Affinity Spotlight, the place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
(Note: Spotlight articles are all currently English only)
Learning articles for Affinity
Affinity Suite (tips for all apps)
Downloadable Affinity keyboard shortcut cheat sheets
Understanding clipping in Affinity apps
Sync your Affinity Store resources with your Affinity 1.9 apps
Blend Modes Explained
Image formats demystified
Making selections in Affinity
Resizing projects with confidence
Studio panel combinations
How to back up your Affinity documents if you use only an iPad
Focus on StudioLink (if you own Affinity Publisher and another application on the same OS)
How to install Affinity updates
Affinity Photo
Jump into Affinity Photo
Tonal adjustments: choosing the right ones for your image
"RAW, actually", RAW file handling.
Realistic watercolour painting techniques in Affinity
Essential Photo modifiers
How to change and preserve colours with HSL adjustments
What is ‘stacking’?
astrophotography stacking in Affinity Photo
5 things you should know about Affinity Photo 1.9
5 things you should know about Affinity Photo 1.8
Other Photo Articles
Photo iPad articles
Affinity Designer
Jump into Affinity Designer
Artboards explained
How to use Symbols
Essential Designer modifiers
Creating compound shape variants using Boolean operations
How to vectorise lettering with the Pen Tool
5 things you should know about Affinity Designer 1.9
5 things you should know about Affinity Designer 1.8
Other Designer Articles
Designer iPad articles
Affinity Publisher
Jump into Affinity Publisher
Learn how to use Affinity Publisher, fast
Typography fundamentals in Affinity Publisher
Essential Publisher modifiers
Affinity Publisher: to embed or link files?
Creating stylish frame designs for your images and text
Discover special characters that make your documents shine
5 things you should know about Affinity Publisher 1.9
5 things you should know about Affinity Publisher 1.8
Other Publisher Articles
These are the 4 Spotlight Article Categories, and the list above only deals with the Learning articles
Inspiration articles
Learning articles
Behind the Scenes
News & Updates
Use this handy Google search to find articles on Affinity Spotlight, simply replace "Search Term" with whatever you are interested in like this
Exposure or Lighting
Isometric Drawing or tablet input
Layout or kerning
The Affinity website has a Learn section where you will find links to tutorials, (purchasable) Workbooks and some "Getting Started" guides (in English) :
Affinity Designer Getting Started Guide
Affinity Photo Getting Started Guide
Affinity Publisher Getting Started Guide
There are subtitled tutorials for each of our applications
Affinity Designer on Desktop
basic operations
vector tools
design aids
advanced operations
pixel tools
export persona
text tools
effects and adjustments
Affinity Designer on iPad
basic operations
vector tools
advanced operations
pixel tools
export persona
text tools
effects and adjustments
Affinity Photo on Desktop
basic operations
corrective and retouching
creative tools
advanced
filters and adjustments
export persona
workflows and techniques
Affinity Photo on iPad
basic operations
corrective and retouching
creative tools
advanced
filters and adjustments
export persona
Affinity Publisher on Desktop
basic operations
page layout
text tools
typography
advanced
StudioLink interworking with Designer and Photo
publishing and sharing
The Affinity help is available as an online resource in all the supported languages,
Affinity Designer Desktop help
Affinity Photo Desktop help
Affinity Publisher Desktop help
NOTE: Web pages for help specific to the iPad version of Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer is being rolled out shortly (and this post will be edited when it rolls out)
Serif have provided lots of information to help users of Affinity Software get the most from their software. This thread list a number of them
Please follow this thread to be informed when new learning materials are released
