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throat luv posted:I am trying to make a collage in Photoshop CS4 that contains 16 pictures. I have horrible skills using photoshop, I followed some guides online but these will only support like 6 images. I have tried to up the size of the new pallet to 1680x1050pixels to match my desktop ratio but when this happens the pictures appear to be like 1/20 there normal size When you make your canvas bigger, the photos appear small because, well, they probably are. You could work at this size, zoom in and work in there, then afterwards use the CROP tool (3rd down, I believe; looks like a little square with a line through it IIRC) and shrink the canvas down to size. May make it easier for you. Otherwise, what sort of collage are you trying to make? Just soft blending from one into the other? Bring all of the photos into one document as separate layers, then you can either place them and use the eraser tool to blend into eachother (not a good way at -all-), or on each layer create a mask (at the bottom of the the layers menu there's a button that looks similar to: [ O ] -- click this and you've created a layer mask!). Paint on this to hide parts of your layer. This is the better method because if you screw up or want to change something, you can easily go back and paint the image back in, whereas if you deleted it you'd be... screwed. If you just want your photos to be their normal square/rectangle shapes and placed over eachother, bring them into one document (each as a separate layer), and use the TRANSFORM tool to rotate them to fit. If this doesn't answer your question any, I can explain further/provide other alternatives. Let us know.
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throat luv posted:Great advice! If you got the time-- do you have an AIM/skype name I can reach you at, I had miscellaneous other questions and didn't want to clutter the thread. e: nvm Travakian fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Apr 19, 2012 |
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Sundae posted:These are called compound adjectives. I like compound adjectives. Hyphens are required. Wiki for more (very short article).
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Jun 6, 2009 22:52
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Pen Expers posted:Can someone recommend a good pen for illustration? I'm left handed so I often have problems with pens because the tip is being pushed into the paper rather than pulled across it. I don't really know where to begin other than something with a fine point and would probably have to be either felt or a gel pen or something. Have you tried Pentel EnerGel? Use these for sketching and Pilot G2 for writing, does me just fine. No runs, doesn't leak through, etc. All good.
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Jun 30, 2009 15:16
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May be the wrong place for this. Working on a mograph piece, using Trapcode Particular and I'm getting these strange doubling issues -- two particles are being generated in the exact same space but delayed a few frames in time. Anyone know why it's doing this? Hosted on tinypic because waffleimages are down - if anybody at all comments on the non-official hosting, I'll remove the link without question. 
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Jul 2, 2009 00:24
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gce posted:looking to convert this little rat fellow to a vector image. i thought that it would be pretty easy but i'm pretty bad with illustrator. can anyone help? I wasn't sure if you meant 'help' as in, 'give tips' or 'can you please do it?' -- so I've done both. My Method:
I noticed that the mouse had flat feet. Thus, using the handles, I pretty much killed the curves on the line between the two points. Otherwise, pretty simple. tl;dr (aka "gimme the file")  The original graphic is the middle small one. Rest are vector. Email me at <myusername>@gmail.com and I'll send you the .ai file. I realize it's not perfect, but for five minutes it's pretty decent, in my opinion. Hope this helped!
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Jul 7, 2009 23:12
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gmc9987 posted:This is exactly the answer to my problem, thank you! We will be shooting with a sheet of glass to represent the screen, and I am pretty sure I can paint my own tracking points onto the glass that will appear to be part of the futuristic UI, so no painting out needed. Thanks again! If you don't need to see through it, consider putting something black behind the glass; this way you can just screen your graphics on top and still get all the reflections.
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Nov 17, 2009 08:08
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When dealing with audio, is (A over B) the same as (B over A)?
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Jan 19, 2010 03:30
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Elder -- there are some scripts to create IK rigging systems within AE. Here're some links: http://www.simplycg.net/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3974 http://aeportal.blogspot.com/2009/03/inverse-kinematics-script-for-after.html
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Mar 20, 2010 03:10
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Elder posted:Wow, that looks very cool, thanks! My brain is getting a little slow now so I will have to take a look at it tomorrow but it seems like exactly the thing I need. Also. http://aescripts.com/ is your friend. For most of them, you can choose to pay a small donation, or just enter 0 for free download.
