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Delete the background from glass with GIMP
Remove The Background From Glass with GIMP
Remove The Background From Glass with GIMP 800 470 Nick Saporito

Sometimes deleting a background to transparency isn’t as simple as it seems. A good example of this would be glass. I’ve gone…

How To Distort Perspective In Illustrator Using The Free Transform Tool
How To Distort Perspective In Illustrator Using The Free Transform Tool 800 470 Nick Saporito

In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to distort perspective in Illustrator so that you can transform a single object in a…

Create isometric text with Affinity Designer
Create Isometric Text with Affinity Designer Using The Isometric Tool
Create Isometric Text with Affinity Designer Using The Isometric Tool 800 470 Nick Saporito

A really neat feature Affinity Designer has that I haven’t yet seen anywhere else is the isometric tool, which allows you to…

Make a rainbow gradient in Inkscape
How To Make A Rainbow Gradient In Inkscape | Beginner Tutorial
How To Make A Rainbow Gradient In Inkscape | Beginner Tutorial 800 470 Nick Saporito

Today’s tutorial will be an exercise in working with gradients in Inkscape. In this lesson we’ll be going over how to make…

Merge layers with Affinity Designer
Why Merging Layers In Affinity Designer Is So Complicated
Why Merging Layers In Affinity Designer Is So Complicated 800 470 Nick Saporito

In this tutorial I’ll be addressing a rather confusing and frustrating aspect of working with Affinity Designer — merging layers. I’ll be…

Create and save swatches in Illustrator
Create and Save Swatches In Illustrator For Use Any Time
Create and Save Swatches In Illustrator For Use Any Time 800 470 Nick Saporito

If you have a series of colors — or swatches — that you regularly work with, then it would be beneficial to…

Repeat a shape along a path with Illustrator
Repeat A Shape Along A Path with Illustrator Using Pattern Brushes
Repeat A Shape Along A Path with Illustrator Using Pattern Brushes 800 470 Nick Saporito

One of Adobe Illustrator’s many useful features includes having the ability to create pattern brushes. Pattern brushes allow you to repeat a…

Opacity mask with Inkscape
Create An Opacity Mask with Inkscape | Partial Transparency for Groups
Create An Opacity Mask with Inkscape | Partial Transparency for Groups 800 470 Nick Saporito

If you’re familiar with how gradients work in Inkscape then you probably already know that they can be used to give individual…

Vector image tracing with Affinity Designer
Vector Image Tracing with Affinity Designer | 3 Solutions
Vector Image Tracing with Affinity Designer | 3 Solutions 800 470 Nick Saporito

Having the ability to trace vector copies of your images is a standard feature of any vectors graphics software. For Affinity Designer…

Create faux 3D text with Illustrator
Create Faux 3D Text With Illustrator | Beginner Tutorial
Create Faux 3D Text With Illustrator | Beginner Tutorial 800 470 Nick Saporito

If you’ve been using Illustrator for any period of time then it’s probably no secret by now that it comes packed with…

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