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How to pick a different color but with the same perceived luminosity (not by eye)?
Suppose I have a certain shade of violet, like #6727AE. How do I quickly find a different hue (say, greenish) but with the same perceived luminosity (or "weight")? The goal is to have 2 ...
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What is the best substitute font for Calibri within Microsoft Office?
I have read that there are a number of issues with the MS designed and default font Calibri. For instance, what is a Calibri replacement that will not change size when opened in say Pages, Docs, or ...
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How was this texture effect achieved?
this one here
and this one as well
The shading on the building, especially the squiggly liny texture got me confused. I don't see it that often. Does it have a name? How could one recreate it?
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Can anyone help identify the font used in this game logo
The logo for this game is for "Sakura Wars V". I pretty sure the logo slightly edited version of a certain font, but Im having a hard time finding what is the unmodified version of the font ...
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are DPI and PPI measured on a diagonal inch or horizontal inch?
The hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle (diagonal) is longer than its sides and would contain fewer pixels than an inch measured horizontally or vertically.
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Fixing a severely broken SVG
I got my logo from an AI-logo-generating site. It made a decent logo, but the svg is severely borked, to varying degrees depending on what viewer is used...
The specific issue I am having is that the ...
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can anyone identify this font? has a tilted e
Can anyone identify this font? It's from the Japanese version of the game Call of Duty Black Ops. I tried searching for other fonts with a tilted e but no luck.
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Code teaching and animation videos - Software recommendation
I want to make code teaching video animations. Something similar to this
https://youtu.be/UF9Iqmg94tk?t=195
I want to know what software/app should I use for making professional looking animation ...
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Shadows in Lottie Animation
I created an animation in the following way: sketched some basic shapes in Figma, animated it using Jitter, exported the animation json and importing it to Lottie then downloading the Gif. I wanted to ...
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Printing in Light Gray - what tint percentages work?
I have a publication with many light gray boxes (K-100%, tint 10%). I'm trying to design a Code style that will work both in the white-background normal text and in those shaded boxes.
We liked the ...
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Illustrator resizing vectors in SVG on Export
I have a grouping of vectors I am trying to export as an SVG. The problem is Illustrator keeps resizing the export. What starts as a width of ~18.5 inches in illustrator, is now ~13.6 inches when I ...
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Type on a Path Not Working
I'm trying to use the type on a path tool, and I've never had this problem before. I'm using the rainbow option as usual, but it is typing within the path not on top of it, and sideways. The other ...
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Can someone recommend some a font for a technology blog? Or atleast should it be serif ot sans-serif?
I'm looking for fonts suggestions for a tech blog.
Should the font be serif or sans-serif?
Thanks for any help.
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How to split-view a single pdf in Acrobat so that two non-consecutive pages are side-by-side?
Question:
How can I split a document so I can view one full page of the document on the left and a different page on the right?
Background:
I have a document with portrait-oriented pages, and want to ...
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how to create an overlapping circle shape with the same gradient
Basically, I want to know if there's a way to do this in Illustrator using a single stroke (or shape). I could replicate it using two strokes, and the result was almost the same, but wondering if ...
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Illustrator: When rearranging artboards, how to make guides follow?
I have some artboards that I want to rearrange in order to even out the spacing between them. The trouble is, when I Rearrange All Artboards Illustrator completely ignores my guides, leaving the ...
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Minimum printable font size readable under a microscope
I'm a mechanical engineer about to invest in a new A3 laser printer but won't have the chance to try it out before buying.
It's main function will be to print technical drawings for checking. The ...
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Using Mask then applying Pathfinder minus front
I used mask to create a shape I want. Now I want to apply minus front (I will put a new shape on top of the masked shape), but it's not working properly. How to fix this problem?
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How to embolden glyphs in inkscape?
Programmatic Solution for Emboldening Glyphs
In other words I want a tool that helps me convert glyphs to heavier/lighter weights.
I have been using Inkscape v1.2 to create glyphs, but now I want to ...
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Need some help for Japanese font identifying
It's a 2014 TV drama title. I've searched this for a long time but got nothing, since online font identification websites usually cannot recognize Japanese words. So if anyone knows the detail about ...
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Inkscape - select a part of imported PNG file
I have an image imported in the .png format to the Inkscape. I want to use the selection within this imported image and apply some filters in the given area only.
As you can see above, I would just ...
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Dragging photoshop image to illustrator and scale is a lot smaller - Photoshop CS6
I've been trying to place or drag something from photoshop into illustrator but whatever way I do it it comes in as really small. The artboard sizes are both 1080 x 1080 px I took screenshots of all ...
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How to resize a broad image correctly?
I got a logo from a design agency:
In my website there is only room for a logo image in the size of 160px X 160px, so after I have uploaded the logo image to my website, I got:
How to solve that ...
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How do I create technical design architectures' illustrations?
I came across a few technical architecture designs on websites like these:
(Above image doesn't have a background so please open it in a new tab as an image)
Can you guys give me any idea on which ...
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Where are the vanishing points in this picture?
I followed the line where the sea meets the sky for the horizon line but it just doesn't quite line up with the boat? I'm extremely lost, I would really appreciate someone to crack this one for me by ...
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Pixel difference between illustrator and photoshop?
I'm starting to learn pixel art and I have a problem when I try to use sprite sheet for reference.