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Mar 20, 2010 06:59
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Elder posted:Is this an appropriate place to ask about making and using a green screen? Well, feel free. Will help as much as I can.
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Elder posted:What's the reason for lighting them independently? What would happen if I didn't? a) Your foreground will have horrible lighting and will cast shadows on the greenscreen. or b) Your background won't be well-lit enough because you set your lights for your foreground, thus making it noisy/right pain in the rear end to key out.
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Apr 4, 2010 05:07
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d3c0y2 posted:Just a small question here, but I'm really struggling to get posing right on some more complex poses. Especially in regards to perspective. I know nothing about drawing, so this may not help any, but many animation studios have a room or area set aside so that the animators can themselves act out various poses and have somebody photo/film them for reference -- why not get somebody to take a photo of you in such a pose, so that you could see what it looks like from another perspective?
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Jul 22, 2010 05:39
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Iron Squid posted:Is all Poser "artwork" the retarded step-child of the art world or is any of it good? I use Poser very, very occasionally if I need basic animation of people moving, which I will then turn into outlines/shapes/etc later. Don't ever actually use the final renders for anything, though. Edit: Like this, but less poo poo.
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I'm working as a broadcast designer; it's my first time dealing with broadcast standards, and I'm wondering if the way we're doing things is the "proper" way, or if it's just how this company does it. SD = Rendered as lower fields first HD = Rendered as upper fields first ^ Is this typical for all broadcast graphics? Why does HD use upper first vs lower? Forgive my naivety! It's a new world.
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Nov 25, 2010 14:44
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Kobayashi posted:Should I be in the business of messing with the kerning of something like Minion Pro? If you're using Adobe software, try switching from 'Metric' kerning to 'Optical' (or 'Optics,' can't remember which it is) -- this makes the letters align with eachother based on the letter shapes, as opposed to following the built-in tables.* *More or less. Just try it.
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This is one of those things where I've always put up with a huge irritation because it's easier than finding a way to fix it. No longer. I'm a PC-using designer, and as such I've got a poo poo-tonne of fonts both installed and not-installed. Can anyone recommend a good organizer, where I can tag/label/sort my fonts, preferably with size/style options (for to try them out in-software?) Ideally, so I can search for something like.. 'sans' 'clean' and find Futura there and type in my text, see how it'd look in size 40 bold smallcaps, etc.
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Feb 16, 2011 04:10
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Slashie posted:...but student installations of the software are expressly not for use on professional projects... Zurich posted:It's completely fine to use it on professional projects, I remember an Adobe rep answering a blog or forum post confirming it a while ago. Zurich is right. From Adobe's Student/Teacher Edition FAQ: Adobe posted:Can a student or teacher use the Adobe Student and Teacher Edition software for commercial use?
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MiketheGreat posted:My computer froze up in the middle of working in Photoshop, on a document I was saving every five minutes or so. In fact, it froze up in the middle of saving. Now Photoshop tells me it's not a valid document when I try to open it. Is there any way to recover it, or am I hooped? To prevent myself from lecturing you on versioning, here's something that may work:
If that works, then open up the document-now-smart object and save it out as a new PSD. If it doesn't, you're more or less SOL. Also: this is why you version. Start a new project? Awesome! Project_v001.psd. Make any significant change or alteration? Save As > Project_v002.psd. "But Trav, these files are BIG, my poor hard drive!" -- What's more valuable to you? A couple hundred megs, or hours of work lost? My AE projects can run anywhere between 8 and 80 versions. If something's corrupted, I can go back. If the client wants something different, I can go back. If I hosed up big time, I can go back. Just make sure your output is named with the same version as the comp it came from, and BAM! you know exactly which version produced which changes. Oh hey, there's that versioning lecture. You really have no reason not to do it. If space is an issue, delete all but the oldest ~5 versions when the project's finished. Travakian fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Mar 15, 2011 |
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MiketheGreat posted:Yep, the file was beyond repair. I hadn't heard that remedy before, though, so I'll keep it on hand. The tough part now will be breaking the habit of simply relying on a quick Ctrl-S, and doing some versioning. Do you know if saving to a cloud (like Dropbox) might automatically do something like this? You may be able to find a Photoshop Action that does this. Otherwise, just get in the habit of Ctrl+Shift+S for "Save As," and doing it manually! -- I think later versions of Photoshop let you put a + at the end of the filename and it does it, though I'm really not sure. Haven't done any extensive PS work in a while, I've forgotten all the little tricks. Maybe it's Maya I'm thinking of. Sorry it was dead -- best of luck with all!
