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Can a client use my design roughs to make her own design in the future?
I was asked to create a logo/label for a book cover. I set up a payment system in which 30% was paid after the design rough stage and the rest after the final stage (after a few changes by the client)....
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What are the correct techniques to use the RGB histogram in post-processing?
I am using Levels in GIMP to improve the colour display in my pictures.
In a Youtube video the presenter mentioned that the 'Value' histogram should be stretched as much as possible until it touches ...
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Why is black in this gradient partially transparent?
I have this check mark and its contour should fade from solid black to transparent.
However, when zooming in, we can clearly see that it is not solid black but still transparent.
I have tried:
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explain font choices to clients who just don’t get typography
I need some advice from fellow designers here 🙏
I’m currently facing a challenge with a client regarding font choices, and I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar.
How do you ...
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Is shading here wrong?
This is an example from the book "Learn to draw in 30 days". The circle on top right is the light sourse. For me it feels like shadows here are in totally wrong directions, am I right or not?...
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Help with SVG Export Width height and Viewbox - Inkscape Extension
I'm exporting a portion of an SVG from Inkscape using an extension. The width, height and viewport look wrong. I want the resulting page to be the same size as the exported paths.
Here is the SVG ...
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Thoughts on Pantone books sold on ebay
There are some ebay sellers who have Pantone books for $50-80 each. They are still shrink-wrapped, and the sellers have several in stock, all of the same model number (the most current one). I suspect ...
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(Illustrator) SVG icon's background turns from round to square after I add it to another file, save a copy, and reopen the file
I have this round checkmark SVG icon that I need to add to another file full of icons. This is how it looks in Illustrator before.
This is how it looks when I first add it to the other file.
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Crop Around Text
I have a bunch of images with English and Japanese text in it like this.
https://i.sstatic.net/Da1IVEw4.png
Now I need a tool to automatically crop out all the extra space around the text. Like this, ...
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Where does the vertical "no glyph" for Unicode notdef come from?
I've noticed a vertical rectangle with text saying "no glyph" inside for hinting there's no glyph in font for a given Unicode in several programs, like Adobe Illustrator and some 3rd party ...
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Adobe InDesign 2022 not seeing fonts [duplicate]
I am using Adobe InDesign CC 2022, version 17.4 on Sequoia 15.3.2 on MacBook Pro 2020.
InDesign won't see the fonts which I have installed - contents of the directory for download here in ZIP format ...
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InDesign 2022 on Mac not seeing fonts despite installation
I'm on MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2 and using Adobe InDesign 17.4, 2022 version.
For some reason, OTF fonts of the type Helvetica LT Std Bold don't work.
I don't have a font manager, don't use Adobe Creative ...
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Batch Importing 1000 SVGs into Photoshop Timeline via Place Embedded
I have approximately 1000 SVG files stored in a folder on my Windows 10 system. I need to import all of these SVGs into the Photoshop timeline using the 'File > Place Embedded' feature.
I'm ...
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SVG file desfigured after placed in the Figma file
I've made a logo (exported in both plain and Inkscape svg formats) in Inkscape. And after I place them in the Figma file (I am using Web version Figma). They look like desfigured (with displaced ...
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How do you create a "shade" of a color so the new color matches the value of a different color?
This question is similar in nature to this post: Convert color to another color with exactly the same values?
However, with my limited understanding, I believe that there is a subtle difference ...
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