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Nick Saporito

9 Free Mockup Templates for GIMP Users
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In this post I’ll be sharing 9 free mockup templates for GIMP users to show off their various design and branding design skills. Feel free to use these templates on your own portfolio, commercially, or however else you’d like! If you’re a GIMP user, you probably find it frustrating that the mockup templates found on…

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Pressed leather mockup with GIMP
GIMP Pressed Leather Mockup
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In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can create a pressed leather effect with GIMP. This would work great as a logo mockup template for your portfolio, or as a way of branding product photos. The following is just a brief overview of the steps taken to achieve the effect. For complete step-by-step instructions,…

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Adobe Illustrator maze tutorial
Create An Isometric Maze with Adobe Illustrator
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to create a vector, isometric-style maze with Adobe Illustrator CC. The following is just a brief overview of the steps taken to achieve this effect. For complete step-by-step instructions, please refer to the video tutorial at the top of the page. And if you’d like more Illustrator tutorials,…

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How to create a line text logo with Inkscape
How To Create Line Style Letters with Inkscape
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use Inkscape to create simple line art-style letters and words that can be used individually as logos or as some kind of typography design. The following is just a brief outline of the steps taken to achieve the end result. For complete step-by-step instructions with voice…

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How to vectorize a PNG logo with Photoshop
How To Vectorize a PNG Logo with Photoshop | Video Tutorial
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In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to vectorize a PNG logo with Photoshop, which is actually quite simple and very beginner-friendly. I do have to preface this by warning that Photoshop is not the ideal tool to use for creating vectors. Ideally, you should use Illustrator, but if Photoshop is your only option then…

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How To Create A Photo Mosaic with GIMP
How To Create A Photo Mosaic Collage with GIMP
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use GIMP to create a mosaic photo collage where a bunch of individual photos are used to represent a larger photo. In order to follow along with this tutorial you will need a third-party extension for GIMP called G’MIC, which can be downloaded and installed here.…

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How to export CMYK with Inkscape
5 Ways To Export CMYK with Inkscape | PNG, JPG, PDF, Vector & More
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If you use open-source design software like Inkscape and GIMP, you’ve probably designed something to be printed professionally, only to have it be rejected by the print shop because it’s in RGB color format and not CMYK. There are several ways to export CMYK with Inkscape though, and in this post I’ll be going over…

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How to use PSD mockups without Photoshop
How To Use PSD Mockups WITHOUT Photoshop! Video Tutorial
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Mockup templates can give your designs a real-world appeal. Although these templates are intended for Photoshop, a simple web-based application will allow you to use PSD mockups without Photoshop. In this post I’ll be demonstrating exactly how to do so. PSD Mockups PSD mockups are pre-made Photoshop templates that are intended to give your designs…

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Inkscape logo tutorial
Inkscape Logo Template: Video Tutorial and Free Download
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Today I’ll be demonstrating how to create a circular banner logo with Inkscape, and I’ll also be including a free download to the template that you can edit and use however you’d like (in case you’d rather not follow the tutorial.) The logo has two circular banners — one going around the top and the…

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Beach sunset color palettes
12 Beach Sunset Color Palettes with HEX Codes
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In this post I’ll be sharing a collection of 12 beach sunset color palettes that I created based on some example photographs found on Pixabay. These color palettes were created with the intention of logo design in mind, so I made sure to abide by my own guidelines for color usage in logos and kept…

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