squares united into one.
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I suspect that the curve on that shadow might be an optical illusion of sorts. As @lawndartcatcher explains in his answer, the curved look can be achieved by making the intensity (or opacity) of the shadow fall off towards either end.
Here is a step-by-step look at that process.
Here is my top layer:
Below that I add a basic soft shadow (I used a ...
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Yes, this response is fair and no, you were not overly cautious.
That's a common issue that happens when some people have not the sufficient knowledge required to pull off the skills required to make the product appealing to others.
During my apprenticeship as software developer, I was often involved in user interface design. (Which is a bit different from ...
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That is a font, there is probably no drop-shadow involved. These are typically called woodcut fonts and many have the word "wood" in their font names ("Cottonwood" etc. but this is really just an author preference). Another possibility is "arabesque".
If you want to know how they got the lace effect, they probably made a layer with lace, created a white ...
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There are two effects you're asking here. One is the checkered background, and the other one is the drop shadow.
Let's start with the checkered background first.
Create a new image, make it 6px by 6px. Draw two black squares that are 3px by 3px. make sure you turn off the default background layer so the non black square spots are transparent. Hit ...
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In short, no there is not really an easy way without Pen tool. Even if there was, I'd still recommend learning to do it with Pen because it is very simple and effective once you get comfortable with it.
Most of the problems with pixelation or antialiasing result from being zoomed in closer than 100% which allows the pen tool to provide sub-pixel precision. ...
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Easiest way to blur stuff in photoshop is Blur Tool (R)
Just take Blur Tool and select Soft Round Brush (The brush that is round and has 0 hardness) Then use various size(s), ones that are fitting to the area(s) that you want to blur of course.
Then blur away. (You might want to make a copy of the image layer (Ctrl+J) before blurring. )
Original image (I ...
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I'm guessing you have a huge number of layers:
The fastest way is to click+drag over all the layer eyeballs, this works in CS5 at least. Note that visibility changes are not undo-able, i.e. they don't show up in history
A better suggestion for the future; get used to organizing layers into groups, then you will have far less 'points' to turn on/off layers.
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Option 1. Load the graphic into Illustrator, select the artboard tool
and click and hold one of the corners, this will display a little tooltip with the height and width.
Option 2.
Click Window> Artboards. On the side a little artboards pane should appear, click the dropdown menu
then click "Artboard options." This will give you a dialog box ...
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Jack's right - once they're created they're stuck like that forever. Like when you get that stupid "Macarena" song stuck in your head at a wedding.
What you can do, however, is create a copy of the pattern, edit it, and add it as a second version. Create an empty square canvas (you'll have to adjust the size depending on the pattern) and fill it with the ...
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Here are some results I got:
The steps for black ink are as follows:
In Photoshop, put the bottle image onto a layer, and duplicate this layer. To do this, you can select the layer in the Layers panel and press Ctrl+J on Windows or Cmd+J on Mac. We will work with this duplicate layer only, which must be above the original.
Use your favorite method to ...
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It's going to largely depend on the original size. Photoshop is many things, but it's not magic. It can do some fairly impressive things with pixel interpolation but there's a limit.
I would suggest using "Image" -> "Image Size..." and scaling it that way - at least it will scale consistently. I am not quite sure how exact you need to be when you say "any" ...
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It looks like an extremely stretched circle with a 2 or 3px feather to me... not a gradient or true drop shadow at all.
layer 1
layer2 (circle marquee with 2px feather and anti-alias on filled w/ black. Layer opacity set to 25%)
Both layers combined.
My example only took 3 minutes to build. You could def elaborate by using a large 10% opacity eraser ...
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You can use the "slice" tool (looks like an x-acto knife, below the wand):
select the rectangular area you wish to save using the slice tool.
go to "save for web"
use the "slice selection" tool to pick the slice(s) you wish to export, set your options and then save.
in the save dialog, pick "selected slices" from the "slices" drop down at the bottom of the ...
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there are some very easy steps to make such triangle with round corner with the help of pen tool, and its from scratch too
First of all create your triangle
with pen tool.
add additional anchor point at the
bottom corner right and left both
side according to attached screen
shot.
after that press A / or select (path
selection tool)and move it slightly
...
