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Photoshop Extremely slow with shapes

I have an issue with shapes in my photoshop and it persists across versions and installs. Basically whenever I create a new vector shape, it will take multiple seconds to create one. The waiting time ...
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How to achieve this raising 3d-style type in AE?

I've been sent this (image of video attached) by a client and I'm trying to recreate it so I can add some extra wording to the animation. The text raises word by word, with the 3d shadow extending out ...
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Fonts similiar to those in the ECMA-357 2nd standard?

Are there fonts that match those used in the ECMA-357 2nd edition document? Follows my attempts to discover the font: I have searched for ECMA-357 in the TC39 GitHub and found no matching ...
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Can an A4-size PDF with 600dpi be printed as a poster?

Suppose I have a PDF document of 600 dpi and A4 size. Can it be printed as a 91.4cm x 121.9cm (36”x48”) poster without pixelation?
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How to make swirled edge circle

I am trying to make a swirled edge circle like this for a logo in illustrator. What would be the best method to use? Thank you!
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How are hybrid keyframes created in After Effects?

As I understand, there are 2 types of keyframes in AE: basic (Linear, Bezier, Continuous Bezier, Auto Bezier, Hold) and hybrid ones. Here is a picture from the site I read: It’s clear for me about ...
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How to keep the colour of a logo visually the same on digital platforms and on print?

The design is to be printed on product packagings and also to be on the client’s social media profiles. The goal is for their customers to see the same colour visually in both places. When designing, ...
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Inkscape: filter on the background as fill color

I am trying to generate diagrams for my blog in Inkscape that are equally suitable for dark and light schemes. The background color of the HTML page is #ffffff in light mode and #424242 in dark mode. ...
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Is there any way I can get my cyan printed correctly?

I am writing a book about indefinite integration and I want to use some color (especially in graphs). So, I figured I would use my favourite color, which is cyan (#00FFFF), and in the computer it ...
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Font album of Umberto Tozzi: Notte Rosa 1981 and 2024

With much sadness my favorite world-known singer Umberto Tozzi (I remember: "Gloria", "Ti amo"...) have announced his retirement from live concerts from half 2025. If we look at ...
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Can't Create Water Refraction in Photoshop

I want to create a water refraction effect that can overlay an image. I'm using Photoshop and have tried a variety of filters with no luck. I'm not very familiar with Photoshop effects, so any help is ...
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Rearrange an image into random tiles?

I want to rearrange an image so that it becomes 4 tiles, but not one of the tiles is in its original place. Which software does that automatically? I don't need the separate tiles files, I just want ...
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Delete a background from a photo

I cannot select just the plate in this photo as the colours are so similar, I have put alpha on selection and tried colour and fuzzy select and path but I cannot do it well because of all the curves, ...
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How do I make solid white space in an animated GIF?

I am made this gif with VSDC. It is a demonstration of the problem I am facing. The individual images that make the gif has white space. But when I generate the GIF file, the result contains what can ...
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Setting up a GREP find and proper nouns

I'm trying to set up a GREP which will find the proper nouns in my document and apply a character style to them which I will then use to preclude them from a spellcheck (I'm trying to avoid having to ...
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Is there a way to "unlink" duplicated embedded objects from each other in Affintiy Designer?

I have created a phone mockup, and placed it into my file. I now want multiple duplicates of my mockup in my file, but change them up a little. Is there a way to duplicated this embedded file without ...
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Inkscape: Cut an unfilled rectangle into four sides

I have not found an answer to this, although I am perhaps searching for the wrong terms ... Ink Inkscape, I'd like to change an unfilled rectangle into its four separate sides. I thought that if I ...
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Can you please help me Identify this font in the picture?

Please help me Identify the font in this picture.
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How can I increase the maximum character limit for text along a path in Adobe Illustrator?

I'm attempting to place the first 1000 digits of pi along a circular path, but the text gets truncated. How can I resolve this issue or is there a character limit I should be aware of? the 1000 digits ...
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Why do so many graphic designers suck at making gears?

Disclaimer: Post contains rantish tone, possibly even sarcasm! Lazy designers or those with feelings that bruise easily may take offense. 🤣 I see it all over the place. Like 9 out of 10 gear icons (...
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Can't change color (stroke/fill) in Illustrator

I've created a path in Illustrator and now I want to change the color of the stroke (or fill, it doesn't work on both), but when I chose the new color nothing happens. Edit: strangely, it changes the ...
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Stepped gradient without blur in inkscape

I want to achieve the same effect as on this question in Inkscape, how do I do it? I've searched but doesn't find any reference.
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How does people come up with creative ideas? [closed]

I'm unsure if this is the right sub to ask (please direct me if not). I came across such ideas like this one https://theoutline.com/post/8843/casu-marzu-cheese-sardinia-illegal-dangerous It's a 3D ...
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Paste with transparency into Adobe Photoshop 2023

I copy an image of PNG format from the browser that has a transparent background and attempt to paste it into Photoshop, only to discover that a black background has been added. This does not happen ...
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Preapply Multiple Strokes to the Pen and Brush Tool in Illustrator consistently

I'm trying to accelerate a certain workflow when drawing with the Pen and Brush Tools in Illustrator. Lately I've been using multiple strokes on paths drawn with the pen tool and it works wonders, so ...
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What Japanese font is this?

