Questions tagged [graphics]
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Windows tool which can create a 3D text or logo in batch or command line?
I want to create text in 3D or create logos but wanted to automate the process to create a large number of them by passing in the text. Are there any tools for Windows that can work in any kind of non ...
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Intel GVT-g: Scrambled graphics on virt-manager
The virt-manager video is scrambled on this VM configured to use Intel's GVT-g GPU pass-through. The screen works, I can log in on it, manipulate things on the desktop. I just can't read anything.
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Is it possible to make Windows only use part of my screen? [duplicate]
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How to trick windows 7 to use only a part of the screen
The left 25% of my display is damaged, and I would like to make Windows not use this damaged portion of the screen (I ...
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Good application to render or convert SVG files to other file formats [closed]
I need to render SVG files to other file formats (.png, for example.) What's a good application for performing that render or conversion?
Specifically, I need an application that runs on Windows.
I'...
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Which software is best for small photoediting features? [closed]
I want the software which is lightweight.
Where can I add some text, mark some areas and cut some portion to save as a new photo?
I have Photoshop, but that's too heavy to do a small job like this.
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tools: graphics and logo design [duplicate]
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Looking for a good free image editor
My teenager wants to learn web graphics and logo design. What kind of tool are out there to help her get started. I would rather buy a ...
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Do I need to connect my graphics card to my monitor?
So I just built a computer and installed the Nvidia Geforce GTX 660. I already connect my computer to the monitor via VGA, but the install manual says that I have to connect my graphics card to my ...
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Does a larger laptop screen size reduce graphics performance?
For example, does a laptop with a 17" screen have lesser graphics performance than the same graphics card in a laptop with a 15.6" screen?
The common sense answer would be "yes", but in the computer ...
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How can I convert a PNG to a vectorized image?
This is the best I've found so far: http://www.tlhiv.org/rast2vec/
It works otherwise ok except that it does not support PNG transparency (it's simply gone in the resulting vector).
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Just installed Windows 7, some things not working out-of-the-box
My Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop is a little under a year old now. It came with Windows 7 x64. When I first bought it Windows Aero was working fine. Anyway, it got infected with trillions of viruses (...
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What's a good OSX counterpart for Paint.Net
I love Paint.Net on Windows. It's easy, free and gets the job done.
I am looking for something similar for my mac. Preview is able to resize or crop, but sometimes I want to add a shape or combine ...
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Does Matlab use the GPU for plotting?
I have a new laptop with a high end (GeForce GTX 770M) discrete GPU, but when I plot large amounts of data (50k+ points), it still seems quite slow and sluggish. Is Matlab using the GPU to render the ...
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Six monitor support
I have a new custom built computer with the following graphics cards in it:
XFX Double D HD-687A-ZDFC
Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card ...
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How does a computer tell a video card what to display?
How does a computer communicate pixel values to the screen?
Is there a certain command in the processor's instruction set architecture, that will make the processor communicate directly to the ...
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Photoshop Doesn't Have Smooth Gradients on a Specific Monitor
After using Photoshop on a daily basis for the past few years, today when I booted up I noticed that photoshops gradients were no longer smooth for me on my laptop monitor. Here's an example:
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Turn off compression images inside of a PDF with Ghostscript?
Is it possible to turn off or lower the compression of images inside a PDF with Ghostscript when I convert to jpg?
I currently use the following:
gs \
-dNOPAUSE \
-q \
-dBATCH \
-dSAFER \
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Text is distorted in fresh Ubuntu installation
I've just completed a fresh first install of Ubuntu 64-bit 12.10 and very regularly the on-screen text is distorted.
How could I fix this?
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How to correct a screen wrapping around?
I got my hands on a Ubuntu System (which was displaying correctly) and I installed CentOS 6.3. The screen is wrapping around on itself. Any ideas?
See for yourself
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quad sli with gtx 690 not working
I have two cards GTX 690 (dual core). I did the Sli successfully. Nvidia control panel acknowledges the two cards as quad Sli.
However, the problem is that Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate is showing me the ...
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If I install a second graphics card for a quad monitor setup, how powerful does the second card have to be?
I have a dual monitor machine at work that I use to write code, run scripts, and plot results. The amount of plotting can be quite demanding. I have ran out of video memory a couple of times (its ...
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How to Draw Angles in Word?
I use Microsoft Word to write a tehcnical document. When I embed illustrations in the document, I use a canvas [my own translation from Swedish ('arbetsyta')] and draw inside it. This way I can manage ...
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Why is my GPU not being fully utilized?
I happen to have two identical X201 Lenovo laptops, both with Windows 7 installed, latest drivers, etc. However, only one manages to run 3D computer games with decent performance.
I have gone ...
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What image scaling/interpolation algorithm does OS X use? [closed]
All of Apple's software uses a distinctive image scaling algorithm built into the OS. Both OS X and iOS use it. It might seem like a silly question, but does anybody know what it's called and/or how ...
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What is an ISO file extension regarding a graphics file?
I've worked with ISO 9660 images files before, but now I'm working with Arbortext, a documents processing COTS software product for work with technical manuals. It's taking a CGM file with redlining (...
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How to change the color of a glyphish iPhone icon?
Can anyone tell me how I would go about changing the color of a glyphish icon using Photoshop CS4?
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How can I detect my graphics card with no driver installed? [duplicate]
I have no idea what graphics card hardware do I have, and have no driver installed. How can I detect what graphics card do I have to install the right driver?
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What is indirect rendering?