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I dont know wether they are decent looking or not but they can be helpful, though they all are text effects you can apply these effects elsewhere.
I am looking for general instructions that are a little more than
gradient overlay.
These effects only can be achieved with the help of gradients wherever I know.
Gold Text Effect
Text Gold Effect
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The general answer as far as gold is concerned is the same as for any metallic look. First, you have to determine whether you want a glossy or lustrous look (polished or matte finish on the metal).
Any reflective surface has its own color (unless it's a real mirror, such as chrome), but reflects ambient light and shadows with greater or lesser degrees of ...
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Select the particular layers you want to save as png,
press "ctrl+e" (that'll merge them into a single layer)
"select all" and "copy"
now press "ctrl+n" to create new file. The default option in photoshop is that the size of the new file will be the same as what you've in clip-board. In this case, it'll give you a size with the empty spaces trimmed.
Now ...
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This can be done with scripting capabilities.
EDIT: I've update my answer below having tried and tested.
Open any text editor
Copy and paste the following code into it
Make sure whatever the name of the text layer is matches with what's defined in line 20
Save as splitText.jsx
Open with Photoshop. Also make sure the document you want to apply this to is ...
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Looks like a standard design created by layering elements and setting blending or transparency on the layers. There are hundreds if not thousands of tutorials on these sort of text effects and drop shadows. If you've done nothing alone these lines, start with something like the tutorial below and go from there.
You can learn some of the basics though a ...
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Take the whole design, group it, then in the menu, Object - Envelope Distort - Make with Warp. Since the bottom part is smaller yes curve it. Secondly, Check it physically by making a cup from the print. (Old Graphic Design tricks).. And just like Scott just wrote. Ask the printer. They are your friend.
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I would be using a pattern brush for this. Yes the corners can be tricky. But corners are always tricky for pattern brushes. It merely takes some time to construct the proper corners. These corners aren't perfect, but give an idea about the corner construction.
This image shows a pattern brush. The images at the top show the pattern tiles. The areas in ...
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There's a link to the "home wiki" where I found this.
What software edited the animations?
Didn't completely understand your question... Did you mean what
graphic editor I used to create animations? None at all.
I used MSVC++ to write a little program that calls some GDI+ functions and draws a multi-layer TIF picture each layer of which is a
...
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Firstly, a logo should always be in vector format. What you are trying to make is a 3D visual of that logo.
Judging from the picture, I'd say this is done in Cinema 4D. But could be any 3D programm really. The effects are basically extruding a path (the logo) and applying a fillet. The material shaders are probably tweaks of some default plastic and metal ...
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As a general rule, if you want to be 100% sure that your work will not be stolen don't put it on the Internet. As John and DA01 pointed out watermarks, stamps and so on can be cropped out, replaced or somehow excluded from the image file. If anybody really just wants to use your image without your agreement he will and it is likely that you will never find ...
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I actually used Illustrator to do the initial layout, which I then recreate in DreamWeaver (insert your favorite html editor here). The links Jack gave you are fantastic - you should be able to get a bunch of ideas from them. A couple of points to add:
1) Cross-test in multiple browsers. Outlook won't render CSS, so you'll have to do all your layout in ...
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From a design perspective there is no such thing as an element "in isolation" unless there's nothing else on the page. Even then, it interacts with the white space and page geometry, so you still have at least three elements to deal with, and they are highly interdependent. Shaharyar's answer is a good one.
In considering a design change to an existing ...
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That's not really an effect, it's just dithering with a very limited color palette. Here's an example I just created using it, and the instructions on how to apply this "effect" are just below that.
How to apply it...
Get your picture into Photoshop, and go to Image > Mode > Indexed Color... via the main menu. In the Indexed Color dialog box that ...
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Photoshop CAN do a blur with a variable radius. This feature is available in the Lens Blur filter.
You first create an alpha channel with a gradient, describing across your image how unsharp you want it to be. (This is referred to as the depth map).
Then you blur the RGB layer, using the lens blur filter, selecting the alpha channel as depth map.
For the ...
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