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Nick Saporito

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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Replace a color in Illustrator
How To Replace Every Instance Of A Color In Illustrator
 How To Replace Every Instance Of A Color In Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito
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The way that you’d typically replace colors in Illustrator is by selecting an object and then changing its fill color. What if there’s lots of objects with that color though, and changing each of them individually would be too time-consuming? In this tutorial we’ll be going over a shortcut that allows you to replace a…

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Make a color overlay in Illustrator
How To Make A Simple Color Overlay In Illustrator
 How To Make A Simple Color Overlay In Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Don’t let the vector environment that Illustrator operates in fool you: this software can also handle many photo editing tasks. One of which would be adding color overlays to images, and in this tutorial we’ll be using blend modes to make a simple color overlay in Illustrator. This is something that can be done in…

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How to change the opacity of a layer in Procreate
How To Change The Opacity Of A Layer In Procreate For The iPad
 How To Change The Opacity Of A Layer In Procreate For The iPad 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Despite my newfound love for Procreate’s iPad app and the world of mobile design it has opened me up to, the app does have some quirks that can be perplexing at times. One of which would be changing the opacity of a layer. All you have to do to change the opacity of a layer…

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Crop an image with GIMP
The Quickest Way To Crop An Image With GIMP
 The Quickest Way To Crop An Image With GIMP 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Cropping photos is a routine edit not just for graphic designers, but for casual users as well. Thankfully, GIMP makes this as simple and easy to do as any other software on the market. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to crop an image with GIMP. This is done by simply creating a…

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Change an image's color in Affinity Photo
How To Change An Image’s Color In Affinity Photo
 How To Change An Image’s Color In Affinity Photo 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In today’s tutorial we’ll be going over a workflow for changing the color of an object in an image using Affinity Photo. This could come in handy if you have multiple color varieties of a product you’d like to sell (like t shirts or phone cases for example) and you’d like to produce images of…

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