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Nick Saporito

Draw in symmetry mode using Adobe Illustrator
How To Draw In Symmetry Mode Using Adobe Illustrator
 How To Draw In Symmetry Mode Using Adobe Illustrator 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to draw in symmetry mode in Illustrator. This will make it so that everything you draw is mirrored on an opposing axis, and any changes made to the drawing will also be mirrored. In short, to symmetry draw in Illustrator we will need to use the Transform…

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Round corners in Inkscape
How To Round Corners In Inkscape | Paths, Strokes & Caps
 How To Round Corners In Inkscape | Paths, Strokes & Caps 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be having a look at all the ways in which you can round corners of objects in Inkscape. However, there are various types of objects in Inkscape, meaning there are different methods for each. As it turns out, the easiest way to round corners in Inkscape is by using the Corners…

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Increase nodes and handle size in Inkscape
How To Increase The Size Of Nodes And Handles In Inkscape
 How To Increase The Size Of Nodes And Handles In Inkscape 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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If you’re using Inkscape with a higher resolution screen (such as a 4K monitor) then you may run into an issue where the nodes and handles on your screen are so small that they are difficult to work with. Nodes and handles allow you to transform your artwork in various ways, and as a commonly-used…

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Kerning in Illustrator
Kerning In Illustrator Tutorial | Manually and Automatically
 Kerning In Illustrator Tutorial | Manually and Automatically 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In typography, kerning refers to the spacing between letters. Sometimes that spacing needs to be adjusted to accommodate the spacing gaps created by the contours of various letters. Fortunately, this is a simple task for Adobe Illustrator users. In this tutorial we’ll be going over kerning in Illustrator and the various ways that it can…

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How to join paths in Inkscape
How To Join Paths In Inkscape
 How To Join Paths In Inkscape 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how you can join paths together in Inkscape so that they become a single path. This is accomplished by merging nodes together using a tool setting for the Edit Paths By Nodes tool. Knowing how to join paths can be useful for a variety of reasons. Maybe you…

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Create a glow effect in Illustrator
Create A Glow Effect In Adobe Illustrator | Tutorial
 Create A Glow Effect In Adobe Illustrator | Tutorial 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to create a simple glow effect in Illustrator. The example we’ll be using is a single line of text. The glow effect will make it appear as if the object is emitting soft light from behind it. In short, there’s various workflows for creating a glow effect…

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How to invert colors in Inkscape
How To Invert Colors with Inkscape
 How To Invert Colors with Inkscape 1000 587 Nick Saporito
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Color inversion is typically a quick process that only requires a few clicks, but Inkscape provides a variety of settings that can be adjusted to fine-tune every color to your liking. In this tutorial we’ll be going over all of those settings and everything else having to do with inverting colors of vector objects in…

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Move part of an image in Affinity Designer
How To Move Part Of An Image In Affinity Designer
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When working with photos in Affinity Designer you may find yourself needing to move part of an image for any number of reasons. Thankfully there is the Pixel Persona, which provides tools that let you create selections over areas of an image. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to use those selections to…

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Round the corners of an image in Affinity Designer
How To Round The Corners Of An Image In Affinity Designer
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Affinity Designer allows you to make various types of edits to pixel-based images. One of the more common edits we’ll be focusing on in this lesson is rounding the corners of an image. In this tutorial we’ll be having a look at how you can do just that using clipping masks. As it turns out,…

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Why brushes are missing in Affinity Designer
SOLVED: Why Your Brushes Are Missing In Affinity Designer
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In this tutorial we’ll be addressing a common problem many new users of Affinity Designer may experience– missing brushes. You may already know how to import brushes, but what if you’ve imported them and they’re not populating in the Brushes menu? This can be confusing and frustrating. As you may already know, the way to…

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