218 Answered Questions for the topic Graphic Design

Graphic Design Font Size

05/12/19

What does the size of the font translate to exactly?
I have a 40 pixel font that I'm trying to translate into custom images. I'm trying to match the size of the image exactly, but I'm having some problems getting exactly the right size. Basically,... more
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Graphic Design Image Processing

05/12/19

What is photo manipulation?
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05/12/19

Is there any open-source alternative to Fontlab out there?
I used to work with Fontlab Studio to design and compile my fonts. Years have passed and my former Fontlab install vanished into the voids of a crashing harddisk.Now that I'm gaining interest in... more
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Graphic Design Image Processing

05/12/19

What are different types of image file formats?
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Graphic Design Color Print Design Cmyk

05/11/19

How do I make screenshots look good when printed in CMYK?
When printing screenshots alongside black text, black areas of the screenshot look a <del>washed out</del> *"muddy dark grey"* and *"washed out"*. What causes this and can I improve the... more
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05/10/19

What are standard ratios for typography on the web?
In laying out a web design, I often try to make sure that my typography is proportional and consistent. However, I haven't been able to find any definitive articles or resources on what ratios and... more
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Graphic Design Image Processing

05/09/19

How do I make a normal JPEG image into a poster print?
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05/09/19

Why should lines be avoided in tables?
I read some books about typography and design. They all recommended to avoid lines in tables, and instead to make use of spacing. I found that reasonable and adhered henceforth to those... more
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Graphic Design Fees Logo Pricing

05/07/19

Client buys logo but wants to buy other concepts too?
I have a client that hired me to design a logo for them. By our contract I supplied them 3 concepts from which they chose one.After all was said and done the client asked to buy the other 2... more
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Graphic Design Image Processing

05/05/19

What are the differences between RGB, HSV and CIE-Lab?
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05/05/19

Making the background of an image transparent in Gimp?
I have some jpg images and I need for each of them to have a transparent background.I have **GIMP** as a graphic tool. I need to put them in a web page and I need to see just the main element and... more
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05/05/19

How would I know how good of a designer I am?
To me my designs looks good, at least for some months.But to others not so much.I want to go freelancing but I don't want to be a bad designer. So how do I find out if my logo/website/business... more
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Graphic Design Typefaces

05/04/19

What are the differences between Helvetica and Arial?
I've heard there are a number of slight differences between these two similar fonts, is one better than the other for different contexts?
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05/04/19

How do I treat requests for work for causes that go against my personal principles?
Recently, I received a request for a quote from a party that promotes and teaches an ideology that diametrically opposes my own beliefs. The job involved designing promotion material for classes... more
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Graphic Design Color Color Theory

05/04/19

Why is pure blue darker than pure green?
If I convert 100% green and blue to grayscale, the blue one becomes about twice as dark. I can see that green looks brighter, but I also want to understand reason behind it. Looking at colors in... more
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05/03/19

Should I watermark my work?
I am an art student who is trying to upload some digital work on a website. Do graphic designers typically watermark their work? If no, how do graphic designers protect their work?Update: The... more
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04/27/19

Where are some good places to find royalty free stock images?
I'm always on the hunt for free stock images to use while I design, what are some good resources for images that are under a a royalty free or creative commons licence?
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Graphic Design Composition Education Focus

04/27/19

How or why do your eyes move away from a focal point to other elements?
In studying composition, we're told to pull the viewer's eyes into the frame using a strong focal point, and then lead his/her eyes into moving around inside the frame and hold his interest inside... more
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Graphic Design Gimp

04/27/19

GIMP "color to alpha" is not selectable?
Do I have to do something "special" to get the **Color** -> **Color to alpha** menu option to work in GIMP? I am trying to convert a background color on a GIF image to transparent by converting... more
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Graphic Design Image Processing

04/26/19

How do I scan a physical object to get physical information about that object like height, width, etc. to a precision of a millimeter?
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04/26/19

Photoshop CS5, how to create a layer mask from a layer?
I have a layer in Photoshop that I'd like to use as a layer mask, is this at all possible?It's a black & white layer with some gradients that I would like to apply to another layer that's a... more
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Graphic Design Image Processing

04/26/19

If an image is only red, is it still a 24bit image?
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Graphic Design Inkscape Svg

04/24/19

Is it possible to "invert" an SVG file? Not the colours, but the actual areas/paths?
I have an SVG file, and I want to create the opposite of it. It's a monochrome icon, and I want a version where the logo is transparent and the rest of the rectangle is filled paths.In theory it... more
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04/20/19

Should I ask for client’s budget before the initial first meeting?
First of all, is it a good idea to ask a potential client for a ballpark budget they are thinking to work with? I just don’t want to meet with somebody who has a very low budget, and who could be... more
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Graphic Design Typefaces Fonts

04/19/19

What is so good about Helvetica?
For as long as I have known, a majority of designers have been beyond enamoured with Helvetica. While I can see that it's a nice typeface, I really don't understand the hype.Some research into the... more
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