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Indesign script to automate order list by last name
Every month I have to order a long list of names alphabetically by last name.
Is there a way to do this all in one single script?
This is what I am currently doing:
Use a GREP to place the last names ...
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Save pdf with overprint simulated
Is there anyway I can generate a version of a pdf which shows on screen, simulated overprint. I essentially want to send my client there artwork back showing the overprint simulated. I don’t want them ...
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How can I create a wipe transition effect in Figma like in the link?
Wipe effect animation sample
My Animation in Figma
Moving mask is the solution.
I need it for Lottie animation. I also used opacity for the slider like in the sample. I made that as an interactive ...
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How to crop drawing to path
I've been using Inkscape for a while, but I'm trying to remove everything covered by the red circles retaining only the blue curves in this drawing [. The blue curves and the red circles are grouped ...
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Is the use of a half glove to reduce left-hand smudging a recent invention?
When looking at answering this question about Dr. Kigner's half glove in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, my first thought was that it was an anti-smudge glove. I wear one when working on my digital ...
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Using Inkscape 1.3, I cannot find where to apply a "Simplify" path effect
Using Inkscape 1.3, I cannot find where to apply a "Simplify" path effect. Nothing comes down on "Add Live Path Effect" menu, nor is there any Apply button. See attached screenshot....
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InDesign does not properly important Word paragraphs that are 3pt, it converts them all to 10 or 12 point. Why is this?
InDesign does not properly important Word paragraphs that are 3pt, it converts them all to 10 or 12 point. Why is this?
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Choice of visualisation for timestamp instances
I have two lists of timestamps. Each of the lists look like this:
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26/Nov/2023:21:19:57 +0000
26/Nov/2023:21:20:02 +0000
26/Nov/2023:21:20:23 +0000
26/Nov/2023:21:26:32 +0000
26/Nov/2023:21:46:17 +...
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Svg solid to cut
I have an svg, however I am wanting to duplicate the image and turn in solid so the image lines are black to engrave and I am then also able to cut the outer solid line.
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Converting png logo to white
I have a logo that is in a png format (black lettering, transparent background). I want to convert this to a white logo lettering with a transparent background. How can I do this in Lightroom or ...
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What art style is used the video game Hades?
The game that I am talking about is called Hades (2020). Is there any information about how the art style of this particular game was created? I attached an image from this game (not a screenshot of ...
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How to make all text lines the same height or distance
I have a problem that actually annoyed me for quite a while in text editing software, only now I have a case where it's hard to ignore it:
Maybe it's some simple general feature but I never knew how ...
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Which classes of font are generally the most readable at a glance?
When I say "classes of font", I'm referring to categories and styles such as geometric, gothic, grotesk, handwriting, humanist, etc. Out of all of these, which would be the most readable - ...
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How do you find web fonts with good support for the OpenType frac feature?
I'm working on a website that'll have fractions in it, and I'd like to use the OpenType frac feature to format them well. CSS provides the font-variant-numeric:diagonal-fractions property to turn this ...
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(Screenshots) What fonts are those?
I have been using this Android program - no longer in the Google store (implying: support discontinued) - and I have noticed it uses (what looks to me like) two distinct types of fonts, respectively, ...
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How do I fix textures in Adobe Substance 3D Stager only rendering correctly on one plane?
I've created a simple disk model with a chamfer and fillet. I'm using an Adobe substance for texturing. I'm using Adobe Substance 3D Stager (though I had this same issue Adobe Dimension, which is ...
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Is there a term for a page layout with one column having no body text?
There is a technique in book design that creates a very wide outer (or sometimes inner) margin to the body text, allowing the lay-outer to put parts of the content in there. Think of annotations, ...
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Automatically duplicate all layers, each into its own new document
Is there a way to create an automated action or way of duplicating multiple layers so that each layer is duplicated into its own new document. Right now I have to manually right click, and click ...
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What is the difference between ∞ and ♾️?
What is the difference between ∞ and ♾️? Both are described as infinity in MacOS character viewer, though in the first case it is INFINITY and in the second case infinity
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Make auto layout expand to left when contents grow?
I have an auto layout that I'm trying to "fix" to the right. So when the items within the layout become wider and make the auto layout itself wider, I want it to expand to the left not to ...
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Program that has "select by marking areas as keep or remove"
PowerPoint has an amazing "remove background" tool where the program guesses the user's selection while the user marks areas they do or don't want. Its a time and number of clicks efficient ...
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Legible legal contract [closed]
My 401k broker is sending a docusign contract that has gray lettering not clear enough to read or print. Especially the note references at the bottom. I'm asking for the document to be legible.
Is ...
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How to save multiple layers separately at once?
i have a question. Is there an option to save multiple layers but first image need to apply do all layers below. I know there is option for that in photoshop but it's not working for me. Im creating t-...
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Why two images of similar size (width and height) have different dimensions in the viewer
I have image1 and image2. Image1 is screenshot from the display 3800x1900 with a device scale factor 2.25. The second image2 is a screenshot from the display 1800x900 with a device scale factor 1.