What is indirect rendering and what sort of implications does it have on graphics performance?
Also, is it a Linux-specific term or can it be used in the context of other operating systems?
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Could a missing blade of a fan result in hardware failure
I'm using an example that I have just encountered, but it involves a more general question regarding computer hardware and airflow.
For some reason my NVIDIA 9800 GT fried, I've actually no idea why. ...
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Is it possible to install a discrete mobility card on a laptop without a graphics card already?
To be specific:
Can I:
Install a discrete graphics card on a laptop that does not come with a discrete graphics card?
Teach windows 8 to use the discrete card over the integrated graphics?
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Can an integrated HDMI port work both ways?
Say I had a laptop [Correction: notebook, don't want my thighs medium rare], any OS, and it has an HDMI port built into the side. Would it be remotely possible to hack it into an input, provided it ...
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What is the reason of blue pixels (noise) on screen?
My problem is, that if I play a game the screen gets blue noise pixels. If i reboot, even the bios prompt is not only black but with some blue pixels dancing around.
What could be the origin of this ...
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Why is my NVIDIA 870M capping graphics to 30FPS when running on battery power?
I am having an issue with my NVIDIA 870M graphics card. When I play games, it caps the framerate to 30FPS when running on battery power, even playing on both high and low graphics settings.
When I ...
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Is it normal for a Graphics card to operate in 90 degree temperature?
Is it quite normal that GPU operates under 90+ degrees?
I have two boxes which has nVidia Quadro 580 and 4000.
The first heats up to 60 degrees but Quadro 4000 goes like 70-90 degree. Is this quite ...
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1920x1080 monitor only displays in 1776x1000 area
I have an ASUS VE276Q monitor (as a second monitor) connected to an ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics card (system is a couple years old). For some reason the monitor will only display up to 1776x1000 ...
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Why do fractals get pixelated when I zoom in too close? [closed]
Currently I am using XaoS to view fractals. However, when zoomed in too much, it gets pixelized and I can't zoom in any more.
How can I use this program, or some other program, in a way which allows ...
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DVI to VGA adapter only working in one output
I have a AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series graphics card which has 2 DVI outputs. I tried to set it up with 2 monitors which both have vga connectors on the end and used 2 dvi to vga adapters like these.
For ...
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Why do These Black Boxes Appear in Windows 7, and How Can I Prevent Them?
Seemingly randomly, black boxes begin to appear on many of the programs I have open. Here's what they look like:
Photoshop:
foobar2000:
When I restart my computer, the boxes go away. I have yet to ...
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"Scan line" tearing effect on my laptop monitor?
I have a Nvidia 130M graphics card, on an Acer Aspire 5739G model laptop.
When I play games, any games, every few seconds there is somewhat of a "scan line" tear that's horizontal and runs from the ...
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How can I create an MNG file out of PNGs?
I am really struggling to find compatible software that will allow me to animate PNG files. The GIMP plugin crashes my GIMP. Nothing else supports it. Is there any way I can easily put together the ...
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How can I switch between the HDMI and DVI outputs of my graphics card?
I've got an Nvidia GTX 560ti card which currently I've got my 2 monitors hooked up to using the 2 DVI ports.
However its got a mini-HDMI port which I've plugged a HDMI cable in (with mini adapter) ...
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Disable double buffering entirely or render cursor without double buffering in OS X?
Currently, in OS X, the entire system is drawn using double buffering through Quartz. The purpose of this is, as far as I know, to eliminate screen tearing.
The reason I would like double buffering ...
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Framerate Drops way down in Battlefield 3
When playing Battlefield 3, I get a framerate of about 20-30 FPS. When playing mutliplayer, maybe after 5 minutes or so the framerate will drop and stay at 4-8 FPS. When a new map is reloaded this ...
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Fixed aspect ratio with ATI Radeon HD 4350 on Windows 7 64-bit
I'm trying to get Windows to preserve the aspect ratio when playing games at low resolutions. I have an ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics card.
Here are my software specs:
This is the place in the ...
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How to draw pixel-perfect geometric shapes and patterns?
When designing user interfaces, games and other visual applications, very often you have to have an image with a well defined geometric pattern. Some examples:
A placeholder image of given size with ...
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Graphics editor that represents everything as code/script/markup?
When I'm creating graphics in Photoshop or Illustrator, I often wish my work was entirely represented by some plain-text format so that I could dive down and make rapid changes without doing too much ...
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Force a custom resolution
I have a no-name graphic card that Windows can't recognize, so it just shows standard VGA in the device manager list.
Now it just shows 800x600 and 1024x768, but I want to force that to other ...
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Half-life 2 and Portal 2 graphics are corrupted
I recently bought a new 1080p monitor to replace my ageing 1280x1024 one. The new one uses HDMI and is connected to my PC via DVI. The old one used a VGA cable.
Set up was fine (Windows even detected ...
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Installed Graphics Card Failure
I just bought a refurbished Radeon HD 4650
My power supply says 250w and according to the Radeon website - "400 Watt or greater power supply (550 Watt for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode) is ...
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What is the difference between binary data of an image and the translated data that the GPU sends to the monitor?
I'm reading about GPU's, and they say that a CPU generally cannot perform the complex calcuations required to translate an image's binary data to create the actual image, but what does this mean ...
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What is the specification for GPU ROMs?
So, graphics cards have a ROM that you can export in GPU-Z (GPU-Z: An example of an application that will perform this task). Is it at all possible to find out what the specification is for a GPU ROM? ...
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