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Capturing the creases of a cake doughnut in vector graphics
If it is a logo, do not use gradients. Simplify, abstract, reduce.
But let us put that aside.
An easy way to produce gradients is by blending shapes.
Divide your circle into the required fractions. ...
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How to achieve a controlled swirl pattern that conforms to a sphere?
You can use Illustrator's Twirl Tool. It's under the Width tool (at least in the version I'm using.)
Note: Explaining this (or reading the explanation) takes considerably more time than actually ...
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Quick method to create a curved dagger vector (without the handle)
With the pen you can draw the outline of the blade. You can cheat and draw only the upper edge. You can make the edge by clicking few times and then adjusting the edge more precise:
In Inkscape the ...
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Capturing the creases of a cake doughnut in vector graphics
A little tilted view is useful. The wrinkles can well be different and a simple line can create the illusion. That's well in accordance with the common dictum: keep your logo simple.
In the left ...
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Quick method to create a curved dagger vector (without the handle)
Forget Photoshop, it's not the right kind of software.
One method for Adobe Illustrator CC would be to use the width tool on a simple stroke. If you need to convert to an actual shape afterwards, do ...
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How to make a part of a shape to have a specific width, while preserving the overall ratio?
The graphical version of the scaling:
In the left the green square is as wide as the handset. It can be drawn exactly at least if you drag at first a couple of brand new vertical guides from the ...
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How to invert image colors from black to white
Touch the 3 shapes.
Touch a color. I used orange just to play with it.
And Paul Johnson is right. There is no white background to be inverted. You need either to add one with color or use the SVG on, ...
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How to invert image colors from black to white
Your shape has no strokes, all paths are closed areas filled with black. Doing exactly what you asked i.e. changing black fill color to white makes your shape invisible against white background. To ...
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How to achieve a controlled swirl pattern that conforms to a sphere?
Non-human iris, no pupil
You can use the classic 3D effect "Revolve" to force your pattern to spherical:
In the left there's your array of lines, actually rectangles because the strokes are ...
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Quick method to create a curved dagger vector (without the handle)
Adobe Illustrator
Note: I did not focus on the image in the question. There was zero attempt to match the number of curves or degree of curvature in the question image. Here, I'm just showing how you ...
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What online tools in 2023 are effective at vectorizing shaded AI renders without generating many color gradients?
As far as I'm aware no auto-tracer will render gradients for output.
They all read gradients as "steps" of color, and then render those (banded) steps as separate objects, not one object ...
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How much SVG is too much SVG?
Yes, SVG can cause performance issue if you have a lot of it depending on the content and length of the SVG tags.
If you have multiple SVG in your platform with large xml content then there will be ...
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