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Layer masks in Procreate
Layer Masks In Procreate: The Complete Guide
 Layer Masks In Procreate: The Complete Guide 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Layer masking is somewhat of an advanced concept in graphic design, but it’s also a really powerful tool to have in your arsenal. It works by letting you use grayscale shades to dictate areas of transparency and opacity on your image, which makes it handy for things like applying textures. In this tutorial we’ll be…

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Open a closed path in Illustrator
2 Ways To Open A Closed Path In Illustrator
 2 Ways To Open A Closed Path In Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito
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If you’re working with a closed path in Illustrator and want to break the path to open it back up then today you’re in luck. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to open a closed path in Illustrator. This can be done using the Direct Selection or Scissors tools. There’s actually two different…

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Duplicate objects around a circle in Affinity Designer
How To Duplicate Objects Around A Circle In Affinity Designer
 How To Duplicate Objects Around A Circle In Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Having the ability to distribute objects on your canvas in an organized and evenly-spaced way is an essential function for graphic designers. This is especially true for some of the more advanced distributions, such as positioning around a circle. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to duplicate objects around a circle in Affinity…

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Resize the artboard in Illustrator
Resize The Artboard In Illustrator | Manually and Numerically
 Resize The Artboard In Illustrator | Manually and Numerically 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In this tutorial we’ll be going over how you can resize the artboard in Illustrator. This is done by using a dedicated tool that allows you to scale the width and height in a multitude of ways. When it comes to resizing documents in other applications, the default protocol is to look for some kind…

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Export with transparency in Adobe Illustrator
How To Export With Transparency In Adobe Illustrator
 How To Export With Transparency In Adobe Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito
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It can be incredibly frustrating when you have the tools to produce something, but you don’t know how to utilize them effectively. This is certainly true if all you’re looking to do is save your work in a usable format that allows for transparency. As it turns out, the solution to this is quite simple.…

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Make an animated GIF in Inkscape
How To Create Animated GIFs In Inkscape
 How To Create Animated GIFs In Inkscape 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Attempting to create animated GIFs in previous versions of Inkscape proved difficult due to a lack of proper tools. Thanks to some of the advancements in version 1.2 and beyond, however, it is now possible to create animated GIFs in Inkscape by creating your frames and batch exporting them as individual images. That said, there…

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Envelope Distort in Illustrator
Envelope Distort In Illustrator | The Complete Guide
 Envelope Distort In Illustrator | The Complete Guide 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Arguably the most powerful tool Adobe Illustrator has to offer is its Envelope Distort feature, which allows you warp and distort vector objects in any imaginable way. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to use envelope distort in Illustrator, as well as all of the options and features it has to offer. In…

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Set up autosave in Inkscape
How To Set Up Autosave In Inkscape
 How To Set Up Autosave In Inkscape 800 470 Nick Saporito
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If you’ve used Inkscape for any extended period of time then you’ve undoubtedly had the application crash on you, and if you haven’t saved your work then it may be gone forever. It’s important to save your work often, but it’s also easy to forget sometimes. This is where a feature like autosave comes in…

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Draw a star in Illustrator
How To Draw A Star In Illustrator | The Complete Guide
 How To Draw A Star In Illustrator | The Complete Guide 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Adobe Illustrator makes it easy to draw all kinds of shapes and objects. One of the more advanced shapes you can draw, however, is stars and polygons. This can be done using a dedicated tool that has lots of options built in so that you can draw stars exactly as you’d like. This tool may…

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Inkscape pattern along path without deformation
Inkscape: Pattern Along Path Without Deformation
 Inkscape: Pattern Along Path Without Deformation 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In previous lessons we went over how to use Inkscape’s “Pattern Along Path” feature to take an object and repeat it along a path of your choosing. The downside of using this feature, however, is that it warps (or “deforms”) the object in such a way that it stretches along the path, and there’s no…

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