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Slicing a shape into separate pieces in Affinity Designer isn't as obvious as in some other vector tools. The Divide operation in the geometry toolbar doesn't split a single shape the way you might expect. Instead, you can use the Node tool with the Break Curve
InDesign
In this series I show how you can create an Art Portfolio in Adobe InDesign. This mini-series is addressed to students or artists who need to create an artwork portfolio to present for their application at University or to show their work to teachers, potential course masters, and so
Xara
It's possible to create frame by frame animations and export GIF or Flash animations in Xara Designer Pro. It works in older versions also. You can design frame by frame graphics and change the animation speed and duration of each frame. You can then export and use these
camtasia
In this tutorial we go through the timeline editing in a Camtasia project: how to add clips, move them around, cut them, slice them, group and ungroup them and a couple shortcuts for navigating the timeline when editing a project. We show how to add tracks, how to expand and
camtasia
The first part in my course on Camtasia, is an overview of the interface, I'm showing where everything is, how the interface of Camtasia is organised and what each section is for. In the following tutorials, I'll go through every function of Techsmith's Camtasia
InDesign
Find out how to turn off (or on) automatic hyphenation on your text in your Adobe InDesign documents. Hyphenation is on by default, but you may not want to use it. You can turn hyphenation ON/OFF in InDesign at paragraph-level, but that can create a lot of manual
Xara
Xara Designer Pro X isn't a full 3D program, but it includes a surprisingly capable 3D extrusion tool that lets you create 3D shapes and text without leaving the application. If you need a quick 3D effect for a logo, heading, or graphic element, this tool handles it
Cloudflare
CloudFlare is not a very new player in the Content Delivery Network (CDN) game, but they do lots of things well and brag that thay have more customers than Akamai and Amazon CloudFront combined (a 35% market share they say, as of March 2018, protecting 7,000,000 websites)! That
Xara
The Shadow Tool in Xara Designer Pro X (shortcut Ctrl+F2) creates three types of shadows: wall, floor, and glow. Each serves a different purpose and can be fine-tuned with blur, transparency, and color controls. Wall Shadow The most common type — creates a shadow parallel to and behind the
Xara
Xara Designer Pro X can create seamless repeating patterns by combining bitmap copies with the Fill Tool's repeating tile mode. Here's the workflow for turning any design element into a tiled pattern. Step 1: Design the Pattern Base Create the basic unit of your pattern. For
camtasia
Want to make an object orbit along a circular path in Camtasia? While Camtasia doesn't have a built-in "motion path" tool, you can achieve smooth circular animation using Custom Animation keyframes and a clever grouping technique. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to
Whether graphics are your passion, the artistic muse gives you a nudge now and then or you are a design professional, you can always do with some free software. Or maybe you can't afford an investment in graphics and design software right now, if you are just starting