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Nick Saporito

How to crop an image in Illustrator
How To Crop An Image In Illustrator
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Nestled deep within all of Illustrator’s fancy vector tools and features is the ability to crop an image with as much ease as any other design application, vector-based or not. Typically, you wouldn’t bother with trying to crop an image in Illustrator because the software is not meant for image manipulation. However, Illustrator’s crop feature…

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Resize images with Affinity Designer
How To Resize Images with Affinity Designer
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Affinity Designer is one of the most versatile design applications in existence. Not only does it handle vectors as well as its industry-standard adversary, but it also has an entire suite of tools meant for editing photos and images. Today’s tutorial will be a demonstration of such. We’ll be going over how to resize images…

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Curve text with Affinity Photo
How To Curve Text with Affinity Photo
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Thanks to an update for the version 1.9 release of Affinity Photo, it is now possible to place text on a path. This means that you can wrap your text around circles and flow it along various types of contours of your choosing. In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating all of the different ways that…

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Design a logo with Procreate
How To Design A Logo with Procreate
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Don’t let Procreate’s simple interface and streamlined features fool you. Despite being a drawing app first and foremost, it can handle a surprising amount of design tasks. In fact, you can even design a logo with Procreate so long as you keep your expectations within reason, and in today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to…

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How to brighten colors in Illustrator
How To Brighten Colors In Illustrator Globally
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By now it’s no secret that Adobe Illustrator comes packed with more tools and features than any other vector design application. One of Illustrator’s many hidden gems is the Recolor Artwork menu, which allows you to adjust the color settings of your designs globally, without having to manually change the color of each individual color.…

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Edit photos in Inkscape
8 Ways In Which You Can Edit Photos In Inkscape
 8 Ways In Which You Can Edit Photos In Inkscape 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Although Inkscape is meant for working with vector graphics, it does have some features and tools that allow you to make common edits to photographs and other rasterized images. And even though you’d be better off using proper photo editing software for this sort of thing, you may find yourself working in a vector environment…

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Working with swatches in Affinity Designer
Working With Swatches In Affinity Designer | The Complete Guide
 Working With Swatches In Affinity Designer | The Complete Guide 800 470 Nick Saporito
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One of the many advantages you’ll enjoy as an Affinity Designer user is the ease of use when it comes to creating swatches, whether it be from images or custom selections. Not only that, but Affinity Designer allows you to save swatches, export swatches for use on other machines, and you can even import swatches…

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Dripping paint text effect with Procreate
Create A Dripping Paint Text Effect with Procreate
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The biggest advantage you’ll enjoy when using a tablet for graphic design is having the ability to draw freehand like you would with a paintbrush. In today’s tutorial we’ll taking advantage of that benefit by creating a dripping paint text effect with Procreate for the iPad. In order to do this, we’ll be sampling a…

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Remove a white background from text with Photoshop
How To Remove A White Background From Text with Photoshop
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can easily remove a white background from text with Photoshop. This sort of thing would be useful if you have an old JPEG sitting around and you want to use it on different background styles. Or maybe your logo designer only gave you JPEG copies of your…

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Install fonts in Procreate
How To Install Fonts In Procreate for The iPad
 How To Install Fonts In Procreate for The iPad 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Using an iPad for graphic design comes with lots of benefits, and in order to fully enjoy those benefits you’re going to need access to your favorite fonts. Unfortunately, installing fonts on an iPad is a bit more complicated than it is on a desktop. However, it can be done, and in this tutorial I’ll…

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