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Which font should I use when I do not have a lot of real estate , and anti-aliasing turned off
I have been developing a lot of Windows 7 gadgets lately.
The max suggested height and width are 400x400 but ideally 300x400 is the area I develop a gadget in.
Now a lot of rendering is being done in ...
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Greying-out images?
Could someone recommend me an easy to use tool for greying-out some images (icons) ?.
In an Android application I am doing I have a set of full color icons that I want to use in a tab bar, but I want ...
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What is the correct value of raster effect resolution parameter in Adobe Illustrator for saving PNG used in an iPad application
I have a graphic prepared in Adobe Illustrator that I need to export to a PNG file used in an iPad application. The default value of Raster Effect resolution parameter is 72 ppi, on the other hand ...
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Find the original imported image path in Fireworks
I have imported an image into fireworks but I cannot remember where it came from. I need to find the original in order to rescale the image. Is there a way to determine the original path.
ps. Cannot ...
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Speed effect on electrons - 3D
I'm preparing a cover image for a publication for a scientific journal. Instead of being scientifically rigourous, this kind of image could be more artistic and catch the reader's eye while conveying ...
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Are there any animation programs other than Flash? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What programs can be used to make animations?
I saw this stack exchange and thought it'd be the perfect place to finally ask this.
Basically, with Flash I use to make little ...
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Is there no such thing as OCR-B font in bold?
I have been looking for a good monospace font in order to meet the criteria of a client.
One I found that I think has suitable qualities is OCR-B.
However, as near as I can tell, it only comes in "...
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Beginner Web Designer [duplicate]
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Tips and sources for beginning designers
For some time now I have been strugling with my inability to create my own web designs. I am a pretty decent coder but I always have ...
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Contrast ratio between foreground and background
What is an acceptable contrast ratio between a foreground and its background?
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Strange problem with Photoshop font
I have very strange problem with Photoshop CS4 and CS5 on Windows XP and Windows 7.
I've Installed all necessery fonts for template that I receive from graphic designer.
This fonts was Sansation and ...
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What does "art will be arched 12%" and how do I do it in Photoshop (or other)?
I have some drinking mugs that can hold artwork in the liner. I have just the mugs, not any pre-printed art. The artwork template (here is the PDF) states
After submission of artwork, art will be ...
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Creating an Android App which records data as a pie chart [closed]
Hey this might be a bit of a tricky one!
I have designed the wireframes for an application which will work out expenditures on a weekly monthly and yearly basis.
The first screen is for input, with ...
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Slices in MS Expression Design have wrong dimensions
I'm trying to do some basic design in Microsoft Expression Design 4 (this is the best design tool I have available to me; suggestions welcome), and I'm trying to export slices by selecting a bunch of ...
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Can a mockup for a smartphone app be used for the real app?
I should mention i don't know the first thing about designing smartphones apps.
I hired a freelancer to create a mockup for a smartphone (Android/iPhone) app for me, and I was wondering if I'll be ...
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Do you use colour lasers for proof printing?
I own an EPSON Stylus Photo RX640 printer which prints really good on special paper media, but is rather poor when it comes to normal (>75%) printing on plain papers. Beside that it's also quite ...
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Should I place the border above or below header to separate sections?
If the content is split into several sections, and each section has a header, should I put border below or above the header?
The “border below” approach seems prevalent (see Google, Wikipedia) but “...
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Are Macs preferable to PCs for handling graphics software?
Excuse me for being totally uninformed, but it usually seems like creative types of people i.e. graphics designers prefer Macs over PCs for accomplishing their tasks. I was wondering, why is this? Is ...
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Inkscape Changing Color of the Whole Object
I have made a bubble in Inkscape. The bubble comprises of a circle and an eclipse inside the circle. The bubble has gradient effects and is red in color.
Now, I want to change the color of the whole ...
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How do you say "Layer" in Chinese? As in photoshop layer
I'm setting up graphic designs that will be printed in mainland China. Some layers of the image are just there to show print instructions, and should never be printed.
What's Chinese for "Layer" as ...
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Calibration and Photoshop Color Settings
I use Windows 7. I calibrated my monitor with ColorMunki and use this profile as my default monitor profile. It looks great as I see the difference between non-calibrated and calibrated. Colors and ...
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What does MMH stand for?
I'm looking at some software that does a DPI check based on an upload of an images. It checks the resolution of the image against the specified DPI (300) and MMH (44x88). Does anyone know what MMH ...
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Where could I find free PostScript Type 1 font?
Where could I find free PostScript Type 1 fonts? Nowadays, the font are either TrueType or OpenType format. There are few Type 1 fonts.
Thanks.
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Outline edition tool in CorelDraw?
Is there any tool in CorelDraw X4/X5 that allows to change the outline like you can do in Illustrator?
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How to create a bulk load of similar buttons using PS CS5?
What is a good way of creating a bulk load of buttons using photoshop CS5? They are all the same background, and size, but different overlay text.
Please bear in mind I am new to PS but have an ...
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Making a solid color more realistic/natural
I often come across elements of color which look very natural and realistic despite there being only one solid color (not in a pixel-exact way, but rather in the perceived sense).
When I try to ...
