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: Zeplin's weird image colour export So I have this UI part of a mobile app. The mint rectangle is produced programmatically by the iOS devs. The arrow is an image which I created in Sketch,

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Posted in: #Color #ColorProfile #Export #SketchApp

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: Photoshop background isolation I know that by using stacks you can remove an inconsistent item (people say) on top of a consistent background (a town square say) as long as you have enough

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Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Background

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: What format is best for placing an image into Illustrator I have an Illustrator document that I need to place an image from Photoshop into. The original images are in .psd and .eps formats.

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Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #AdobePhotoshop

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: Technical term for this kind of image Vinyl cutters often reduce photos to pure black and pure white for rendering in one color of vinyl against another color background. Popular tools for this

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Posted in: #Images #Vector

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: Bad size of skeleton in HumanIK (MAYA) I was going to add a skeleton to my character in Autodesk Maya, using HumanIK - as always. But after I clicked the "Create" option, my skeleton became

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Posted in: #Animation #Maya

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: What are some strategies for dealing with poorly written text? While many people thing they are good writers, few actually are. I'm often given content in a word document—often consisting

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Posted in: #ClientRelations #Text

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: Chromadepth and distance? I am making some 3D graphics meant to be viewed using Chromadepth 3D glasses. http://chromatek.com/ My question is, is the 3D effect linear over virtual distance, or

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Posted in: #Color

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: Does InDesign convert all images to JPEG when exporting to PDF? When I'm exporting in InDesign,the compression settings say that I am able to change the dpi and chose the format of the compression.

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Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Compression #Export

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: Inkscape Mac: how to organize objects in the same layer If I understand if I want to create a mask all the objects must be in the same layer. (if previously are in different layers, they

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Posted in: #Inkscape #Layers #Mac #Mask

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: Match font Metrics Ascend/Descent with General Ascent/Descent Browsers display an additional spacing around the text elements. Refer to this question to see it in action. How much spacing it is

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Posted in: #Css #Fonts

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: InDesign: Can tags add behavior to xml? I have an xml file and a template. For some reason when I import the xml it ads a blank element between the title and subhead. The element doesn't

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Posted in: #IndesignScripting #Xml

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: What are the Pros/Cons of Pathfinder vs Compound path? Say I had a silhouette and a circle (Gradient is just for to be able to understand better) Now, I wanted the silhouette cut-out of

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Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Pathfinder

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: App Design - Exporting Assets - How does multiple screen sizes work? This is my first post at GraphicDesign Stack! So here is my actual situation! I have accepted a freelance work where I'm

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Posted in: #Export #InterfaceDesign #Mobile

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: Adobe Illustrator pathfinder tools are creating odd bumps and glitches in the divided paths I have two shapes. After using the "Divide" pathfinder option, I am left with an uneven shape. The

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Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Pathfinder #Shapes

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: Inconsistent duplex printing with different printers I have a double sided PDF that needs the front and back to align (mostly) perfectly. This PDF will be downloaded by random people who will

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Posted in: #PrintDesign #PrintProduction

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: How to add a tag with right perspective on this drawer? This question is a follow-up of: How to make this drawer higher? I came to this result, now I need to add a little tag on the drawer

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Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Perspective

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: Replace specific range of color in Photoshop with a flat color I wanted to be able to replace a range of color with a single flat color. I'm mostly dealing with black and white / grayscale

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Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Color #PhotoEditing #PhotoshopEffects

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: Is there a math formula to make font the same actual size on a 55" and 65" monitor hung next to eacother? So I have a 65" screen and a bunch of 55" screens (1080x1920) in these big panels.

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Posted in: #FontSize #Margin

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: Rounding vertices in Illustrator uniformly I have a quick question about creating round objects without the ellipse tool. I often want to round the areas where vertices lie on an object, so

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Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Vector

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: From jpg to png with similar size I have a jpg that it has 414 KB. For different reasons I need it to be png. I tried to export it to png and then it is 2.1 MB. Is there a way to

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Posted in: #Compression #ImageFormat #ImageQuality #Jpg #Png

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: How to disable the "unable to distribute layers evenly using full pixels" window in Sketch Every time I want to distribute 3 or more objects I get a prompt window that says: Unable to

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Posted in: #SketchApp

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: Join multiple brush strokes into shape I can fill In illustrator if I use the brush tool and draw one complete enclosed shape I can then add a full colour and changing the stroke color changes

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Posted in: #AdobeDraw #AdobeIllustrator #Brush

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: Is there a way to 'fill' an incomplete sketch When using the brush tool, what's the best way to 'fill' and sketch style image in adobe illustrator? A simple example would be a triangle that

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Posted in: #AdobeDraw #AdobeIllustrator #Brush #Fill #Path

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: Indesign — Object Style - Force Specific Frame Width Using Indesign CS6. I'm trying to set up an object style for images so that the frame is always a specific width, and the contents scale

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Posted in: #AdobeIndesign

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: How to fill in different color for the area in ellipse between 2 line in photoshop? So I have layer with ellipse inside,I divide it to 8 parts using line tools.Now I want to fill in the

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Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #AdobePhotoshopElements

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: Making living room scenes with rugs I want to showcase my rugs for customers on my website and looking for a tool to create a scene like this: I can't do photography in real room or studio

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Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #PhotoEditing

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: Exporting a symbol with different SVG groups from Sketch i'm having an issue with the Sketch export of illustrations made in first illustrator and then edited and grouped in Sketch. The issue

