Questions tagged [tools]
Questions regarding hardware or analogical tools (but please use software-recommendation for software ones!)
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Free tool (no sign-up) to remove background from a PDF and enhance pencil or pen strokes
I'm working with a PDF that contains handwritten notes made with a pencil or pen, and I'd like to enhance the strokes digitally, remove the background, make the lines clearer, and possibly change ...
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Seeking Tools for Efficient Illustration Design in Physics Book Project
one of my friends intends to write a book related to the field of physics. I have been assigned to design illustrations similar to the images below for his book. The total number of these ...
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Corel Draw - Transparency tool keep applying whenever i make a new object
help me, the transparency tool is keep applying whenever i make/create a new object and fill it with color, it applies to when i do a trace bitmap, the object will have a tranparency effect applied to ...
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Photoshop: How to dock the floating Contextual Task Bar?
This is possibly Adobe's most annoying idea yet. (Photoshop version 24.5.0) I don't know what to call it, but just look at this thing constantly encroaching on my space: Essentially, these two large ...
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How to reset zoom tool in illustrator?
I want to reset the zoom tool, I don't want the rectangle to show. I press Ctrl+space bar for the shortcut but instead of just dragging, the rectangle is showing up. How to fix this? Before the tool ...
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Figma: how to make auto layout frame contain a stroke's width
I'm trying to use an auto layout frame to contain a hamburger menu. The lines of the hamburger menu should be entirely contained within the auto layout frame. I applied the following settings to the ...
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How to use the Shape Designer Tool after warping a shape? On Illustrator
I would like to use the Shape Designer Tool, after deforming my shape, but this is what it shows me, it's possible? Convert or I don't know, after shape distort. THANKS.
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Why does Photoshop's Zoom Tool disengage randomly?
This happens all the time and it's driving me crazy... I press Z to switch to the Zoom Tool. Then I click-drag somewhere to zoom in, but instead Ps has switched back to the Grab Tool, so I end up ...
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divider or compass tool - or equivalent way - in Inkscape or Gimp?
Is there a divider or compass tool in Inkscape or Gimp? What I mean is the drafting tool called a divider is a way to scribe an arc a fixed distance from a point. The compass does this also. I ...
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Gimp 2.10.32 Toolbox Docking doesn't work on Windows 7
I followed this tutorial on how to dock the toolbar options but it doesn't work for me on Windows 7. I'm using 2.10.32. Nothing happens when I drag the Tool Options into the Toolbox. I also cannot ...
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Inkscape adds handles to corner nodes after node deletion
In Inkscape, when I have the following: If I remove the red node, the neighboring nodes magically get handles, I guess because Inkscape tries to keep the appearance with fewer nodes, resulting in ...
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How do I stop Pencil drawn shapes from being transparent? - Adobe Illustrator
Every new shape I draw in the Pencil tool always comes up as transparent, where as other tools (rectangle, ellipse, polygon, etc.) always keep their default or previously chosen fill color. Although ...
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Photoshop CC 2019 Zoom In/Out While Using Lasso Tool
I used CC 2021 and in that version has got scroll zoom while using lasso tool. But in CC 2019 I have to do (Ctrl + Space bar + Left mouse click.) How can I zoom with scroll while using lasso tool? ...
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Pathfinder divide in illustrator
After making an image and later using divide in illustrator certain portion of the image is getting disappeared.
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Is there a way to make illustrator tools dynamic like Corel Draw?
One of reasons I prefer CorelDraw (or any other) over illustrator is that CorelDraw tools are dynamic i.e. when I click on one tools, its more options and features appear in the above tools bar. For ...
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