Can someone help me find this font? The
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How to create a convex glass effect using Photoshop?

I have a picture of a chessboard and I want to add convex glass above it.. I am attaching an examples here https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/vector-modern-transparent-circle-glass-plate-...
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My images got layers even when it has not been edited it in an imaging software. why ? possible explanations

im having trouble with my unedited images opening as layers. im working with a scientific image. i have never edited this image on photoshop. i have opened this image on inkscape and have once tried ...
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Can we store any dynamic date or time in Figma's variable?

I have been using Figma for my design since past 3 years now that that have there new update where we can add static number data in their variables. I want to store a dynamic date in it instead of a ...
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Die cut for packaging

I have to make the design for a box of chocolates for a company. The client gave me the box and said to take the measurements for the design. Am I supposed to make the die cut? I thought it was the ...
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Pantone for printing

I have a project of packaging. I ask my printer if the file should be in cmyk and he said that he only work with Pantone. Is it normal? Doesn’t it cost a lot for Pantone?
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How do I create a 3D perspective floor graphic effect in Illustrator for print

I am looking to create a 3D effect 2D printed floor vinyl like the attached picture in Adobe Illustrator. Any help would be appreciated.
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Cut a shape on another one

I would like to recreate this kind of image focusing on the white shapes on the blue planet. I tried to create rounded rectangles in Adobe Illustrator and then use the scissor tool but the result is ...
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Inkskape Object>Clip>Set

Can U help me? I have a problem with the Clip function. I have a large .PNG but I need only part of this file, so I use the Clip function, but I understand that Inkscape holding in memory full images, ...
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Icons / Symbols for Concepts or Learning Material

I am on a journey of creating high quality Material for Software-Development learners about the topic of how to write good or "Clean" code. I am currently searching for Symbols / Icons (not ...
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How to crop complex (vector) graphics in Illustrator

I have to crop complex (lots of strokes) floral shapes in Illustrator. To date I could not find a method that just works without manual labor and fixing afterwards. This is graphic I'm trying to crop ...
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How to combine two objects of different colour with one object completely enclosed in the other, so that only the outer border remains?

I am fairly new to Inkscape and would like to have a shape (hexagon), enclose a double helix PNG (an abstraction in one colour). The fill of the hexagon is a gradient in a different colour. The helix ...
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Canva: Is there a fonts cheat sheet?

One simply can't scroll through all the thousands of fonts in Canva, but if you have an idea in mind then that's what you have to do to find one that works for your design. Someone somewhere must have ...
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Where to find collection of gradients and abstract backgrounds for free?

I am looking at the left panel of https://www.animstats.com/app which shows backgrounds using gradients or abstract vector designs, like these: Many other websites have this similar feature: Select ...
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GIMP copy & Paste not working well

i want to copy a texture into another but when i do it all becomes a solid color First one is what i copy Second is what gets pasted
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Regular Curve on Parallel Lines in Illustrator

Hi Community! I'm trying to draw a liberty-style image frame in Illustrator. You can see what I've made so far in the first image. I am trying to always maintain the two parallel lines that compose ...
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Color Difference functions are not good. What am I missing?

In the last few days, I tried out three renowned color difference functions. My expectations were very high as it was a function that reflected human perception. CIE2000 ITP (also called ICtCp or BT....
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Feedback on print layout design

I manage a small publishing entity specializing in architectural theory and history, in German and English, which oversees new editions of a well known 20th-Century Modernist architect's literary ...
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What is this kind of visualization called: lots of squares of different sizes arranged in a square/rectangular bucket

I've seen this on a couple of sites visualizing blockchains - the transactions in a block. Unlike a treemap the items are not from a hierarchy, represented by nested rectangles in the visualization. ...
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ISO a simple web tool to approximate on screen, a printed color

My question is almost too unsophisticated for this site, but I need only a simple answer, not a perfect one. I know if I create something that's blue, it might look darker (purple?) when it's printed. ...
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How do text rendering engines combine lowercase "g" with a cedilla " ̧ " to get "ģ"?

To be clear, I'm not wondering about how diacritics are combined in general, I want to know specifically about this case. In the font files I've inspected, the cedilla glyph is always stored as the ...
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Make inDesign text box spacing behave like MS Word

In MS Word, if two paragraphs have, for example, before and after spacing: 10 pt, the space between each other will be 10 pt. They override each other. With inDesign the spacing is additive: if two ...
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Why is CMYK needed when printing when RGB+color profile can provide the same?

I see some professional printers asking for documents using CMYK instead of RGB. But I don't understand how it is better than RGB with an appropriate ICC color profile. Indeed, if my understanding is ...
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How to keep HTML formatting when copy text to Inkscape?

I have a text with headings, lists, hyperlinks in my editors, and I want to preserve them when copy to Inkscape. How can I do that?
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Indesign Grep function to break email addresses on @ symbol

I'm trying to fit email addresses in a staff directory and wish to have the emails break on @ in order to have them look more consistent. I'm importing the email addresses via a data merge as well ...
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