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How to quickly generate rectangles in place of text
It's pretty common nowadays—especially for UI mockups—to replace insignificant text with subdued rectangles. See example below.
Does anyone have a really simple way of creating those—especially in a ...
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Preparing RGB files for print
The printing company that I use prefer all files to be supplied in RGB. The only problem for me is accidentally picking a colour that is too bright.
Is there an easy way around this? I recently heard ...
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Stroke to Path and Union Creating Artifacts
When increasing the width of my stroke, then doing stroke to path and finally union, there are added artifacts:
x-ray of object:
stroke to path:
Doing union after selecting same fill color:
Where ...
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How would you achieve this texture in photoshop or illustrator?
How would you achieve this texture in photoshop or illustrator?
Thank you
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Missing font on Adobe Illustrator CS5 and macOS High Sierra
I have an old computer running macOS High Sierra (the latest available for that hardware) and Adobe Illustrator CS5 (yes, it's possible). I still use it because I purchased the software and this way I ...
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Move Auto Page Numbering from left to different corner of the page using Indesign script
I am trying to move Master Spread auto page numbering to right corner of the page using Indesign Extendscript. Unable to achieve it yet.
Is there a way we can select the text frame of content type &...
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How can I draw a circle around a rectangle?
In Inkscape, I can draw a perfect circle inside a rectangle (circle touches all sides of the rectangle):
However I can't make the opposite: making the circle around the box:
Okay, this is almost ...
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Best way to remove small nodes in Inkscape
What's the best way to automatically remove these small objects?
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Cut out object from image with pen tool
I've made an outline with the pen tool, how do I cut out the image so nothing outside of the selection shows?
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In Figma, how do you make it stop changing the zoom-level, when you click a comment?
I'm working on a big project, that has a huge artboard.
There are a million comments. When I click a comment, then it zooms aaaaaaall the way out, so I can see the entire artboard (6% zoom). Which ...
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HELP with wireframing 3d artwork
I want to create this but im having trouble with creating it with extruding. Any recommendations? I want to fill the font and leave the bottom transparent exactly like this
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How to display in HTML/CSS a partial image of which the whole image is rotating
I would like to display partial image on top of a web page the bottom 40%. The image is in a rotating container with the rotation keyword. I got the image to rotate, but it I cannot get it to be ...
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GIMP: How to change opacity of multiple layers?
How do I change the opacity of multiple layers simultaneously in GIMP?
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Gimp Color To Alpha removes too much opacity
I've used Gimp's "Color To Alpha" (C2A) in the past, and it was always the case that, if you placed the resulting layer over a background of the "removed color", that you'd get ...
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need to fill an object and leave holes empty? 3DS MAX
I'm trying to make the letter B using a line spline, but I need to get the letter filled in while leaving the holes hollow, can someone help?
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Illustrator keeps selecting bounding box shape instead of corner radius widget
I'm trying to do a simple rectangle with rounded corners and I can see the corner radius widget displayed as those circles in the corners of teh shape, but I cannot select them. It just keep grabbing ...
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Graph program name
Does anyone know the name of the program that gives graph output in this format? Notice how the numbers at the top are between lines instead of before or after.
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What is the color space behind the color blend mode in photoshop, HSB or HSL
What is the color space behind the color blend mode in photoshop, HSB or HSL
B stands for brightness L stands for lightness
But what is the true color space of Hue/ Saturation/Color/Luminosity ...
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80s typography book with red apple on the cover
Long shot, but if anyone in the internet knows the answer to this question, it's this forum...
Looking for an 80s book (or potentially older), a sort of font catalog. It was white, large format (...
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Difference between interpolate methods in Inkscape
I've been trying to branch out with Inkscape and have been experimenting with the interpolate extension. One thing I cannot work out is what the difference between the two interpolation methods is. I'...
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Custom shaped selection box
Is there a dedicated way, or what is the best way to select all objects in a selection box which is not rectangular.
Imagine a group of some randomly spilled small objects. I want to put them in a ...
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Photoshop - Can't Automate Filter > Pixelate > Crystallization with Script
I'm working on a simple script for Photoshop that applies Filter > Pixelate > Crystallization with cell size 10 however it seems that Photoshop doesn't include a function like it does for other ...
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How to bend cylinders in 3DS Max
Im new to 3DS Max and trying to recreate this object:
I found that "bend" does something similar to this but I need to only bend the edges of the cylinder, if anyone can direct me I would ...
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How can I distort the pattern of parallel lines in shape, simulating volume? Using Illustrator, Photoshop or any weird tool you know [duplicate]
I need to distort the pattern of parallel lines in shape, simulating volume. The work should be in vector. Attach a pic of smth likely I want to do:
But I want to do it with any shape, not only type. ...
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How do you find Slices in Sketch - is finding Exportables the only way?
The Problem
I want a way to find Slices in a complex Sketch document.
Why this is a problem
I have used icon templates from Apple and Apply Pixels which are pre-configured to export different icon ...
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What is the font used in japanese postage stamps for the word NIPPON (日本郵便)?
