Questions tagged [graphic-design]
Software that aids in the design of graphical art.
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HSLa tool with paste support of hex/rgba colors
This following HSLa tool is genius as unlike all similar tools I encountered, not only it gives you a brightness hierarchy (y axis), but also a hue variant (x-axis) hierarchy. I went through some ...
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What software can be used for rapid texturing?
In the open source content in 3D, Blender is the humongous software for anything. It is a complete animation suite. But, When It comes to texturing 3D models all the procedurals or UV unwrapping can ...
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Open source software to create videos
I've heard of some pretty great video editors for Linux. However for Windows, I haven't heard much.
I know about Blender, and its video editing capabilities are a rival to any professional software ...
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Paint tool / Image editor specifically for creating pixel art
I am looking to develop a simple 2D (potentially isometric) RTS game with a friend. The way it's looking right now, I will have to be doing the graphics for the game. Generally, I suck at this, and ...
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Tool for sketching / drawing / painting quickly (Linux / Ubuntu)
I'm looking for a simple, fast and intuitive tool for sketching/drawing/painting in Ubuntu/Linux.
I have Gimp installed and I like it, but I'm looking for something simpler and faster, to quickly ...
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Inkscape alternative for scientific schematic figures
I would like to produce something like the figures below. So far I have been using Inkscape, which is a bit laborious sometimes. As an alternative, sometimes Microsoft PowerPoint hasn't worked that ...
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What software can be used to make book cover designs?
I know GIMP and inkscape can be used but are there any specialized open source or freeware softwares that can be used specially to design book covers?
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Glyphs vs FontLab, which one is easier and powerful for a beginner user?
I'm graphics designer but I never thought about making my own font. I don't have any knowledge about those to software, and I'm trying to make an Arabic and English font. As I know, FontLab supports ...
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Create draggable text box for each line of text
I have a list in a text document and need a program that can take each line and make it into a correctly sized text box (not too big or too small). It also mustn't add line breaks to any lines.
When ...
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Free 3D fractal generation
Fractals like Mandelbrot or Julia have always been fascinating to me. I even implemented some of them during my school time. With the power of modern PCs, there are also 3D fractals possible like this:...
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Is there a program similar to Adobe Capture for Linux?
I love the shape capturing feature in the Adobe Capture mobile app. I use it all the time to convert images and drawings into clip art.
On my computer, I use GIMP and there is no official way to get ...
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Is there any free software that can open InDesign files?
I have a flyer that another person created with InDesign. The gave me the raw InDesign files. Is there any free (as in no cost) software that I can use to open the file and edit it?
I personally use ...
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With which tool I can draw version control(git) graphs?
I want to draw Directed Acyclic Graphs(DAG) as below. I have tried Visio, only to find it's very unhandy to do this. I need to draw the graph manually rather than produce one according to the logs in ...
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Offline software to draw Sprites
I want to teach the way of creating 2D custom Sprites of humans to the children that are about 10 years old. They can do programming by MIT Scratch so they know basic concepts of animation. But I do ...
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Flooring layout software
I'm trying to come up with a flooring layout for a corridor with Granite of different colours and specifically of a specific pattern, such as the one below.
Given a corridor dimension, I need to ...
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Viewer to open .CDR files
I have a few users here at my work that use the Corel Draw application to create certain types of Labels, etc. In our engineering department, there are documentation specialists that need to open up ...
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Is there a graphic design software specifically for creating stick figures?
For a group of non-designers, is there a graphic editing software that is specifically geared to creating stick figures like the one below?
High level requirements (ideal)
A SaaS offering supporting ...
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Is there a software with the purpose to create scientific posters?
A scientific poster is usually printed on a huge paper format (A0 or A1) containing text but mainly figures that should present a scientific topic in a consolidated yet interesting and self-explaining ...
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Library/script to do a sliding effect on a website [closed]
On my website I want to implement a sliding effect: when you scroll down and reach a new section, an image comes from the right and slides to its final place.
Example of a site with the effect I am ...
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Any online service that can create mobile app showcase/presentations?
Being a developer myself, I find it very hard to create showcase of apps I made.
I created a template in Photoshop and it does not look bad, but it's nothing like on the images below. And there are ...
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Free software to design magazine covers and pages
Am looking for free software to design magazine covers and pages (magazine pages with rich color and images). I searched web and found this - https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/3144/...
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Recommendations for visual web page designing tools for Mac
I'm looking for software for the Mac that is specifically designed for visual designers of websites.
I'm not looking for heavy duty image editors like PhotoShop as I don't need to process photography ...
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How can I create Google(Android)-style images?
I'm trying to achieve this style:
Notice that I'm talking only about the imagery of the screenshots, I'm not talking about Material Design. This style they're using seems really minimalist and simple,...
