The marvellous duotone hack + a different way to make custom frames (Photopea)

Duotone is a really useful Canva app - you can use it to turn cutout images into silhouettes or to change the colour of elements that are of fixed colours. Here's a step by step tutorial on how to use it.
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Canva is an easy to use graphic design program that is available on the web. You can start using it on their free tier, which allows you to do most things that I do tutorials on in my channel. You can use it to make book covers (and other graphics) quickly and easily.
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If you're a debut author, check out Author Breakthrough Club, which is a resource specifically for new (or perhaps not so new) authors who are feeling overwhelmed. fictiontutors.... ABOUT ME I'm an award nominated author who writes romcoms and women's fiction featuring South Asian main characters as Jeevani Charika and romcoms as Rhoda Baxter. You can get a free book from my website www.jeevanicharika.com. AUTHOR SERVICES: www.fictiontutors.co.uk Find me on social media:
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