Japan postage stamps all use the same font for the word NIPPON (日本郵便). I could not find a font that matches the second symbol on stamps. Tried the main Identification sites: WhatTheFont
Identifont
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drawing front view of 3D objects in inkscape
Hi, I am trying to draw the figure shown here using inkscape. I can create a cubiod/slab but I am not getting this view. I don't know how to rotate it. I guess rotation is not possible as it is only a ...
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Illustrator: how to align different elements of a layer without them collapsing together
I'm quite new to illustrator, but I'm having hard time trying to align the whole layer to the center of the artboard without its element collapsing all together, would you have any suggestions how to ...
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How to use the Pathfinder Options in the Appearance Panel to subtract shapes? [duplicate]
I'm trying to find a way to use the pathfinder options under effects in the appearance panel, to produce the following effect seen in example #1:
This effect was created, by adding three fills in the ...
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What should I do when you find out a client went to another designer to change the finished design?
My client seemed happy with my final design for a set of labels for supplements.
Honestly, I felt a little rushed at the end of the final edits.
We were trying to figure out how to portray the flavors ...
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Import vector graphics into Google Slides? (Previous process broken)
I'm looking for a new process to insert vector graphics into Google Slides.
Before Google cut the support (in early 2023) for the connections between Google Drive, Google Slides and Google Draw, I ...
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Logo design choices
I'm struggling to create a new logo for a tech startup -- trying to capture a few concepts in the image: 1) "Agile" methods, feeding back upon each other for improvement, 2) evoke a "...
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How does a browser determine what font to use for a font-style? [closed]
I do not understand why the html file below renders the testital in italic Noto Sans Mono:
<html>
<head>
<style>
@font-face {
font-family: NotoSansMonoRegular;
src: url(&...
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Puffing up a logo [closed]
I am sure that it is possible for a designer software, however I do not know how it would be done!!! I want to change my logo
to make it embossed style for example as:
Can anyone guide or help me?
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How to create a figma project [closed]
I am new to figma designing and i want create a text area and add a button upon which onclick of that button i have save the text in text area into a file...
Please help me from scratch
1.To create a ...
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What filter is used on this image?
Can you please tell me what kind of filter is used on this image? Was this photo taken in black and white and then pinkish? And what is the easiest way to do this? (considering any program, like ...
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Select certain rows in a table in InDesign CC
Is there a way to multi select different rows in a table in indesign without having them all selected? E.g. made an example table and say I want to just edit row 1 and 3, but it highlights row 2 as ...
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Is it possible to edit a smart object while viewing other layers?
Question is very similar to Edit smart object in Illustrator while viewing other Photoshop layers, but for Photoshop only.
Is it possible to edit a smart object "live", without having to ...
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Fitting Group of Objects to Spline in Illustrator Without Warping
As shown in the image below, I have a line of sheet music that I would like to follow the curve of a line. The music is individual objects, not a picture or other single shape. I know about Object>...
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In Illustrator is there a way to copy then paste in specific position relative to an object, similar to adding object relative to a point in autocad?
I have several identical objects on one artboard and decided to add a new object to the first, and now I need to make them all identical. Is there a way to copy the new object and place it in the ...
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How do I stop shapes in Sketch from being 'sucked in' to artboards and dissappearing?
I often draw arrows between or around Sketch artboards, but if they ever touch the artboard they get 'sucked in' and placed inside it, making the lines disappear (they get cropped by the artboard's ...
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How do I specify a chess symbol from Google Sans Symbol 2?
How do I have a web page in which most things are from Noto Sans Mono but some symbols, like the chess white bishop U+2657 (or ♗) comes from Noto Sans Symbol 2?
I tried going to the Noto Sans Symbol 2 ...
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Inkscape: change behavior of selection tool
Is there a preference to change, so to have the rectangle selection tool, in Inkscape, to behave "a-la-Illustrator", i.e. to select objects/paths/etc even if the selection rectangle ...
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How to get rid of noise in scanned photocopies in Gimp?
I used to get rid of noise in my scanned photocopies using a mixture of Brightness and Contrast which worked quite well. Then I found a better method by increasing the Exposure and Black Levels which ...
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Setting the Default Units to px for Inkscape on MacOS?
There's an answer for how to do this on Windows here. How do we do it on a MacBook (MacOS)?
The comments in the other question mention that the configuration location is under ~/.config/inkscape ... ...
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How do I "inset" one image into another image in Inkscape?
I'm trying to create a custom happy birthday logo for laser engraving that incorporates the happy birthday vector image and the cancer ribbon vector image that I have created (attached). I am trying ...
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Photoshop: preparing PDF files for spot color printing
My working file is currently a two channel artwork in Photoshop, one black channel with one Pantone spot color channel over it. How do I prepare these files for press?
On PDF export it only shows a ...
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Illustrator - Offset Path Outlines thicker after export
I'm new to Adobe Illustrator. How do I fix the exported svg file from looking different than the original adobe AI preview window? Specifically lines in the SVG being thicker than AI
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How to see DPI of image in Illustrator - Illustrator CC
Is there a way to see the DPI of an image you hae opened in illustrator? I have an image open but it doesn't show in the document info window any resolution
Also checked linked and it shows the PPI ...
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Transform a smart object in photoshop dragged from illustrator - Illustrator CC
Is there a work around to distorting a smart object using the transform tool that has been dragged directly from illustrator? I often need to show a graphic made in illustrator on a photograph of ...
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