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Creating a logo with style similar to Flask's
I'm wondering what are the options for creating a logo in a style similar to Flask, the requests library and some Flask extensions, like:
flask-restless
flask-script
frozen-flask
I've googled a lot ...
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Inkscape flat icon dropshadow
I need a plugin for Inkscape so that I can create dropshadow icons.
What I specifically need is that it should use a path and give long dropshadow at a specified angle.
An example for the expected ...
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Poly wallpaper creation plugin for gimp or inkscape
I use gimp and inkscape to create a few wallpapers.
I would like to know if there are any plugins to edit pictures or new files to create result as shown below.
The plugins might be of gimp or ...
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Digital Portfolio CMS Identification - Yellow/Black, Teutonic [closed]
A bit of a goose chase, a bit of a silly question.
Recently I was researching content management/templates for digital design portfolios, and came across a killer bit of software. Unfortunately, I ...
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Open-source manga making software
I am not very special at drawing stuff, but I want to create my own manga novel.
So, is there an open-source manga making software? If yes, please recommend it.
I am using Windows 8.1.
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3D Box Shot in Photoshop: Plugin / Template / Action / etc?
I'm trying to learn how to make 3D Box Images in Photoshop. I need this for box designs of different sizes, and so I found this tutorial that makes it easy to create with the use of Photoshop Actions.
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Adobe Illustrator (or Inkscape) plugin for inputing LaTeX math equations (positioning and rendering of STIX/XITS font symbol groups)
I'm looking for a plugin for Adobe Illustrator (or Inkscape) which will allow me to enter a LaTeX math equation in a GUI box to create a grouped object made up of appropriately positioned and resized ...
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IDE specifically for layout and design of regular web applications?
Introduction
I have been using CSS for many years now and, make no mistake, it has a huge value in separating the presentational responsibility from HTML into a separate layer of specification.
But, ...
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Mockups for room design
I am looking for a software (preferable offline) in Windows or Linux for room mockups. I want to design a room without using Photoshop or Illustator. I had a similar one for Website Mockups. Look for ...
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Software for Website Mockups (Win/Linux)
I would like software to help me design websites. I can code, but do anything visual on paper and in the browser. I know there may not be something I'm looking for as there are people still using ...
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Software to create 2D/3D scientific illustration images [closed]
Recently some scientific journals add/require a graphical representation of article's content. What software is used for creating these 2D/3D images? I would appreciate suggestions (preferably easy to ...
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Software for mathematical shapes
I try to find a software or web app which are suitable for mathematical shapes design. I have tried
Geogebra
Cabri II
sketchpad
but all of them have low quality results comparing them with the ...
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Web-based garment builder
I'm after a 'garment builder' - the kind you find on custom T-shirt design website pages.
Preferably:
Open source or otherwise able to link from an existing website,
Able to upload custom images (...
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Rotatable 3D Models with realistic lighting
I am researching a method to train people to learn art (how to draw/paint) faster, and for this I need a utility that allows me to create simple 3D shapes in different lighting conditions with as ...
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What is a good way to quickly develop a mock GUI?
I'm looking for a method/tool/software to easily create a GUI. The GUI should look good, but nothing very fancy. It should have checkboxes, lists, radio buttons etc.
The important thing is that ...
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Software to overlay 3d models on top of markers
I am looking for a quick way to do AR (augmented reality). I think the correct term is camera matching.
Given a photograph which contains several squares of a known size, and several 3D models, I ...
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What Linux program(s) support OpenType alternate glyphs and can explode to vector shapes?
I need some Linux based program that will allow me to create an assortment of drawings exported in SVG as exploded shapes that are primarily composed of a couple of words of text rendered with a few ...
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Self-hosted tool for user interface design feedback
I was wondering if anyone has any good tips regarding any existing self-hosted tools for providing user interface design feedback. E.g. similar to Invision, Notable, Bounce...
Mandatory criteria:
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Software to create sprites for mobile games
I am developing some Android games by myself. The problem is I am not able to make a good splash screen and sprites for store, high score, help and play icons.
They are not easy to create in Paint. ...
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Switch screen to greyscale temporarily
I am working on graphics design which shall be used in presentations (Powerpoint, color) and web (color) but also be suitable for printing (greyscale).
Since I work in the programs defined by the ...
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With which tool I can draw a shapeless and curved logo for website?
I want to draw a logo that I designed for one website. This logo is shapeless and curved, like this image that I drew with CS:
I searched for offline/online tools, but don't find perfect one. Is ...
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Desktop Publisher (Alternatives to InDesign)
Adobe InDesign is the dominant player in the Desktop Publishing world.
It is used for many books, and also for magazine and pamphlets, and even things like greeting-cards and invitations.
It is almost ...
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