Tutorials

Remove a background with Affinity Photo
How To Quickly Remove A Background In Affinity Photo
How To Quickly Remove A Background In Affinity Photo 800 470 Nick Saporito

Of all the different ways you can edit an image, one of the most common edits you may be looking to make is removing its background. This is an essential function for any graphic designer, and today we’ll be exploring exactly how to do so in Affinity Designer. Thanks to the Selection Brush — a…

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Change an image's color with Procreate
How To Change An Image’s Color In Procreate for The iPad
How To Change An Image’s Color In Procreate for The iPad 800 470 Nick Saporito

If you’ve ever wanted to change the color of an object in a photo then today you’re in luck. In this tutorial I’ll be using one of Procreate’s many color adjustment abilities to demonstrate how you can change an image’s color in Procreate for the iPad. By the end of this lesson you will have…

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How to offset a path with Illustrator
How To Offset A Path In Illustrator | The Complete Guide
How To Offset A Path In Illustrator | The Complete Guide 800 470 Nick Saporito

In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to offset a path in Illustrator, which will allow you to add (or remove) an equal amount of space around an object’s edges. What Is Path Offsetting? In short, path offsetting is a way of changing an object’s size by adding or removing space around its edges,…

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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