DEPRECATED THREAD
The Photo tutorials listed below have been refreshed and moved. Please see this new thread or use the Affinity site Photo Desktop tutorials webpage
In support of our fantastic photo editing app, please use this comprehensive and structured set of videos for accelerated learning!
The video tutorials are available on Vimeo and YouTube via these links:
We now have a specific Beginners Series of videos tailored to absolute beginners, with a more manageable pacing and focus on concepts and straightforward procedures. They all include subtitles to aid understanding.
The tutorial set includes:
Beginners Series
Opening & Saving - YouTube / Vimeo
Layers - YouTube / Vimeo
Adjustments - YouTube / Vimeo
Filters - YouTube / Vimeo
Exporting - YouTube / Vimeo
Introduction
Discover Affinity Photo
Getting Started
Technical Benefits
Basics
Document Setup
Layer Concepts
Layers Overview
Live Filter Layers
Scaling and Transforming
Cutting Out
Understanding DPI
Accessing Help
Transforming
Document/Image Resizing
Canvas Resizing
Cropping: Practical
Cropping: Aesthetic
Straightening Images
Cropping: Golden Spiral
Cropping: Options
Aligning Images
Selections and Masking
Making Selections
Refining Selections
Pixel Selections from Layers
Quick Masks
Mask Layers
Exposure Merging
Clipping vs Masking
Vector Masking
Using Adjustment Layers on Masks - YouTube / Vimeo
Correction
Adjustment Layers
Levels
Curves
Shadows/Highlights
Split Toning and Selective Colour
LAB Colour Mode
Defringing and Chromatic Aberration
Live Perspective
Haze Removal
FFT Denoise
Removing Lens Flares
Changing Eye Colour
Graduated ND Filter Effect
Salvaging Underexposed Images
Dual Perspective Correction
Perspective Skew Correction - YouTube / Vimeo (New: 20th April)
Retouching
Cloning
Inpainting
Frequency Separation
Liquify: Retouching
Vector-Based Retouching
Enhancing Landscapes/Architecture
Vector Architecture: Worked Example
Enhancing Camera Phone Photography
Making Images Pop
Revealing Sky Detail
Bringing Out Water Detail
Quick Inpainting Crooked Horizons - YouTube / Vimeo
RAW Development
Raw: Discover Develop
Raw: Developing Images
Raw: Overlays
Raw: Redeveloping Images
Raw: Noise Reduction
Maximising Raw Latitude
Custom Tone Curve
Raw Development Quality
32-bit Raw Development - YouTube / Vimeo
Raw Colour Quality
Automatic Lens Corrections
Raw: Recovering Overexposed Highlights
Raw: Exposure Bias
Getting Creative
Lighting
Creative Gradients
Creative Black & White
Sepia Images
Brushes
Blend Modes
Blend Ranges
Liquify Persona
Sky Replacement
Adding Borders
Text: Branding/Watermarking
Diffuse Glow
Displacement
Circular Bokeh
Swirling Bokeh
Simulating Ambient Occlusion
Texturing with Blend Modes
Creating Atmosphere
Creating Light Beams
Vector Lighting
Simple Gradients
Technicolor Emulation - YouTube / Vimeo
Creative Painting
Colour toning with shapes
Infrared Emulation
Radial Blur
Regular Tone Mapping
Compositing Landscapes
Adding Extended Borders
Creating Photo Collages
Abstract Ideas #01
Abstract Ideas #02
Enhancing Low Light Trails
Light Painting Compositing
Tone Mapping Portraits
HSL Tonal Separation - YouTube / Vimeo
Orton Effect - YouTube / Vimeo
Design Aids
Snapshots
Modifiers
Designer/Photo Interworking
Pixel Accurate Design
Placing Documents
Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
Non Destructive Inpainting and Cloning
Layer Creation Behaviour
Layer Nesting
Exporting 3D LUTs
LUTs for Tonal Adjustments
View Points
Global Cloning
Subtle Toning
Multiple Colour Formats
Scopes
Curves Picker
Non-Destructive Dodge & Burn
Flexible Defringing
Edge Detection for Masking
Split & Mirror View
Batch Processing
Clone Sources
Pixel Art Resize
Direct PSD write-back (round tripping)
Freehand Selection Tool
Undo History
Importing .abr Brushes
Undo Brush with Snapshots
Quick Toggling Panels - YouTube / Vimeo
Light UI - YouTube / Vimeo
Brush Stabilisation - YouTube / Vimeo
Channels
Channels
Channels for Alpha Masking
Channels: Creating/Storing Selections
Editing Single Channels
Channels: Greyscale Blending
Channel Packing
Filters
Live Filter Layers (Also in Basics)
Apply Image
Apply Image: Equations
Equations Filter
Dust & Scratches Filter
Halftone Scanlines Effect
Mirror filter
Diffuse Glow Filter
Defeating Filter Limits
Panoramas
Panoramas
Tricky Panoramas
Panorama Distortion Correction
HDR (High Dynamic Range)
HDR: Merging & Tone Mapping
HDR from one exposure - YouTube / Vimeo
HDR: Tone Map Presets
HDR: Panoramas
HDR: Preprocessing
HDR: Advanced Editing
HDR: Ghosts Removal