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What formats are commonly used in animated elements on web pages?
What is the industry standard format for animated elements on web pages? I know these can be videos and GIFs, but it doesn’t seem as if these formats are providing high enough quality, and video files ...
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How to achieve textured color gradients?
Some examples are below (source: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JazzberryBlue). How do I achieve gradients like this in Gimp? Or if not Gimp, what is the general process for creating gradients that blend ...
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How do you create this typography in photoshop?
How do you create this typography in photoshop?
https://padlet.com/giannanr63/cc-type-based-92jtdu7qkabipjxt/wish/2078458697
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Help identifying this Japanese font
Love this retro style font, does anyone know what it is? Or anything similar? Thanks so much
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Trying to find this typeface or one similar
Can you tell me what this typeface is? Thanks! You can see more of it here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/101146789/POVEMENT
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Photo manipulation for systemspace/Tsuki Project/cyberpunk aesthetic
"Systemspace", or The Tsuki Project, was an alternate reality game (ARG) which ran from 2017-2020. The history of the site, along with archive, is currently maintained at https://www....
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Circles inside circle - evenly distributed
I want circles with DIFFERENT stroke sizes to have similar border distances / align them evenly. How can I do that in Illustrator?
The blend tool works only if border sizes are identical.
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As a graphic designer how can I chose right font and color for my design work. How can I improvise in it?
I have been working as a Graphic designer for the past 2 years. But some how I face little difficulty in choosing the right font and color for my designer work. So need ideas on improvising my work.
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Feedback first ever brand design
[UPDATE]
I revised the design based on your feedback, which was really helpful, thank you!
I'm a student and have to gather feedback for my assignment on my brand design. Any feedback is helpful, ...
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Image processor - How to dynamically change action properties (scripting?)
Say I have an action with M (many) adjustments/filters. And I run Image processor on N images.
How would I dynamically change one of the properties of the action (e.g. duotone monochrome color from ...
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Any free website to convert Pantone 344C to Pantone TPX?
I cant find a website that can get me the closest match in TPX Pantone from Pantone C
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I have a greyscale drawing with lighting built in, how do I turn it into a normal map?
Here is the image I want to make into a normal map:
I've tried multiple tools for converting this image into a normal map, but they all seem to interpret the image wrong. The normal map is always ...
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Can I extract a selection from a page into a new file in a single step?
I'd like to easily create clippings that aren't simply bitmap screenshots (i.e., I don't want to use the snapshot tool.) The only way I know how to do this is to open the "pages" view, ...
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Turning desert map green in photoshop
I have only started using photoshop yesterday, so I have virtually no experience and no idea what I’m doing.
What I want to do is:
1- overlay a map of river paths on top of the desert map, and change ...
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Illustrator: Eliminating The Center Of The Text
I have a word repeated four times with a star over the middle of the text. Is there a way to eliminate just the letters behind the star?
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Inkscape - how to (re)name symbols in 1.3?
In older versions of Inkscape, when you selected a shape in the document's shape library, there were fields for description, title and label you could set. I can't find these in Inkscape 1.3 (but data ...
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Replacing Adobe discontinued fonts with similar fonts
adobe discontinued fonts I used extensively in a brochure. how can I replace the fonts without reformatting? I need to match the fonts as closely to original as possible.
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What software are used to make artistic render of plasma?
What software can you use to make artistic render of plasma with the cross section of the nuclear fusion reactors? Here are some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNfP3iywvI (Helion)
https://...
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How do I get cheap paper?
I'm looking for cheap paper, around 500 kg or 1000 pounds. For simplicity, let's assume A4/letter. The cheapest one I found was €742 incl. taxes (=0.74 ct a piece) for 500 kg and it only went down to €...
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Different way to unite a vector without losing detail
This is my first time asking something here so I hope I can get the help I need. I seem to be stuck with a pathfinder problem.
I made this detailed vectorized image of my dog and I need to merge it as ...
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Convert fonts into curves/ paths automatically on export to PDF in Illustrator
Is there any way in illustrator to convert text into curves/ paths automatically when exporting as PDF?
I couldn't find any preset option in the PDF export dialog.
Are there "Actions" like ...
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Turn an object into a clone of another object
Is it possible to take an existing object and turn it into a clone of another object?
Of course, the right way is to do things in the correct order by creating the original object first and then make ...
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Apply stroke to a filled shape in Adobe Illustrator
I'm a complete beginner in Adobe Illustrator. I've drawn a clean lineart of a drawing with the pen tool and I'm now filling it with colours. However, I would like to give the drawing a hand-painted ...
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Image processor Grayscale -> Duotone -> Error popup "Sorry, I could not process the following files:"
I have an issue with Image processor (Photoshop 2024). My action does two things:
Grayscale
Duotone
When I run Image processor (although inside Photoshop images are correctly modified), they are NOT ...
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How do I make a spacetime curvature grid like this (the black hole one)?
I wanna make a grid like the black hole one but with bigger size and more subdivisions. I tried using the Envelope Distort tool and dragging the anchor point but the result is pretty pointy, is there ...
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