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In this tutorial we present three ways to use the Mac OS X ColorSync color management system to generate CMYK color space graphics from your exported Artboard and Ortelius graphics. Read more »

Artboard 1.6+ makes it easy to mask and crop your images with complex vector objects. Here’s how… Read more »

We are as focused on improving existing features as we are creating new ones. This one is just for you. Artboard can now crop and mask using Boolean intersection of shapes; select, scale, and reposition images within a frame; adjust exposure, saturation, image effects, and more.  Read more »

The Royal Bakery of Campbell, California creates custom cakes for any occasion in delicious gourmet and traditional flavors. Lesley Wright of The Royal Bakery recently began using Artboard to help communicate her cake designs with her customers. Read more »

Styles define the look of your shapes and paths – and Artboard goes way beyond simple fill and stroke. The built-in collection includes special line styles that use arrowed strokes, path decorators, tagged strokes, offset strokes, and more. Select a style in the Styles & Clip Art palette and begin drawing, or drag styles from the palette onto existing path objects. Even use the collection as inspiration to create your own unique styles in Artboard’s expert Style Inspector. Read more »

Artboard gives you the power to create advanced styles that go way beyond simple fill and stroke. Here we show a simple way to create paths of bubbles for using under water or to float through the air. Read more »

Choose from 47 great speech and thought bubbles to use with your drawings and photos. Drag from the Styles & Clip Art palette onto your drawing, then double-click with the Select [s] tool and type your text. Since they are fully editable vector graphics, you can change not only the text but also edit the shape, size and style. Read more »

Need to make buttons for your website, iOS app, or presentation icons? Thanks to Artboard’s powerful stacked styles, you can make perfect vector buttons every time. Read more »

Patterns can add punch to your design, and in Artboard there are several ways you can make a statement. Here we see two simple methods using the Style Inspector to create patterns instantly. Read more »

Night scenes with dark foreground elements and wide sky backgrounds are easy to create in Artboard. Find out how to use radial gradients to create a waxing crescent moon, and Core Image Filter effects to create stars that really shine. Read more »