HDR: 32-bit Editing
Focus Merging (Focus Stacking)
Focus Merging
Focus Merge Retouching
Focus Merging Bracketed Exposures
Live Stacking
Maximum Stacking
Big Stopper Effect
Light Painting Blending
Stacking: Long Exposure Simulation
Stacking: Noise Reduction
Stacking: Object Removal
Stacking: Exposure Merging
Stacking: Star Trail Effect
Live Projections (360 editing, perspective projection)
360 Live Editing - YouTube / Vimeo
360 Advanced Editing
360 Retouching
360 Multiple Views
360 Roll Correction - YouTube / Vimeo
Live Perspective Projection
OpenEXR/32-bit
OpenEXR Multichannel Import/Export
OpenEXR Import Options
Editing 32-bit 3D Renders
OpenEXR: Using Alpha Channels & Association
3D Render/Texture Work
Seamless Textures
Clone Sources: Texture Creation
Enhancing 3D Renders #01
Enhancing 3D Renders #02
Tone Mapping 3D Renders
3D Relighting with Normal Map Passes - YouTube / Vimeo
Colour Management
OpenColorIO Setup
OpenColorIO Adjustment
Soft Proofing
Printing on Mac
Printing on Windows
Wide Colour Profiles vs sRGB - YouTube / Vimeo
Macros
Macros
Macros: Equations
Macros: Layer Behaviour
Batch Processing with Macros
Finishing Off
Sharpening
Selective Sharpening
Exporting
Export Compression Efficiency
Plugins
Installing Nik Plugins (macOS)
Installing Nik Plugins (Windows)
Installing & Using Nik Dfine
Projects
Nature Portrait
Supermoon
Product Shot Retouching #01
Nighttime Architecture Workflow - YouTube / Vimeo
Portrait Retouching Workflow - YouTube / Vimeo
Bonus Content
Uplift Epic Skies (1.6 Bonus Content) - YouTube / Vimeo
Windows Workflow videos
In addition to the regular tutorials, we've also got some workflow videos shot on the Windows version of Photo that cover using a variety of features to edit an image to completion. These tend to be released on a more informal basis.
Hadrian's Wall
Tiled Building
Portrait Retouching
Monochromatic Architecture
Canary Wharf
Banded Demoiselle
Please let us know about areas you think need covering, have problems with, don’t understand, or just tell us if we’re on the right or wrong track. Simply reply to this pinned topic.
A more recent set of tutorials for 1.7 (and above) is available via affinity.serif.com or from Designer's Welcome screen.
The legacy tutorial set, also available on YouTube, includes:
1. Getting Started
• Discover Affinity Designer
• For Beginners
• For Beginners Too
• Using the Help System
• CMYK Setup
• Designing from a Sketch
• New from Clipboard
• Actual Size Zoom
• Editing PDF Text
• Using the Grade UI Kit
2. Artboards
• Artboards: Basics
• Artboards: Exporting and Printing
• Artboards: Colour and Opacity
• Artboards: From Content
• Artboards: Design Aids
3. Drawing Lines and Shapes
• Pen Power
• Shapes
• Convert to Curves
• Corner Tool
• Drawing Perfect Triangles
• Stylish Strokes: Textured Lines
• Stylish Strokes: Dashed Lines
4. Colour and Opacity
• Complex Gradients
• Adjusting Noise and Opacity in Fills
• Transparency Tool
• Changing Colours
• Blend Modes
• Colour Picker Tool
• Colour Palette from Document
• Colour Palette from Image
• Pantone Colours
• Global, Spot and Overprint Colours
• Quick Opacity Setting
5. Layer control
• Layers Panel
• Lock Children
6. Object control
• Selecting, Finding and Isolating Objects
• Rotation Point: Overview
• Rotation Point: Worked Example
• Vector Scaling Options
7. Symbols and Assets
• Symbols (1.5)
• Assets (1.5)
8. Painting
• Shading Using Raster Brushes
• Adding Raster Texture
9. Text
• Artistic, Frame and Shape Text
• Text on a Path: Overview
• Text on a Path: Worked Example
• OpenType Typography
10. Media
• Using Raster Images in a Composition
• Film Noir Style Illustration
11. Saving, exporting and sharing
• Save History
• Soft Proofing
• Exporting
• Exporting: Layers
• Exporting: Slices
• Exporting: Continuous
• Exporting: Automatic Directory/Folder Creation
• Exporting: Multiple Outputs from a Single Slice
• Exporting: Transparent and Coloured Backgrounds
• Exporting User Settings and Keyboard Shortcuts
12. Design Aids
• Constraints: Overview
• Constraints: Worked Example for Web Design
• Snapping and Dynamic Guides
• Snapping: Candidates
• Snapping: Object Creation
• Snapping: UI and Web Design
• View Modes and Split View
• New View
• View Points
• Grids: Icon Design
• Grids: Floor Plans
• Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 1 (Single Planes)
• Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 2 (Multiple Planes)
• Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 3 (Layers and Compounds)
• Grids: Coloured Lines