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Nick Saporito

How to make gradients with Procreate
How To Make A Gradient In Procreate | Linear and Radial
 How To Make A Gradient In Procreate | Linear and Radial 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Although Procreate doesn’t come with any tools or features that directly allow you to create gradients, that doesn’t mean it can’t be done manually. It also doesn’t mean that it can’t be done with ease either. The brilliance in Procreate’s simplicity will be on full display for today’s tutorial as we go over how to…

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Save as JPG with Inkscape
It’s Finally Possible To Save As JPG with Inkscape! Here’s how…
 It’s Finally Possible To Save As JPG with Inkscape! Here’s how… 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Thanks to an update in version 1.1, it’s now possible to save as JPG with Inkscape. In previous generations, the only file format you could export your work to was PNG. All of that has changed though, and in this tutorial I’ll be going over how you can export a JPEG file for the designs…

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Delete a white background with Procreate
How To Delete A White Background with Procreate for The iPad
 How To Delete A White Background with Procreate for The iPad 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Of all the useful tools and capabilities Procreate comes with, one of its most noteworthy utilities is its ability to delete backgrounds from images. There’s various different ways of doing so, but in today’s tutorial we’ll be focusing on how to use Selections to delete a white background with Procreate, leaving a transparent background behind.…

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How To Make An Image Black and White with Illustrator
 How To Make An Image Black and White with Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Despite the vector environment in which Illustrator operates, there’s various ways that you can edit photos and rasterized images. One of those ways would be making an image black and white — or more accurately, grayscale. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to make an image black and white with Illustrator so that…

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Export a PNG with a transparent background in Affinity Designer
How To Export A PNG With A Transparent Background In Affinity Designer
 How To Export A PNG With A Transparent Background In Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito
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One of the most common ways that you’ll use a vector design application like Affinity Designer is to design things like logos, icons, badges, and various other types of graphics. In order to work with these isolated graphics though, you’ll need to know how to export them in a usable format, which is what we’ll…

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Cut out a shape from an image with Inkscape
Cut Out A Shape From An Image with Inkscape
 Cut Out A Shape From An Image with Inkscape 800 470 Nick Saporito
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One of the most common ways users look to utilize Inkscape is using it as a means of fitting an image to a shape. This is a rather simple process that can be accomplished with clipping paths, and thanks to the non-destructive nature of working with clipping paths, this effect is completely reversible. Today’s tutorial…

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Resizing layers in Photoshop
Resizing Layers In Photoshop | The Complete Guide
 Resizing Layers In Photoshop | The Complete Guide 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Navigating your way around Photoshop can be a tricky experience if you aren’t familiar with some of its core features and functionalities, one of which would be Layers. Layers allow you to organize your work by placing all of the elements of your design in separate compartments. Certain aspects of layer functionality can be tricky…

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Create a signature stamp with Procreate
How To Create A Signature Stamp with Procreate
 How To Create A Signature Stamp with Procreate 800 470 Nick Saporito
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If you’re a Procreate user — or any kind of artist for that matter — then chances are you want to leave your mark on every piece of artwork you create. Typically, this is done with a small signature that is placed in a secluded area of the finished piece. Knowing how to create a…

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Apply a gradient across multiple objects in Illustrator
Apply A Gradient Across Multiple Objects In Illustrator
 Apply A Gradient Across Multiple Objects In Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito
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One of the most common problems you may run into when working with gradients in Adobe Illustrator is the inability to apply a gradient across multiple objects at a time. If you select all of the objects at once, or even group them together, you’ll probably notice that the gradient is applied to each individual…

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Make a color transparent in GIMP
How To Make A Color Transparent In GIMP
 How To Make A Color Transparent In GIMP 800 470 Nick Saporito
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GIMP’s robust suite of tools and features allow you to manipulate your images in many different ways. One of the ways in which you can edit your photos is by isolating a single color — or a spectrum of similar colors — and deleting it to transparency. In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to…

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