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Synfig: masking independently moving objects

I use Synfig studio. I have groupA with several layers including ObjA. This group has its own transformations and moves. Then I have groupB with other layers including a mask MaskB. GroupB also has ...
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Unsure about bleeds with die cut

I have this design (viewed here at 600%) that is going to be cut to the shape of the red outline (cut line only - not part of the design) I'm pretty sure my bleeds are good everywhere EXCEPT where ...
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Create image library

I would like to save some symbols that I have drawn in inkscape in some "homemade" library so that I can drag and drop these image later. Is there a simple way to do it?
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How to create a star-trail effect in Inkscape?

What method can be followed to accomplish a star trail effect in Inkscape? This is what one sees when looking at night-time photographs with long exposure times, if you point the camera towards ...
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Selective cutout effect to give depth to overlapping lines

I'm looking for a good (i.e., efficient and flexible) Inkscape technique to achieve a selective "cutout" effect for indicating depth of and visualize separation between overlapping paths (...
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Software for drawing interactively via voice commands or command line interface

I'm not sure if my post is better suited for the Software Recommendations Stack Exchange. If so, then perhaps migrate it there. How hard would it be to design a computer program where you could use ...
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Help me identifying this japanese font

Can someone help me identifying this japanese font? I have tried font identification site like likefont but still haven't found the exact same one. This image is from a T-Shirt image, and this is the ...
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Search and replace artboard name with incremental number

In case we have a prototype let's say with 10 steps (artboards): d/0001 - Lorem ipsum 1 d/0002 - Lorem ipsum 2 d/0003 - Lorem ipsum 3 d/0004 - Lorem ipsum 4 d/0005 - Lorem ipsum 5 d/0006 - Lorem ...
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Photoshop - Text to stone engraving effect

I have a oil painting style monastery wall to start with. I would like to add a customizable text onto it, line by line, starting with something like "the following is an epic tale". I'm ...
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Trying to use railroad diagram to show the recursive nature of algorithm and how it backs up

I want to use a railroad diagram to show the sequence of steps an algorithm takes: I want to say we start with "SCC scheduling". It then repeatedly calls "chunk scheduling". Then &...
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Inkscape Showing all Fonts as Thick Bubble Letters

Inkscape 1.2.2 is displaying all the default fonts as unreadable and very big undefined letters similar to bubble letters. This happened on my original install of inkscape on Win 11, then I ...
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What do Affinity Designer’s four stroke dash values mean?

In Affinity Designer 1.10.6, Stroke studio, I can choose Dash Line Style, and then four numbers for Dash. But the four numbers aren’t labeled, and no tooltip shows upon hover. The online documentation ...
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How to fill an L path with a reflected gradient?

I'm trying to make an L shape where the gradient would go from the edge of the path to the center. In the image currently, I have 5 squares (ignoring the white squares) with a reflected gradient. The ...
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Retail Product Catalog Solution Up-to-date for 2023

I'm looking for a good solution to create a product catalog to feature many products with photos. The end result should be a professional print-ready document, but would also like to have the ...
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Illustrator changes the page-information text during saving file as pdf

I need to create PDF-Files for print and add page information to it (there is an option during the exporting pdf). Whenever I save it as PDF there is something like: "ai165599074342" added ...
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Adding a title before several paragraphs of a certain paragraph style

In Indesign, I need to insert a fixed title (something like - "law") before each group of paragraphs of a certain paragraph style, and another title right after it (something like - "...
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Do my components have enough white space?

I've been working on a project but the more I see my components, the more I think they don't have enough white space. The two components with which I have more doubt are a dropdown and a group of ...
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Identify gooey, wavy lava-lamp style illustration effect

What is the name of the flat design illustration style where edges have a gooey, wavy 'lava-lamp' style effect? I'd like to find a tutorial to create this effect in Adobe Illustrator but without ...
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Editing fonts in emf file within PowerPoint

I have a bunch of emf files that were converted from svg files with Inkscape commandline. The SVG files were autogenerated and have text objects. Within an SVG file, the text is nicely editable. For ...
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Photoshop - what's the difference between "Rasterize Layer" and "Convert to Layers"

I've recently come across a new menu command for smart objects - "Convert to Layers", I don't really understand its purpose as all it seems to do is reverting a smart object back to a raster ...
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UI Design: I can't understand the concept of design tokens

I have created a few design systems in Figma for different companies. Some are simple, and some are complex. But till now I can't understand the concept of design tokens. Every article or video I ...
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How to calculate colors which perfectly fits together rgb/ryb/cmyk/?

For my project (game) im trying to create a simple color palette of ~12 100% saturation colors and use those colors aswell with different saturation-shades-tints for less important elements. (goal: ...
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Customizing CMYK Halftone Screens in PDF Files

I am looking for a way to adjust the halftone screens of each color channel in CMYK PDF files using Python. I would like to enhance the perceived print resolution of the files using techniques such as ...
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Looking for font similar to futura bold and this logo

Found a font that looks similar to the Persona 5 Royal logo call Futura STD Bold but the ‘5’ is not the same. Does anyone know of a font that looks almost identical to Futura but has the right ‘5’?
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Round Up SVG Path

I am new to drawing vectors using svg and I am trying to create a custom tab bar for my app's navigations. I was able to create a bar that looks like this: And the svg code looks like this: const ...
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UI design: How to match the movement of the hue with the movement of saturation and brightness?

