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There is a saying that if your only tool is a hammer, every problem will look like a nail. Which is why the best practice is to have a big belt with tools for every situation. These tools are simple, they do one specific task fast and efficiently. From simple file conversions to advanced image...
Dealing with large amounts of images can sometimes be very frustrating. It is even more annoying if you are dealing with many .EPS, .SVG or .Ai files, because you have to open the file first, to see what's in it. It becomes a tedious cycle of open - inspect - close that slowly gnaws at your...
Whenever you want to export an Illustrator file as a .PSD to open it with Photoshop, you quickly find out that all that vector art is now rasterized. The good news is that there is a quick and easy way to export it as vector art and still be able to infinitely scale and change colors as if it...
Photoshop offers an incredibly large variety of tools to quickly manipulate photos without too much hassle, and that is great. The skill floor is lower and it is easier now to get into Photoshop than it was back in the days of Creative Suite 3. For example, the newer Content Aware tools allow you...
We always look for ways to improve our work and most of the time, we focus on quality. However, there are other aspects that can move that needle too and those are often overlooked because they're not a part of the final product, such as: Shortcuts Automation Hardware performance Variety of...
Natively, Adobe Illustrator doesn't have a text highlighter feature to use as if you'd use in MS Office, but it does have many ways of getting to the same result. However, there are several levels of utility to those results, and today we are exploring results that also bring more value over time...
Adobe Illustrator is one of the best tools you'll ever use to create vector art. One of the features that helps you immensely in that task is the ability to create your own, custom brushes to speed up your creative process. Today we're looking at three ways you can create these brushes. Tools:...
Whether you're running a print-on-demand business or a local shop, you are facing a similar problem: the print files need to be cleaned up of transparency and blending effects. Printers don't know how to interpret Opacity and you'll end up with a messy final print, most of the time with unwanted...
We're sure you've attempted at least once to do a cool title written in a circle or in an arch, but couldn't quite figure out how to do it. If you still need help to do that, here's how it's done. Tools: Adobe Illustrator STEP 1 Grab the Ellipse tool, hold Option + Shift and click-drag to...
In your process, I'm sure you have come across a few packs that you love to use in your designs. Be it texture packs, a decoration, an effect or a piece of clip art or just the branding parts of your company, you can store it within Adobe Illustrator's library. Here's how. For this...
The Drop Shadow effect is a quick and easy way to make objects stand out from the background and create focus on them. The caveat for it, particularly for Illustrator, is that it's available only as a raster effect and we want it to be vector. Luckily, there is a way to create it in vector format...
One of the big challenges we face in graphic design is the speed at which results are delivered. This means we are sometimes incentivized to looking for ways to increase our productivity without sacrificing the quality of the final design. Luckily, the Graphic Styles are here to save the...
We at Designious make creativity a top priority. To live up to this statement, we make sure all vector art comes in a format that makes it easy to personalize. This ensures that even if the same vector design is available for the others to download, it becomes unique to your brand, all with a...
Gone are the days when salespeople just appear at customers’ doorsteps, trying to convince them to buy a product. It was a primitive and highly inefficient strategy but without any alternative. Things have changed and the sales process has become a lot more complex. Currently, the democratization...
There's no denying that Pinterest is a powerful tool for eCommerce. A quick search online will reveal that there are countless branding, brand board, and branding design inspirations on Pinterest. But, to save you the trouble of sifting through dozens of articles to find what you need, this...
If you are looking to start a print on demand business and money is tight we got you covered. In this article we've gathered a bunch of tools and resources that are free and can help you launch your business and earn your first dollar. Starting a business is simple but it is not easy. Put...
Selling clothing is a fierce industry to be in but it comes with great returns if you make it work. Your online shop should attract customers by offering a great line of products, an amazing design but also offers a good shopping experience. Giving your customers the best potential web experience...
Creating your own t-shirt designs is a great skill to have in the print on demand industry. Giving your ideas life and the process of taking an idea to an actual design is quite fun. Also, a unique design helps you be different from other sellers and you no longer need to hire designers for this...
