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Quick Tips for Upgrading from Artboard 1 to Artboard 2

So, you’re upgrading from Artboard 1 to Artboard 2. Congratulations! This is our quick guide to what’s new and how to upgrade. As a repeat customer, we’re showing our appreciation with a 37.5% discount...

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Easy Crop & Clip Images

Cropping and clipping images to complex shapes has never been easier. Simply double-click an image and adjust its bounding box and reposition image. Add a complex shape to clip the image with Intersect.

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Create a Custom Library Collection

Save time and effort by creating a custom Library Collection for your next project. Keep all your custom clipart and styles at your fingertips and organized. Tutorial Details Program : Artboard 2...

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Create Custom Blended Styles

Gradient fills are often used to shade objects for a realistic look. Using a gradient fill is limited because the gradient steps don’t always run in the same direction as the shape of the object. Here...

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Quick Tip: User Guide Language Localization

German? Japanese? French? We’ve taken our User Guide online and added Google Translate to the mix. If you prefer viewing it in a language besides English, here’s how. Open the User Guide In the...

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Layer Transparency

Changing the opacity of all features on an Ortelius’ Drawing Layer is now easy as pie. Unlike the master opacity of individual styles, changing a Drawing Layer’s master opacity affects all features and...

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A Note on Ortelius’ New License Options

Over the past few years, the software industry has changed around us. In particular, two trends have significantly impacted independent developers: 1) Updates to the Mac operating system (MacOS) have...

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Mapdiva releases Ortelius 2 – Pro Map Design Software for the Mac

Indianapolis, Indiana – US-Australia-based developer Mapdiva today releases Ortelius 2 creative map design software for the Mac. This unique professional creativity app is a hybrid that lies somewhere...

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Symbolizing Cities and Towns on Small- to Medium-Scale Maps

There is a difference in the use of symbols, depending on the scale and style of the map. On small-scale maps, cities are usually shown by circles and dots; on large-scale maps by their streets....

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How to Use Artboard’s Social Media Templates

Creating social media headers and graphics can be a real pain. We’ve incorporated the latest specs into Artboard’s social media templates so you can focus your energy on content and design. Video...

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Import Free SVG Graphics, Like This Awesome Chinese New Year Dragon

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an open-standard vector image format for two-dimensional graphics. SVG graphics are available from many sources, and here we show how to import and edit a graphic from...

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How to (re)Create a Custom Built-In Style

Here’s how to create a custom style from your favorite built-in Library styles. Tutorial Details Step 1 Open the Styles & Clipart palette from the toolbar. Choose a drawing tool. Choose a style...

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‘Path Decorator’ Creates Fancy Brush Styles

Use Artboard’s ‘Path Decorator’ style component to build custom brushes, like this double-helix. Drawing Double-helix DNA Molecules A customer sent this image asking how to reproduce the effect of this...

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Tips for Stitching Together Images for a Base Map

Existing maps, aerial photography, and screenshots are good starting points for building a custom map. But maybe that large map doesn’t fit on your scanner. Or your area of interest is more extensive...

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Ortelius 2 Demonstration at the ICC2017

Art Kalinski from Geospatial Solutions visited the 28th International Cartographic Conference of the International Cartographic Association, held July 2-7, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Here he speaks with...

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