What is equivalent functionality to Photoshop’s Snapshot in Illustrator? There is no History panel in Illustrator that I know of. If nothing of sorts exist, what is a good approach to save multiple views of your assets and quickly switch between them when you need to showcase them without duplicating assets across multiple artboards? Answer … Read more
Basic situation: I have an image with a complex alpha channel (ie. feathered, complex non-linear edges). I have an image I want to overlay on top of the first image using a blend option like multiply or maybe screen. …but I must preserve the EXACT alpha channel of first image. Can I do this in … Read more
I saw some jaw-dropping designs at Dribble and Behance. Can someone give the idea about tool kits required to make such beautiful things ? Are there actually competitive free alternatives available ? I have been using GIMP, but not able to figure out if it actually possible to make such good designs with it. Edit: … Read more
I am creating tons of pixel-perfect views for static websites. My front-end developers losses their times figuring out distances between related divs, images, etc (using Paint). What I want to achieve is to automate this process and generate an output file when you can easily see those distances just like in CAD software. Sketch has … Read more
I have opened a jpg file in Photoshop CS6 and have converted it from RGB to CMYK (it’s going to be printed in a booklet), and I am now trying to edit out the red eyes using the red eye tool. When I try to do this, it gives me an error message saying it … Read more
I noticed that when rotating an object in Photoshop the preview of the image has nice and crisp pixels, but when I rotate the image and finish the transformation it adds an annoying blur. Is it possible to disable that or find a good workaround? The carrot stays nice and pixelated in the preview. But … Read more
I am attempting to warp a leaf symbol that I made, but the individual elements aren’t maintaining their relative positions. I select, then add three warp pins (have tried more, and adding at the intersections): I warp the leaf: This is what I get no matter what I try: I feel like there’s something fundamental … Read more
For the Wacom Intuos graphics tablet, are there significant functional differences between the current model (4) and the previous model? Does the newer one have additional features or design improvements? Answer Significant or not really depends on the user but the intuos4 certainly has changed a bit since its previous version. increased sensibility (2048 levels … Read more
What tools or software or devices are neccessary to create proffesional drawings for games for example? How to draw something and be able to use it on PC? Answer If you don’t have some kind of pen tablet, then that’s the first thing you need to get if you want to do any kind of … Read more
Years ago, before computers took over, I worked with a photo cropping tool; I hope someone can tell me its name. The gizmo I used was for sizing photos so they could be used in offset printing. They were never sliced physically. I marked them with a grease pen. It was made of a soft … Read more
