Graphic Design Weekly Newsletter - Friday, August 29, 2014

Top new questions this week: Planning an 18 foot long banner I need to create a banner that is 18 feet wide by 2.5 feet high. What would be the best way to go about planning this as it is going to be made in Illustrator and every element will be a vector. … adobe-illustrator resize   asked by SaturnsEye 5 votes answered by Matt 7 votes Choosing a color on intention There are various colour schemes that said to be in harmony, like the ones you find on Adobe Kuler and Colour Lovers. One can choose if it pleases her mind. But what if I have some words, or, better, … color-theory conceptualization   asked by Gergely 4 votes answered by Yisela 7 votes How do you increase opacity of artwork in Photoshop CS6? For example, say I create a new layer, change my brush to solid black, but to 50% opacity, then draw some artwork. Then after the artwork is drawn, I realize it's too light and want to increase … adobe-photoshop cs6   asked by Joe 3 votes answered by Keavon 4 votes How to get GTA type Cartoon Effect In Photoshop CS5? I'm new to Photoshop and was wondering how to achieve this sort of cartoon effect. I looked everywhere, youtube, blogs and stuff but still non were close to what I'm looking for. Look at the picture … adobe-photoshop photoshop-effects cs5   asked by MurdocN 2 votes answered by Peter F 3 votes How to have full bleed between two facing pages Indesign Aloha all, I'm working in InDesign CS5.5 on a master plan document. I want the final document to be 11x8.5 landscape with facing pages, spiral bound to allow document to lay flat with full bleed. I … adobe-indesign print-design cs5 overlay bleed   asked by Justin James 2 votes answered by Scott 2 votes Stop two different paths from connecting at the same point - Illustrator I was wondering if anybody knew how to stop two different paths from connecting when they meet at the same point in Illustrator while using the pen tool. It's quite the annoyance when they do it when … adobe-illustrator stroke pen-tool   asked by ErraticFox 2 votes answered by Vincent 2 votes Photoshop Bitmap to Greyscale and Back Concerns Hello Graphic Designers, Thank you for this helpful board. I have this weird color related print related question. My situation is, I am doing some layout changes of a bitmap black and white comic … adobe-photoshop print-design black bitmap   asked by Angie 2 votes answered by marblegravy 0 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Should I design business cards in InDesign, Illustrator or Photoshop? Basically what the question says, what are the pro's and cons to using InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop for business cards? Or is there something else you prefer to use? adobe-photoshop adobe-illustrator adobe-indesign print-design software-recommendations   asked by JKFrox 22 votes answered by Yisela 19 votes Making millimeters the default unit in InDesign Almost all of my design requirements are given in millimeters, not points, pica, or any other classical measurement. I design for board games, and the printer's specs always list their requirements in … adobe-indesign   asked by baudot 4 votes answered by Scott 13 votes Can you answer this? Action for adding a stroke to a shape and stroke should be the same color as the shape I have a huge number of shapes and need to add an outside stroke to almost all of them. So I am trying to create an action for it. The trouble I'm having is that the stroke should always have the same … adobe-photoshop shapes   asked by stinaq 1 vote

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