Design guides for brands, campaigns, and vectors.
Practical workflows for local files, brand consistency, social formats, exports, and handoff.
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Source-first campaign setup: Build once, adapt everywhere
Most teams design three outputs at once, then spend twice as long fixing inconsistent files. Start with one clear source first, then fan out only what you trust.
Read the guide →Design your Brand Book so your team stays aligned
14 min read · digital brand book
Vector-to-exports pipeline: From editable paths to production files
6 min read · vector export
Self-host Gesso: run collaboration on infrastructure you control
9 min read · self-hosting
Choosing a work mode: browser-local, Gesso account, or self-hosted
7 min read · getting started
Where your browser work lives
7 min read · local-first
Cut a subject out of a photo, locally
8 min read · background removal
Reproducible export packages: manifests, hashes and receipts
9 min read · export
Start your first Gesso project
6 min read · Gesso getting started
Vectorize a PNG or JPEG to SVG in Gesso
7 min read · vectorize image
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