Category: Windows

  • How to Create a Tilt-Shift Effect in Affinity Photo

    Overview The tilt-shift effect is a popular way to make images look miniature. It’s used often in product photography and architecture photography, but can be applied to any type of photo. The effect is created by blurring the top and bottom of the image while keeping the center in focus. This creates an optical illusion…

  • Managing Active Directory Replication Topology in Server 2022

    In any Active Directory deployment, it is important to understand how changes are replicated between Domain Controllers. This is especially important in a multi-domain or multi-forest environment. With the release of Server 2022, there are some changes to the way Active Directory replication topology is managed. In this article, we will take a look at…

  • How to Create and Edit Swatches in Affinity Designer

    Creating a New Swatch To create a new swatch, open the Swatches panel (Window > Swatches) and click the New Swatch button at the bottom of the panel. This will open the New Swatch dialog, where you can name your swatch and choose a color mode. Editing an Existing Swatch To edit an existing swatch,…

  • How to Create and Edit Scatter Brushes in Adobe Illustrator

    Scatter brushes are a great way to add some interest and variety to your vector illustrations, and they’re very easy to make and edit in Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to create and edit a scatter brush, and how to use it to create a simple piece of vector art. Creating…

  • How to Use the Pathfinder Panel in Adobe Illustrator

    Pathfinder is one of the most essential tools in Adobe Illustrator for creating clean, precise vector shapes. In this article, we’ll take a detailed look at how to use the Pathfinder panel to combine, delete, and modify shapes in Illustrator. The Pathfinder panel is located in the Window menu. To open it, go to Window…

  • How to Use the Gradient Tool in Affinity Designer

    Affinity Designer is a great vector graphic design tool that has many features for designing amazing illustrations, logos, and other graphics. One of these features is the Gradient Tool, which allows you to create a gradient or blend between two or more colors. In this article, we’ll show you how to use the Gradient Tool…

  • Configuring DNS Zones and Records in Windows Server 2022

    DNS Zones A DNS zone is a set of DNS records for a particular domain or subdomain. A DNS zone must be created on a DNS server before the DNS records for that zone can be created. You can use the DNS Manager snap-in to create, edit, and delete DNS zones and records. You can…

  • Implementing Remote Desktop Services Licensing in Server 2022

    Overview This article provides an overview of implementing Remote Desktop Services Licensing in Server 2022. It includes the following sections: Planning for RDS Licensing Installing the RDS Licensing Role Service Configuring the RDS Licensing Server Planning for RDS Licensing Before you install the RDS Licensing role service, you need to plan for your deployment. You…

  • How to Create Custom Shapes in Adobe Illustrator

    3-5 times throughout the text In Adobe Illustrator, you can create custom shapes in many ways. One way is to use the pen tool to draw your own shape. Another way is to use the shape tools to create basic shapes, and then modify them to your liking. You can also create custom shapes from…

  • How to Use the Eraser Tool in Adobe Photoshop

    Overview Adobe Photoshop is a widely used program for crafting layouts, graphics, logos, and photos. The eraser tool is a basic but important part of the Photoshop toolset. It allows you to erase pixels from your image, which can come in handy for making corrections or for creating interesting effects. In this article, we’ll show…