According to the United States Department of Commerce, the e-commerce industry has recorded an estimated year-over-year growth of 44.5%. Print on Demand (PoD) businesses contribute heavily to this recent uptick. However, despite how profitable the Print on Demand business seems, most merchants...
Whether you want to start a small business or you want to create some stellar merch, hiring a designer that knows their way around apparel design is always beneficial. In this quick guide, we’ll walk you through 5 of the most critical tips to hire a t-shirt designer that you should always keep in...
Selling t-shirts or other types of clothing like hoodies, shorts, or sweatpants can be very lucrative. Clothing is a $1.5 trillion dollars industry and every day new businesses want a piece of this huge pie. Technology evolves quickly nowadays and launching an online store is easier than ever...
As a graphic designer, you can use Instagram to get more clients for your business. But, you must have a strong strategy for marketing your designs and merch on the platform. If you’d like to learn more about building an effective plan, then read on to discover 5 genius tips for profiting from...
Lens flare is not something photographers want at times but this effect can create some amazing photographs used properly. In this tutorial we show you how you can apply them to your photos to make them look great. A lens flare is a phenomenon that appears when light is scattered in a lens system...
Have you ever noticed when printing on an object like a poster, t-shirt, or anything else for that matter the colors on the printed object differ from the image on your screen? If you did, that means you have an out of gamut issue with the image and you have to fix it. What is color gamut? In...
Starting your print-on-demand store is a challenge and there are thousands of plugins to chose from when setting up your store. Below we have seven must-have WooCommerce plugins to help you in your journey to a successful online store. Wishlist Adding a wishlist to your store is a great way to...
I like to cook because it's a process that gets me in the flow, I forget about all the problems and I'm really involved in the process. Cooking is a relaxing and therapeutic activity, so if you feel down just give it a shot. Cooking tasty simple dishes makes me feel very good when I finish, of...
If starting your online shop is what you always wanted you are in the right place. In this tutorial, we are building a simple website and online store to sell t-shirts with WooCommerce and Printful. Most of the resources are free, you only need a domain and hosting account. We are going to use...
Today is easier than ever to start an online store from home and the print on demand business is booming. No matter where you live you can start a shop and sell to a worldwide audience, there are no borders when it comes to selling online. Gone are the days when you needed thousands of dollars to...
If you want to create your own designs to use on print on demand products or just to challenge your own creativity, we are showing you below some of our favorite online graphic design software. These software are easy to use and require little time to learn how they work. Keep in mind that...
In this short video tutorial, we are creating an original apron design with the Designious Online Designer App and then we add the design to a product in Gooten.com. Aprons are really a cool product to create, have a look on Pinterest or Etsy for ideas. Gooten is awesome to start your print on...
If you are looking for a large niche to create designs then look no further than the gaming niche. It's estimated that there are 2.7 billion players at this moment. Yes, you read that right, billions. People love games and now more than ever they stay at home and need to fill their time with...
The templates here on Designious enable you to quickly build your own online shop within days. What is even greater is that you can easily customize these t-shirt designs and make them unique with just a few edits. These designs are a great baseline to start from or quickly grow your inventory....
There is an endless list of products you can create with our design library, you need a bit of inspiration. In this video, we show you how to use a design from Designious.com's library to create your own poster in Gelato.com. You can then publish the poster to your own store like Etsy, Amazon...
There are hundreds of products you can create with our design library, in this video, we show you how easy you can create a mug with a motivational message. We will use Printful as a print-on-demand dropshipping provider and one of our ready-to-print designs. As in our t-shirt tutorial, this is a...
If you are just starting out with Print on Demand you are in the right place, creating a t-shirt for sale with our design library is very easy. In this short video, we show you how in 5 steps you can create and publish a t-shirt in Printify. Create a t-shirt in 5 steps Search and download the...
Graphic design is more than just putting elements together as you go along. A lot of planning should go into creating something for a client. A team of designers should spend hours coming up with those unique visuals. That’s the only way they can create something that will match the client's...