I have this sprite sheet in Photoshop, and I select the pointed area:
Problem is when I paste it in ...
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Mockup problem, can't paste my design
I'm working with a bedsheet/bedcover mockup that I downloaded from freepik.com
I'm new in the photoshop world and I am trying to learn Photopea on my phone (android). What I know about mockup is that, ...
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Identification of Serif Font with round "a"
Can anyone identify the font in the image below. Finding a Serif font with a round a has proven difficult for me. thanks
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Is there a way to retain variable data link when copying/duplicating a layer in Photoshop?
I am setting up a workflow in Photoshop where several layers have variable content being pulled from a dataset - however, there are also several artboards for different configurations of the artwork. ...
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Character created with pen tool not showing on 3D label
Using the pen tool, I drew a character in Illustrator. When I was using the pen tool, I couldn't draw the entire character with one stroke i.e. one line that closes at the same point that it began. I ...
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Inkscape: Stroke on clipped shape
Is there a way to add stroke on clipped objects?
Steps:
create a picture and a shape
move the shape onto the picture
select both and set clip
It is a way to do this? (stroke around the clipped ...
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How do I use ImageMagick to split photos in two AND output the files with a weird numbering scheme?
I am not a programmer/coder at all, just someone that can google (poorly), so I have no real idea what I'm doing.
I have a bunch of pictures that I need to split in half and keep both halves. Someone ...
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How do I make the perspective of the text in this image more accurate?
I'm trying to use envelope distort in illustrator to render this graphic onto a photo of a wall, but I can't seem to get the perspective on the text looking right. Can anyone help me figure out how to ...
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How to create a table of contents with dotted lines in Illustrator?
My question is basically this one, except the Illustrator version.
I can think of some hackish ways to do it, but I'm thinking maybe there's a proper way to do it, so I figured I'd ask.
Chapter 1
1-1. ...
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How do I give the same action to more than just one photo in photoshop?
I would like to resize a lot of photos in once in photoshop (400 in number). Is it possible to do it at once with an action?
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How do I change the background color just for the footer in Figma?
I would like the footer's background color to be a different color than the rest of the website. Is there a proper way of doing this or do I just create a rectangle element, stretch it out onto the ...
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How can I change the units of drawing from pixels to cm?
When drawing a rectangle or square, if drawn randomly it shows the units in a small box displayed in cm. If drawn by specifying the dimensions from the top ribbon, the unit is pixels instead of cm.
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How do I get rid of duplicated circles near the start/end on a dashed stroke?
I have this issue where when I made a circle and give it a dashed appearance and make it circular. I get this duplicated circle:
Here are the details:
How can I fix this?
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Is there a Photoshop Alt+Drag equivalent in GIMP?
Is there a Photoshop Alt+Drag equivalent in GIMP, where you copy a selected object and drag it in a layer? All I can find is this, but it's under a paywall.
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Introduce paragraphs with a term and colon
Particularly in students papers, I often see the that they start a paragraph, which may be quite lengthy, with a specific term followed by a colon.
I believe this is just very comfortable for the ...
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How to automate image processing so all images are the same size with the same matte?
I have a bunch of 1800x1800 pictures. I need to individually put each image onto a 2200x2200 canvas and then save/export it. Is there a way I can batch this?
To further explain, I need to add a 400 ...
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Suggestions for a cheap CMYK laserjet for proofing for offset printing? [closed]
I need a printer for a general approximate sense of what our final product might look like. Typically, I've used an HP LaserJet CP1525nw printer. I'm due for new cartridges, about $350. I figure I ...
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PNG files transparency background problem
I'm trying to use PNG files for creating and I have the next problem:
As you can see, when I import or paste the IMG, the background of PNG 'is not actually a background'. Is like background has the ...
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My selection automatically inverts in Photoshop. How do I correct it?
Whenever I make a selection it automatically inverts the selection. How do I correct it?
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How to merge or open a color OpenType SVG font (EmojiOne) in Font Forge?
I am trying to merge EmojiOne into a regular OTF font to give the basic OTF font Emoji support:
https://github.com/adobe-fonts/emojione-color
Typically I would open the regular OTF font, then go ...
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What is this behavior in Adobe Illustrator?
I copy pasted one image icon from Adobe XD to create a vector of it in adobe illustrator.
But my Ai is behaving differently, it is having the icon in the background everywhere.
Seems like the hidden ...
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What is the name of the shape that looks like a rectangle with rounded tops named?
What is the name of the shape called that looks like a 3x5 card with rounded top corners and header with background color? Two examples:
Update:
As someone mentioned it’s sort of a shape with shapes ...
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What is correct sequence when converting from RGB to CMYK in a PSD or TIFF to be embedded into a PDF/X-1a file?
I'm making a PDF/X-1a, from a CS6 indesign file, for a print magazine that will be illustrated with images of everyday objects. The images are made from scans and photographs. There is no line art and ...
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Apply Mask from camera RAW
I have used the masking tool from camera raw:
Now when I open that thing in PS the layer masks are not there. It is a single layer:
How do I transfer the layer masks from Camera Raw over to ...
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GREP Style Capital first letter
Is it possible to create a GREP function that will automatically change the first letter to capital letter in a word? For example: "moonlight" and GREP changes it to "Moonlight".
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