I'm currently learning UI design, right now I'm focusing on color. I make good progress, but now I have hit a roadblock I can't wrap my head around. I understood that it's possible to design an ...
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create proper warp on semi-cylinder like paint bucket Photoshop

I has made bucket render image before and want to add smart object on my label. Since this model perspective doesn't same like can or bottle where it has pure cylinder shape, i cant use cylinder warp ...
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Photoshop - Perspective floor that has depth

I'm trying to create an image that is emulating a renaissance oil painting style. The scene involves a wall, a fountain and a floor. I have been given the wall and the fountain, and need to make the ...
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InDesign XML : styling nested elements

In InDesign, I'm making a document from an imported XML film structured like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <root xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/...
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Cross-culture Bad-to-Good scale colouring

I need to produce a scale going from "bad to good". Usually red stands for bad and green for good. However, the target audience is global and in some cultures, red is actually good (e.g. ...
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What is the name for this kind of vertical separator?

What is the name of this kind of vertical separator between sections? I've seen it somewhere but can't remember where or what it's called. It's likely a specific type of printer's ornament, however I ...
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Why is Adobe Illustrator not letting me position anchor points?

I'm using Adobe Illustrator 2020. I just can't make points align. Notice I don't want to merge the lines. I want to make an anchor point of one line match/align with the another point of another line. ...
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How to erase by luminosity/brightness?

I would like to erase by hand with a brush or eraser tool, but I only want darker colors to be erased. For example, if a pixel under the brush is 100% black (luminosity=0), it would get 100% erased (...
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Font where if an 8 is rotated 180 degrees it is unchanged

In most fonts the “8” is asymmetric - for example, with the upper circle being smaller than the lower one. I need a font where if you flip the 8 upside down by rotating it 180 degrees what you get ...
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synfig: animate a key going into a lock

I would like to animate a key going into a lock, so that as it goes in it hides the part already inside the lock. How can I do it in synfig?
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Leading space/padding in sans-serif fonts

Notice the small space before the letter L in the first two lines in the following image. It's more notable the larger the font size, but it's there in the second line too. The fonts in this example ...
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How can you create paths with precise curvatures in Inkscape?

I want to curve the line between points of a path using a specific value. Instead of dragging the line to curve it, I want to type a specific curvature value. Otherwise, it is impossible to get two ...
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Unable to rotate guides in Adobe Illustrator

I am following this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnMo2ZNQGM but my guides retain horizontal or vertical and don't rotate. When I activate Rotate tool I can only move cyan rotation center, ...
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How to remove the shadow (outline) of text in inkscape?

After much trying tutorials and googling how to remove the black outlines of text in Inkscape (I think it's the "stroke"), I have no luck. I would just like to make a few designs for ...
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Using right image for creating hope for the user to take action

I am developing educations app where i need to use an image for the first time users which create hope that they will catch up withe their alumni friends. So for this i am using this image. with some ...
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Finding non shiny dark color

I am developing a star chart. As of now, I am using pure black color (HTML #000000) for the background to display the stars on. I have a sample that was printed by Posterbrain, and that was laminated....
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Affinity Designer stroke "curve" limitation?

If I wish to make an asymmetric stroke with the thickness to one side of the line in Illustrator or Vectorstyler, there is an option to alter the profile of the stroke for this purpose. In Designer, I ...
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How to force SVG path to be relative

First off - I have very little experience working with SVGs beyond using them as image files. I have an SVG file I got from a third-party vendor. Whenever I save the SVG, it sets the width and height ...
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What are typefaces similar to AMS Euler but suitable for text?

I like the shapes of AMS euler. I would like to use it for text, but it is made just of math typesetting, so it is missing some basic glyphs like hyphen, dashes, quotation marks and letters with ...
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Trying to figure what typeface / font this is

Here is a character table I hand-assembled from a book that was published in 1954. I'm trying to figure what font this was typeset in. The scan I have is of very low quality but it is good enough to ...
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Inkscape px values in UI don't match SVG values

In Inkscape 1.2.2 on Windows 10 I'm tryint to create an SVG that completely starts off from px measurements, and I'm trying to get the base measurements (widths, heights, stroke widths, etc) all in ...
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Is there a program or tool that can determine the alpha value of a color given it's background and foreground color

I have a color that has a HEX value of 180031 or rgb(24, 0, 49). However, the color is supposed to be a shade of purple with a black background, but I don't know what the alpha value is. Is there a ...
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Bezier pen tool problem

I already have the bezier tool taking different forms, for example, when I draw a straight line, sometimes it doesn't change the width, I can't zoom in or out, then after I finish the line, sometimes ...
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Product Design: Text Orientation and Quantity

I have a question about how the quantity and orientation of text can impact on the user experience. Have a look at the attached sketch. It's supposed to show the logo above, and company name and ...
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Why is my vector file pixelated after printing it on big glass surfaces?

I'm working for a company making glass walls with prints on it. It works fine with images but when I send them something with vector it becomes pixelated after printing, they also reported that on big ...

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