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Nick Saporito

Logos By Nick Is Once Again Accepting Clients
 Logos By Nick Is Once Again Accepting Clients 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Greetings and Happy New Year! 2024 marks a pivot in how I do business, so I wanted to share a brief update. A couple of years ago I stopped taking on freelance work so I could focus full-time on content creation. At the time I had many projects and ideas I wanted to explore, but…

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Color replace in Affinity Designer
How To Replace Every Instance Of A Color In Affinity Designer
 How To Replace Every Instance Of A Color In Affinity Designer 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to find and replace every instance of a color using Affinity Designer. Doing so manually would require you to select objects and change their color one-by-one, but as it turns out, there is a much quicker way to do this. This is not to be confused with…

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Inkscape Shape Builder Tool
Inkscape Now Has A Shape Builder! Here’s How To Use It
 Inkscape Now Has A Shape Builder! Here’s How To Use It 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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The Inkscape team recently released version 1.3 and with it comes lots of new tools and features. One such welcomed addition is the Shape Builder Tool, which allows you to create shapes based on the intersecting areas of overlapping shapes. In this tutorial we’ll be having a look at how to use it to make a…

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Lock objects in Inkscape
How To Use Layer Locks In Inkscape To Fix Objects To The Canvas
 How To Use Layer Locks In Inkscape To Fix Objects To The Canvas 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to lock objects in Inkscape by using the lock feature within the Layers menu. This will enable you to temporarily fix objects to your canvas so that you don’t accidentally move them around while you’re working. In short, this is accomplished by clicking a single icon within…

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Group by color in Adobe Illustrator
How To Group Objects By Color In Illustrator
 How To Group Objects By Color In Illustrator 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to group your objects by color in Adobe Illustrator. This can be useful if you’re working with an array of objects and need to organize your artwork. In short, to accomplish this we just have to select objects by color and then group them together using the…

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Applying vector textures with Inkscape
An Easier Way To Apply Vector Textures In Inkscape
 An Easier Way To Apply Vector Textures In Inkscape 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In a tutorial from a few years ago we went over how to apply a distressed effect in Inkscape by using vector textures and path operations. However, in this tutorial we’ll be going over how to apply those vector textures using a more efficient workflow that utilizes some of Inkscape’s newer features. When working with…

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Apply vector textures with Affinity Designer
A Simple Trick For Applying Vector Textures In Affinity Designer + Free Texture Pack
 A Simple Trick For Applying Vector Textures In Affinity Designer + Free Texture Pack 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In past tutorials we’ve gone over how to apply pixel-based texture overlays in Affinity Designer using black & white images and layer masks. However, in this tutorial we’ll be going over how to use vector textures instead, which requires an entirely different workflow. When working with a vector-based texture, your first instinct may be to…

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Instagram carousel template for Inkscape users
Instagram Carousel Template for Inkscape Users | Free Download + Tutorial
 Instagram Carousel Template for Inkscape Users | Free Download + Tutorial 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to slice and export your artwork as carousel tiles using Inkscape. The example we’ll be working with today is used to create a carousel for Instagram — or a collection of individual slides that make up a continuous image when placed side-by-side. To do this we will…

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Lasso select mode in Inkscape
Lasso Select Mode: The Inkscape Feature Nobody Told You About
 Lasso Select Mode: The Inkscape Feature Nobody Told You About 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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As you may have already known, you can select multiple objects in Inkscape either by Shift-clicking them or by clicking and dragging to create a rectangular bounding box around them. But what you may not have known is that there is a third option known and Lasso Select mode, and it allows you to quickly…

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Fill between paths in Illustrator
Fill Between Paths In Illustrator Using The Live Paint Bucket Tool
 Fill Between Paths In Illustrator Using The Live Paint Bucket Tool 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to use a lesser-known tool in Illustrator to fill between paths. The Live Paint Bucket Tool can be used to create new shapes based on the empty spaces between intersecting paths, and in this lesson you will learn how. The Problem: Why Can’t I Fill Between Paths?…

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