Mike Gondek
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Many of the same rules as applying to photo retouching, likely apply here. Teh law is everchanign on thsi topic, but will share what applies here. Someone can always sue you and drag you through appeals and your lawyer expenses are not reimbursable in most situations and countersuing for punitive damages are rarely recovered.
If you are working for salary, and not receiving royalties for this work, then the risk lies with your employer and no case could realistically be won against you; unless the contract you signed with your employer had something in it to their defense. So the risk is with your employer unless you are an independant contractor/freelancer (I hate that word cause you dont work for free).
You can even get sued by using something from google images, retouching it and using this. You can buy images from dreamstime.com for a few bucks (which is almost free), and further protect yourself, because you then own royalty free rights.
I also recomend taking your own photos when possible. Draft up a model photo release, and have people sign that if you use their image. In addition to the usual stuff, put a checkbox on your form that says “I wish (your companies name) to send me a physical printed copy of any promotion in which my image was used.” , and space for their address. What is important about that is that there is an exchange of something of value for you using their image, without it they could sue you and win regardless if you have their signature. And again I feel it is the right thing to do, cause if you use their picture they should get a copy of it.
Now my post does not intend to scare you into not tracing image, but just to give you accurate information you cna use. I hope you trace many photos and create beautiful images, and I am sure you will not use photos that would abuse somebody financially or their privacy, or else you would not have posted the question.
With art schools having such low requirements to graduate, I find it great when somoene uses Illustrator or Painter in illustration.
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from indesign help
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You need to expand your gradient rectangle, which will make this into many rectangles, one for each gradient step.
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There is no way to chnage the default, as I had looked into this in the past. You can though when saving, click on the format menu and hit the letter j and your option should go to jpeg. P doesn’t work as well for PDF or PNG as it goes to photoshop eps.
You can though create an action for save as with file type of jpeg.
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yes there is
filter >> video >> deinterlace
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If the file was built using global or spot color swatches you could correct this quickly in the swatches palete with a couple of alt drags. Probably is nto built with gloabl colros, but the solution is ismlpe nonetheless.
Make 2 swatches (Blue, White) on you swatches palette and choose spot
Select a white fill
select >> same >> fill color
click on the blue swatchSelect on of your old blue colors
select >> same >> fill color
click on the white swatchIf you have stroke, repeat the process for them.
Now that the colors are built as spot, you can in the future just t doubleclick the swatch in the swatches palette and change it there to whatever you want. Read your help on merging swatches, very bloody good info every illustrator user can benefit from.
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Hmm the author has his apple and PC mixed keyboard confused. Below is the correct keyboard shortcut to select by luminoscity on PC and then on mac platform.
Ctrl alt ~
Apple opt ~ -
Also check out the filter >> pixelate >> mosaic if you are looking to create a pixelated look
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The method I described is if you start out with a logo whcih is usually in vector format of .ai, .eps or .eps.
If your logo is coming for a 3D program, you can create the cracked effect in your 3D program, or open up the rendered image in photoshop and break it appart.
After effects has agreta filter called shatter, that can do everythign you need. What format is your logo in now, and is it already extruded?