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Titanium_Lass posted:Can anyone please assist me with rigging a dolphin in 3D StudioMax? I've tried looking for rigging tutorials for sharks or fish, but can't seem to find any. And rigging tutorials for bipeds just don't translate well; I'm a modeler/texturer, not a rigger. I thought a dolphin would have a fairly simple rig, but it's proving a real bitch. I'd really appreciate any help. Ask in the 3d thread.
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feedmyleg posted:In Photoshop (CS5 if it matters), after I use the type tool is there any way to go straight from typing to another tool that doesn't have cmd/ctrl/etc as part of its keyboard command? i.e. after I'm done typing something out and I want to select the move tool, hitting "v" obviously types a "v within my text", but I want a way to be able to switch from one to the other. My default for years has been to just select another tool from the toolbar with the mouse, but I've suddenly realized that's very silly when I usually just switch between tools with key commands. 1) Hit enter on the keypad; this confirms/closes text editing, then hit the tool of choice. (Enter => v will close text editing and bring you to 'move') 2) No idear. Can't find anything.
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mania posted:Every time I open or create a document in photoshop cs4, the canvas is a fraction of the size it should be, like 100x100px images are displaying at 2% zoom. Bigger images are worse, 3000x3000px images are displaying at 0.2% zoom. I can change the zoom size, but it's getting irritating to do it for every image I open. Clear your preferences. May help! Adobe posted:To re-create the preferences files for Photoshop, start the application while holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS). Then, click Yes to the message, "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"
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poo poo, wrong 'small questions' thread. Ignore this. Yay, drawing! Travakian fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Aug 19, 2011 |
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Behold! A Elk! posted:I've had a comedy blog for about a month now and I have a solid number of updates. Besides posting once in the goon blog post thread and on my facebook wall where the only people who can see it are my twenty or so friends, how exactly can I market this without being an obnoxious douche. I am not a professional and I am learning to be a better writer as I go. I don't ask for donations on my blog because I think it is unwarranted. Do I just have to hope something goes "viral" so to speak. Or is there a non annoying way to get my content out to more people? Twitter. Make an account, add folks who have anything to do with comedy (maybe they'll retweet or mention some of your posts!), add people who have 'comedy' or the specific sort of comedy/industry/field you write about as part of their description, add friends of yours and so forth. Add people who are in your town/city/state/province. You pretty much want to add anyone who has a link to who you are or what you do, with the idea that the basic commonality is enough to spark interest on their end. Just do NOT add hundreds of people at random, because that'll get you nowhere. Otherwise.. do blog circles still exist? Find one for comedy, add yours to it; maybe that'll generate interest. Ask these friends and followers to Like/+1/Share you on any social network, so all their friends can now discover you, and hopefully pass you on. Maybe you could post a thread/comment here asking for feedback on it, as a sneaky but valid way to get more views. Maybe.
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melon cat posted:An Adobe Photoshop question! One way (of many) to do it: Assuming the logo has transparency, bring it in as another layer, right-click it in the layer panel and go into 'Blending Options.' Add in a bevel/emboss (default settings fine), hit 'OK,' then at the top of the layer panel, set fill (not opacity) to 0. This'll leave you with just the emboss effect. Place the logo where you will, and you'll have a simple watermark going. There are different ways to do it, some better, some worse, but this should do for something simple.
