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This article was originally published in issue 154 of ImagineFX, the world's best-selling magazine for digital artists – packed with workshops and interviews with fantasy and sci-fi artists, plus must-have kit reviews. I could play with textures and lighting all day long! Then have fun experimenting with the Ambient, Specular, Shininess and Diffuse settings. To add a powerful lighting effect, tap the Filters Studio>Lighting and drag the control lines. I place a gingerbread texture, resize it and then clip the image into place. Import images to your file by tapping Commands>Place and then choose the location: either from your Photos or Cloud storage.

For textures you can use any photo or image, and you'll always be surprised with the results. The use of real-world textures, such as this gingerbread cake, adds a nice finishing touch to my comic artworkĪs a final touch I'll import a real-world texture to the character and introduce lighting to the scene. To merge multiple layers or folders into one layer just select the ones you want and tap Commands>Rasterise. You can rename individual layers the same way. This confused me initially because my folder is called Unnamed while the label says Group. To change the name from Unnamed, tap More (the circle with three dots) to reveal more options. To add these three layers to a master INK folder, slide select or hit the checkbox on your layers and then tap the folder icon. Now I've found that the best way to structure your project is to limit yourself to three ink layers.

I used to suffer from “fear of commitment” and keep dozens of ink layers active, which ended up slowing down the software, and my creative process. One drawback of digital freedom is that you can get lost within too many layers. Abbey esparza Abbey Ezparza adobe adobe creative cloud Adobe fresco adobe fresco ipad adobe fresco review adobe fresco tutorial adobe fresco vs procreate Adobe Photoshop adobe premiere templates affininty patch tool Affinity affinity clone stamp tool Affinity Designer affinity designer 1.7 affinity designer tutorial affinity ipad pro affinity photo affinity photo 1.7 affinity photo 1.7 review affinity photo 1.Every time you fail to name a layer, God kills a kitten USA In this beginner friendly tutorial, learn how to use Affinity Photo for iPad to create seamless textures using the Affine Filter.

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