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Nick Saporito

Draw a straight line with GIMP
2 Ways To Draw A Straight Line with GIMP
 2 Ways To Draw A Straight Line with GIMP 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Being able to draw a perfectly straight lines may sound like a trivial task, but doing so in a raster-based environment (such as GIMP) can be surprisingly perplexing to some as it’s somewhat of a hidden feature. In this tutorial we’ll be going over two different ways in which you can draw a straight line…

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Make a grid in Illustrator
How To Make A Grid In Illustrator | The Complete Guide
 How To Make A Grid In Illustrator | The Complete Guide 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Applying a grid to your workspace can be an excellent way to organize your work and draw with precision — especially when it comes to vector designs that would typically be created in Adobe Illustrator. In today’s tutorial we’ll be going over how to make a grid in Illustrator, which is something that is not…

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Change the background color in Affinity Designer
How To Change The Background Color In Affinity Designer
 How To Change The Background Color In Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Different strokes for different folks, as the old saying goes. As an Affinity Designer user you may be wondering how to personalize its appearance — whether it be the background, the artboard, or the surrounding workspace. In this tutorial we’ll be focusing on how to change the background color in Affinity Designer using Preferences and…

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Create arrows in Illustrator
The Easiest Way To Create Arrows In Illustrator
 The Easiest Way To Create Arrows In Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito
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One of the many things vector design software can be used for is creating diagrams and infographics — both of which may require you to work with arrows. In today’s tutorial we’ll be drawing pen strokes that can be used to create arrows in Illustrator. This is done via the Stroke menu, and it only…

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Remove an object in Affinity Photo
Remove An Object In Affinity Photo: It’s Easier Than You Think!
 Remove An Object In Affinity Photo: It’s Easier Than You Think! 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Got an unwanted object in your photo that you’d like to remove? Well, you’re in luck! Affinity Photo makes this process as simple as can be, thanks to one of its many handy tools. To remove an object in Affinity Photo we’ll be using the Inpainting Brush Tool, which can be used to paint over…

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How to duplicate in Procreate
How To Duplicate In Procreate | Layers, Objects, and Selections
 How To Duplicate In Procreate | Layers, Objects, and Selections 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Duplicating elements of your design work is one of the most common functions you’ll likely need when using a design app such as Procreate for the iPad. In this tutorial we’ll be going over all of the ways you can duplicate in Procreate, including layers, objects, and selections. In short, the way that you can…

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Make an image black and white with GIMP
Here’s 3 Ways To Make An Image Black And White with GIMP
 Here’s 3 Ways To Make An Image Black And White with GIMP 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Converting an image to black and white is one of the most common edits users may look to make to their photos, and it’s an edit that spans experience level. Everyone from novices to pros need to convert images to black and white every once in a while, and as a GIMP user, you are…

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How to make a dotted line in Illustrator
How To Make A Dotted Line In Illustrator CC 2021
 How To Make A Dotted Line In Illustrator CC 2021 800 470 Nick Saporito
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As an Illustrator user you may occasionally have the need to create dotted lines, whether it be for sketches, key line grids for logos, or whatever other reason. Making a dotted line in Illustrator is simply a matter of drawing a stroke and changing the stroke properties to dashed, but there’s other properties you’ll need…

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How to free transform with Affinity Photo
How To Free Transform with Affinity Photo
 How To Free Transform with Affinity Photo 800 470 Nick Saporito
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If you’re a Photoshop user making the transition over to Affinity Photo then you may be disappointed to see that there’s no free transform tool — not one that functions the same as Photoshop’s at least. As a workaround, the way to free transform with Affinity Photo is to use an array of tools that…

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How to invert colors in Illustrator
How To Invert Colors In Illustrator | Vector Objects and Images
 How To Invert Colors In Illustrator | Vector Objects and Images 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Inverting the colors of an image may be a commonplace photo editing task, but it’s also something that can be done in most vector design applications. Adobe Illustrator is no exception to this. The method used to invert colors in Illustrator works for both vector paths and for raster images so long as they are…

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