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Nov 21, 2011 05:00
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Zevo posted:Seeking some help! Im a cartographer (making maps) working on some research on map reading and design and how different people understand "space". Your link doesn't work! Anywhere! It's abbreviated in the middle (see the ellipsis?)
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Zevo posted:Good call. Fixed that! Should work now. Cool, filled it out. Couple notes for any potential future quizzes:
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nas1234567890 posted:I guess that makes sense, thanks. I know nothing at all about drawing / colour theory / etc, but-- I imagine it would depend on why the ball is red. If it's a white/whatever ball with a red light in the scene, it would make sense to me that the shadow be more blue than black (as in context the ball and environment would be red, but where the ball blocks it there's an absence of red). If it's a red ball being lit with a white light, then the shadow would be more black than blue. Maybe this is nonsense, though. Just a thought.
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Cool. Thanks for the info!
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triplexpac posted:I also have no idea where to post this, if anyone has a suggestion feel free. Adobe Encore is what first comes to mind. Not sure if there's better/more approachable alternatives, though.
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Pozzo posted:Hey I'm looking to create a video to go along with a spoken word piece, and it'll involve smashing and scrolling the text of the piece up on to the screen in various permutations. Almost like a really elaborate and overwrought Powerpoint presentation or something. What would the software to do this be? Software: After Effects. The broad/general term is motion graphics, or motion design.
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Jul 16, 2012 16:46
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Pozzo posted:So now I'm mucking about with After Effects. I made a rectangle move! For motion, check out Nick Campbell's tutorials. For AE as it pertains to VFX, look into (ugh, hate that I'm saying this) Video Copilot
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Interstitial Abs posted:EDIT - I think I may have it. I'm using what GIMP calls the "selection by color tool". Knock out he blu and purple, convert to grey and crank the contrast... sound OK?? You could play with different B&W filters depending on the colour channel-- but honestly, for something like this, if it works it works. A trite tautology, sure, but if it suits your needs then it's good enough!
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Jul 25, 2012 15:09
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triplexpac posted:I really need to update my online portfolio. I don't know how to design websites, but I do have my own domain + hosting plan. What sort of portfolio?
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triplexpac posted:Sorry you're right, I should have been more clear! You can find/buy some pretty decent Wordpress themes that are made for portfolios. I had one made for my motion graphics portfolio as Wordpress offers one of the easiest backends out there as far as managing and updating content. If you have plat I can PM you my url so you can see how non-Wordpressy it can look with a good theme.
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Jan 11, 2013 18:22
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triplexpac posted:Does anyone else have problems browsing iStock? Half the time when I search something it won't load the results, or it will only load one page and not let me go to the next. Kind of OT, but if you're not specifically having to use iStock, take a look at pond5 as an alternative. Found it's far better on the customer service side, and they seem to keep it well updated / working.
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triplexpac posted:So what sites do people use for their portfolios? I'm looking for something simple. I don't mind Cargo, but I'm curious what else is out there. I think I've sent you my site before; custom theme on a Wordpress install for ease of use / plugins. This post popped up recently for good alternative WP themes.
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triplexpac posted:Hmm ok maybe I'll skip Moo then! The only reason I was considering them was the possibility of high quality paper with edge colours if the client wants that sort of thing. If they're actually only so-so, it defeats the purpose. I know you're Toronto-based, so check out Qprint as opposed to heading online as a first stop. Awesome people, haven't every come up with something they couldn't do!
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grimjuk posted:Greetings, artistic goons. Where would be the best place to find someone to draw a tattoo design I've had in my mind for a while now? I've had a quick look through CC, but didn't see a commission thread. Find a tattoo artist whose style you like, tell them your design concept, and let them do it. The work will be better as the artist will actually have an investment in the piece instead of being a glorified printer, and you'll get something unique in a style you like. Tattoo artist =/= tattoo machine operator. If you want to find artist recommendations in your area, take a look in the tattoo megathread or ask for recs there.
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