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Can Inkscape be associated to SVG as the primary tool of the trade? [closed]
I'm planning to make an icon to represent SVG. I know there are official logos, but I never saw them until I looked for them, and I don't believe many designers associate SVG to these logos.
My icon ...
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How to draw exactly 1/3 circle in Photoshop?
I need to do a pie chart with exact 1/3 chunks. Obviously it's easy to do a quarter circle - just cut the circle in half and then cut that half in half. But how would I do 1/3 circle?
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Automate image creation with addition of number, that increases with each iteration [duplicate]
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How to create a batch job, numbering images (writing text on them) from 1 to 100 in Photoshop?
I have an image and I'm adding number to it as a Type layer with some blending ...
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What font does Vitabot use in their logo?
This is a font that a client would like to use on his site that I'm designing. Can someone help me determine what the font is?
Here is a logo with the font I am looking for:
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Resizing rectangle in Fireworks without losing sharpness
I resized an icon from 128x128 to 40x40 pixels. The snap-to-pixel option is turned on, but the icon is still "blurry".
Original (128x128):
Resized (40x40):
How can I resize my image and retain ...
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Is it possible to make "paragraph" the default text format in Dreamweaver
I often add rows to tables in Dreamweaver once a day and then add text to these.
it is annoying to always have to change the text format to paragraph, is there a way to make paragraph the default ...
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Photoshop doesn't save composite previews
First: I have Photoshop CS3 running on Mac OS 10.7.2. (This also occurred in 10.6.8.)
In Photoshop preferences, I have every preview-saving option enables in File Handling, yet Quick Looking a file ...
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Deleting a selected area in Illustrator
How do I chop out regions of a bitmap in Illustrator, revealing the transparency beneath?
I'm starting with a raster graphic imported from Photoshop. The goal is to cut off a precisely-measured ...
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100 frame circular burn-down fuse animation
I'm working on a game and want a burn-down timer which is a circular fuse, burning down (erasing itself) over 100 frames (3.6 degrees each.)
How can I generate these frames with software instead of ...
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What icon fits "incomplete" and "overridden"?
When users create widgets in my system, they can leave the billing info incomplete till later. (They eventually have to fill it in unless the requirement get's overridden by a manager.) I need an icon ...
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How can I create a tile-able version of this background?
This question has 2 parts:
How can I create the background of this image in Photoshop?
How can I make it tile-able?
By the way, are there any sites that show off tile-able backgrounds that have a "...
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Designing in Black & White
I have to design flyers for someone, which will be printed in black and white (low budget thing). My problem is, I am used to design with colors, to use colors to direct the focus, to emphasize ...
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Photoshop: X, Y, W, H
I'm addicted to using the X, Y, W, and H parameters in the upper right of the window in Illustrator . It makes precision layouts, resizes, and measurements trivially easy.
I understand you can get ...
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Why do my rulers not line up sometimes?
Sometimes, in Photoshop, my rulers are off centre:
In this case I have the Move Tool selected, I've just placed the image of the pin. It always seems to go away after a while, but I haven't worked ...
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Inspiration from existing works - where is the limit?
I am trying to create icons for the UI of my website to represent key concepts of my trade such as "translation services", "languages", "translation tools"... and I am having a hard time to come up ...
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Any ideas on how to get this TV faded color effect?
I've been trying to get this effect in Photoshop. I thought about creating 3 semi-transparent layers with the same image and having the images slightly unaligned (to give that ghost or faded trace). ...
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What programs are being used to design this?
I'm new to design, and I often observe and have a lot of questions. I'm familiar with Photoshop, but I'm not sure of its full capabiilites. Take a look at this iPhone game called Cut the Rope, http://...
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Photoshop showing low quality graphics
I have a strange problem in Photoshop. I had this background image that I had downloaded from a website to try and recreate something like it. After I downloaded it and opened it up it all looked fine....
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In Fireworks CS5, How to hide all fills/strokes and show only paths (wire view)?
I have a complex vector graphic with overlapped shapes and I've been looking for a View mode that allows me to see only the paths. I guess it's called wire view or path view, but I can't find that ...
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How Can I Make Share Buttons Look Better?
You can see my site here. The share buttons on the left side obviously look quite untidy... Any ideas on how to make them look better?
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How to make a metallic gradient in photoshop
I have a line drawing of a brass instrument:
and I'd like to give it a glossy brass-like texture.
What tools could I use on Photoshop CS5? I tried filling it with gradients, and then adding a bevel,...
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How can I replicate the label of this bottle in Illustrator?
I'm trying to replicate the label of the water bottle shown here:
I would like to recreate it in Illustrator. I've tried a few different methods with mixed results, none of which are really a match ...
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Photoshop CS5 - how to "normalize" colors in an image to reduce the noise?
New to photoshop so bear with me...
I have a scanned image that, ideally, should be just three colors: red, black, and white. The original was a pen an ink drawing and the act of scanning added all ...
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Flash: Align locked objects
So I am familiar with the align toolbar, and am attempting to get two objects to align centrally.
The problem is that one of the objects is where I want it to be placed, and I want the other object ...
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How to scale down to an exact pixel dimension?
I'm copying and pasting an Illustrator CS3 vector graphic into Photoshop CS3. I need it to be exactly 32px high, so I enter "32px" in the transform settings.
To my chagrin, the final image comes out ...
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