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What is the best way to convince clients to send original image files instead of screenshots of images?
I simply state:
"Send me the absolute largest image(s) you have."
This, most of the time, gets me much better files. By specifically using the term "largest" it allows the client ...
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What is the best way to convince clients to send original image files instead of screenshots of images?
It's a never ending battle that you really won't ever win.
However I have found the simplest method is to begin by telling clients you can't use a screenshot for print. Don't sugar coat it. Don't ...
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How to convert a normal photo into an equirectangular image?
You can not do that on your image as you have it.
1) You want a cylindrical projection on a sphere. First your canvas needs to be at one exact proportion. 3.1416:1 (Use any pixel sized canvas you ...
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Image format for downloading in stages
Save as a JPEG and select PROGRESSIVE in the save options. You can also select a number of 'scans' to adjust how low the resolution starts off and therefore how gradually the JPEG will get from low ...
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What is the best way to convince clients to send original image files instead of screenshots of images?
What is the best way to convince clients to send original image files instead of screenshots of images?
Just say it:
"Oh, btw. I need the original image. Send it by mail, not by WhatsApp."
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Saving SVG with transparent background in Inkscape
Inkscape's default is to save SVGs without any background, unless you added one.
Try dragging your SVG into a raster image editor like GIMP or Photoshop. You'll soon find out if it really has a ...
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How to choose company logo resolution?
If the logo lends itself to vector format, and (arguably) it should, then you'd be better off designing it in a vector editing program (like Illustrator) and not having to worry about the resolution ...
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What's the term for an image that's been traced and made transparent?
As has already been pointed out, a TIFF is still a TIFF regardless of the contents. TIFF is a file format (Tagged Image File Format) as distinct from JPEG, PNG, PSD, etc.
Layered would refer to a ...
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Is SVG conversion to PDF lossless and deterministic?
Not necessarily. For the conversion to succeed without problems you must first ensure that:
You only use features that are present in both SVG and PDF specifications.
Your converter is interpreting ...
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How to detect whether webp image is lossless or lossy?
You can use the command webpinfo from google's libwebp package.
Example of a lossy webp:
webpinfo yellow_rose_lossy.webp | grep Format
Output:
Format: Lossy (1)
Example of a lossless webp:
webpinfo ...
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How to convert a normal photo into an equirectangular image?
Original image:
Increase canvas size and use content-aware fill, to give the image more sky and ground. I used Photoshop:
You will use the Polar Coordinates filter in the next step. Here's an image ...
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Photoshop: how to save cut out to JPG
JPG files cannot be transparent. Transparency will always default to white whenever a JPG is generated.
Save as transparent PNG instead via Save for Web: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S then choose PNG-24 and tick ...
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PNG files opening in indexed mode when dragged into Photoshop
Sadly a PNG file can't have layers, so if you have saved your work as a PNG and closed the original document, the layers you had are lost.
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What is the best way to convince clients to send original image files instead of screenshots of images?
I have had this same problem for ages, too. Regular customers know the drill now, but I'm constantly trying to educate new customers. I tell them that if I use the low-resolution screen shot they sent ...
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What is the best way to convince clients to send original image files instead of screenshots of images?
Depending on the relationship with your client you can find an analogy.
A client wanted to copy a website... without any FTP access.
The analogy was that instead of using the cargo elevator and a ...
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How to save an .AI & .TIFF file with transparency
Apple's Preview is not a professional-level image viewer/editor. It's made for home users that are merely viewing basic image formats such as jpg, png, gif, and pdf. There are many standard PDF ...
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How to convert a normal photo into an equirectangular image?
Your image have realy litle information and is too small. Also dont have a equirectangular geometry. But you can do it in Blender, its free. Just render it in "Panorama"> "equirectangular"> "Render.
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From jpg to png with similar size
Since you seem to be talking more generally about any image rather than a specific image, the answer is generally no. The PNG and JPG formats work very differently and each is more appropriate for ...
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How to work with this peculiar kind of JPEG? (Invalid JPEG marker type)
File ending is just metadata in the filename. Nobody is forced to use the file ending that corresponds with file type. In fact there are lots of lesser known file endings that have several ...
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Convert a pen signature like a marker or fountain pen using the tools on line
You can try to use the online Photoshop clone Photopea.
Drag and drop the image into Photopea.
Use Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to smoothen the image a bit:
Use Filter > Other > Maximum ...
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What is the best way to convince clients to send original image files instead of screenshots of images?
You can easily spot a client who knows what to send, and what to ask for.
If you don't, or take on the work anyway, there is no "best way" to handle that after the fact.
This is supposed to ...
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Lossless HEIC images
Let me try to address the contradiction if it is lossless or not.
Here is a screen capture of the Gimp dialog when exporting to HEIC. Note the words used: Nealry lossless.
And here is a specific test....
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Illustrator: Converting a letterhead design to Word
Create design (text and image)
Save as WMF.
Open word -
Insert picture (insert the wmf file)
Right click and choose Edit picture.
When the dialog box appears to change the file do editable doc, ...
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Can I create a PNG from InDesign?
Just a little update. In Adobe Indesign 2020 now it is possible to do both things, export your pages to JPEG or PNG format, and select a specific page or spread.
Just go to File/Export. In the ...
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Is it possible to convert PostScript to SVG? (Inkscape)
With help of pstoedit:
barcode -e ean -b 4003994155486 | pstoedit -q -f fig | fig2dev -L svg
In this example barcode outputs PostScript. Then pstoedit takes it and quetly (-q) converts into fig code,...
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Is there a quick way of batch converting multiple files from JPG to PNG in photoshop?
Well, you are about to commit another rookie error.
There is absolutely no advantage in converting a JPG file to PNG.
The JPG compression is now applied to your file, there is no way to "undo" that. ...
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File size increases with resolution when exporting to PNG
Increasing the resolution is literally creating your image with more pixels. More pixels = more data = bigger file size. There is no way around that. You can of course compress raster images, but ...
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Understand resolution inconsistency between Windows 7 and PDF readers
I don't use Reader (it seems to conflict with Acrobat). However, with Acrobat you have to tell the app the pixel density to use.
By default Acrobat will use the system ppi settings which may or may ...
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Adobe Illustrator: how to save at 600 dpi for print
Since you are referring to Adobe Illustrator, we can assume you are working with (mostly?) vector artwork, in which case ignore any dpi information. Or better yet, use the default 300dpi you get when ...
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