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Posted in: #Export #Illustration #SketchApp #Svg #Transform

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: How to make pattern-dithered bitmap (halftone) style pictures? I was recently looking at the Watchdogs 2 pictures (Specifically The center of the one below). I was under the impression that it

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Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Ascii #Effects #Illustration #Patterns

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: What would happen if I made something - CMYK 100 It would literally be: C: 100 M: 100 Y: 100 K: 100 For a total of 400% color I know you're never supposed to

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Posted in: #Black #Cmyk #ColorProfile

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: Illustrator align anchor points to edges in Illustrator on same line How can I align anchor points that are on the same line to be the same distance from their respective corners? So if I

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Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #AnchorPoint

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: Zeplin's weird image colour export So I have this UI part of a mobile app. The mint rectangle is produced programmatically by the iOS devs. The arrow is an image which I created in Sketch,

: Photoshop background isolation I know that by using stacks you can remove an inconsistent item (people say) on top of a consistent background (a town square say) as long as you have enough

: What format is best for placing an image into Illustrator I have an Illustrator document that I need to place an image from Photoshop into. The original images are in .psd and .eps formats.

: Technical term for this kind of image Vinyl cutters often reduce photos to pure black and pure white for rendering in one color of vinyl against another color background. Popular tools for this

: Bad size of skeleton in HumanIK (MAYA) I was going to add a skeleton to my character in Autodesk Maya, using HumanIK - as always. But after I clicked the "Create" option, my skeleton became

: What are some strategies for dealing with poorly written text? While many people thing they are good writers, few actually are. I'm often given content in a word document—often consisting

: Chromadepth and distance? I am making some 3D graphics meant to be viewed using Chromadepth 3D glasses. http://chromatek.com/ My question is, is the 3D effect linear over virtual distance, or

: Does InDesign convert all images to JPEG when exporting to PDF? When I'm exporting in InDesign,the compression settings say that I am able to change the dpi and chose the format of the compression.

: Inkscape Mac: how to organize objects in the same layer If I understand if I want to create a mask all the objects must be in the same layer. (if previously are in different layers, they

: Match font Metrics Ascend/Descent with General Ascent/Descent Browsers display an additional spacing around the text elements. Refer to this question to see it in action. How much spacing it is

: InDesign: Can tags add behavior to xml? I have an xml file and a template. For some reason when I import the xml it ads a blank element between the title and subhead. The element doesn't

: What are the Pros/Cons of Pathfinder vs Compound path? Say I had a silhouette and a circle (Gradient is just for to be able to understand better) Now, I wanted the silhouette cut-out of

: App Design - Exporting Assets - How does multiple screen sizes work? This is my first post at GraphicDesign Stack! So here is my actual situation! I have accepted a freelance work where I'm

: Adobe Illustrator pathfinder tools are creating odd bumps and glitches in the divided paths I have two shapes. After using the "Divide" pathfinder option, I am left with an uneven shape. The

: Inconsistent duplex printing with different printers I have a double sided PDF that needs the front and back to align (mostly) perfectly. This PDF will be downloaded by random people who will

: How to add a tag with right perspective on this drawer? This question is a follow-up of: How to make this drawer higher? I came to this result, now I need to add a little tag on the drawer

: Replace specific range of color in Photoshop with a flat color I wanted to be able to replace a range of color with a single flat color. I'm mostly dealing with black and white / grayscale

: Is there a math formula to make font the same actual size on a 55" and 65" monitor hung next to eacother? So I have a 65" screen and a bunch of 55" screens (1080x1920) in these big panels.

: Rounding vertices in Illustrator uniformly I have a quick question about creating round objects without the ellipse tool. I often want to round the areas where vertices lie on an object, so

: From jpg to png with similar size I have a jpg that it has 414 KB. For different reasons I need it to be png. I tried to export it to png and then it is 2.1 MB. Is there a way to

: How to disable the "unable to distribute layers evenly using full pixels" window in Sketch Every time I want to distribute 3 or more objects I get a prompt window that says: Unable to

: Join multiple brush strokes into shape I can fill In illustrator if I use the brush tool and draw one complete enclosed shape I can then add a full colour and changing the stroke color changes

: Is there a way to 'fill' an incomplete sketch When using the brush tool, what's the best way to 'fill' and sketch style image in adobe illustrator? A simple example would be a triangle that

: Indesign — Object Style - Force Specific Frame Width Using Indesign CS6. I'm trying to set up an object style for images so that the frame is always a specific width, and the contents scale

: How to fill in different color for the area in ellipse between 2 line in photoshop? So I have layer with ellipse inside,I divide it to 8 parts using line tools.Now I want to fill in the

: Making living room scenes with rugs I want to showcase my rugs for customers on my website and looking for a tool to create a scene like this: I can't do photography in real room or studio

: Exporting a symbol with different SVG groups from Sketch i'm having an issue with the Sketch export of illustrations made in first illustrator and then edited and grouped in Sketch. The issue

: How to make pattern-dithered bitmap (halftone) style pictures? I was recently looking at the Watchdogs 2 pictures (Specifically The center of the one below). I was under the impression that it

: What would happen if I made something - CMYK 100 It would literally be: C: 100 M: 100 Y: 100 K: 100 For a total of 400% color I know you're never supposed to

: Illustrator align anchor points to edges in Illustrator on same line How can I align anchor points that are on the same line to be the same distance from their respective corners? So if I

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