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Nick Saporito

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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Create dotted lines with Affinity Designer
How To Create Dotted Lines with Affinity Designer
 How To Create Dotted Lines with Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In today’s tutorial we’ll be going over a simple process for creating dotted lines using Affinity Designer. Creating dotted lines with Affinity Designer is simply a matter of creating strokes and then changing the style of the stroke to dashed. If you want to change the properties of your dotted lines, however, then there’s a…

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Create drop shadows with Photoshop
How To Quickly Create Drop Shadows with Photoshop CC 2021
 How To Quickly Create Drop Shadows with Photoshop CC 2021 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Today we’ll be going over how to quickly add drop shadows with Photoshop so that you can give your artwork a layered look. This is a common photo editing task, and thanks to the existence of Layer Effects, this is something that can be done quite easily in Photoshop. Much like we did in a…

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How to merge layers in Procreate
How To Merge Layers In Procreate | Individual and Multiple Layers
 How To Merge Layers In Procreate | Individual and Multiple Layers 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In today’s tutorial we’ll be going over a simple task in Procreate — merging layers. To merge layers in Procreate all you have to do is tap the layer and select “merge down”. Merging multiple layers is a bit trickier though. Layer merging is a fundamental process when working with design software, and each application…

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Offset a path in Inkscape
There’s 2 Ways To Offset A Path In Inkscape | Here’s How
 There’s 2 Ways To Offset A Path In Inkscape | Here’s How 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In today’s tutorial we’ll be going over path offsetting in Inkscape. This is a fundamental function of vector design, and no vector design software is complete without it. There’s two ways to offset a path in Inkscape. One is quick and rudimentary, and the other requires more time but provides more control. Let’s briefly go…

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