Ganna

Updated for Publisher 2.4 (February 2024)
This free in-depth manual is filled with steps, tips, and recommendations for:
Documents, Pages, Master Pages, Sections, and Baseline Grid Character and Paragraph Formatting Text Styles (paragraph and character) Text Frames, Text Flow, and Stories Images and Picture Frames Books and Chapters Cross-References, Table of Contents, and Index Notes - including Footnotes, Sidenotes, and Endnotes Fields - including Page Numbering, Running Headers, and Custom Variables Anchors and Hyperlinks Printing and Exporting Settings This manual does not cover objects, drawing, photo editing, or the other artistic features.
Download:
Publisher Manual Feb 26 2024.pdf
Q&A
Is this really free? Yes, I'm making it available free of charge. It's copyrighted to prevent others from publishing it as their own. Is there a longer manual I can purchase? No, this is it. Is there an iPad version? No, the steps and screenshots are for the macOS and Windows versions. Is there a version for Designer or Photo? No, but many of the features are the same so you should still find it useful. Why does it use a print layout if it's a PDF? It's a demonstration of how to use the features it describes to create a print book. Previous version for 2.3:
Publisher Manual Nov 29 2023.pdf

You're welcome. I'll share an updated and expanded version when 2.4 is released so follow this thread to find out when it's available.

Thanks a ton, this is very useful

Hi guys, here's a new video about how to edit pdf file using Affinity Photo. I hope you enjoy and learn something new from this video, thank you!
 

Small celebration. I've just passed the 700th video in my InAffinity YouTube channel.
There's also a web-based index, including videos sorted by time and category, plus free resources.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Serif and all of its people, including devs, QA, and everyone else. You folks have created an amazing product that has freed many of us from the Adobe taxation system and indeed that stands on its own as an excellent photo editing and graphics system. Having worked in software development, quality, marketing and other areas, I have some inkling of the effort and sheer dedication that it takes. Thank you and well done.
 
 

An amazing record of excellent tutorials. Thank you for all the help you have been to me and so many others.

Latest betas (for Mac at least) promise:
It's not something I have used myself so I can't offer an opinion.
 

Hi guys, I uploaded another video about 5 tips in Affinity Photo (Develop Persona). I hope this is helpful for you.
Thank You!
 

Hi everyone
Just to left you know I've combined the Pen Tool videos from my Affinity Designer course into one half hour video and posted it on YouTube as a free resource. Hope it helps some people - The Affinity Designer big BIG guide to the Pen Tool
Cheers, Simon

Learn how to create as many Gradients for your Mask as you want. Super quick and easy. You can add and subtract from your mask. And the best thing: You can always change it later on.
In this Tutorial is will show you a sweet little Workaround on how to create Mask-Gradients, using rectangles and Layer Blend modes to add or subtract from the Mask area. 
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Thank you so much Affinity staff for a month full of great tutorials. You are a wonderful bunch of people

Thank you so much Affinity staff for a month full of great tutorials. You are a wonderful bunch of people

Coming today, 21 May 2020: Moody isometric illustration in Affinity Designer for iPad with Isabel Sousa

 
For this Lockdown 2020 session, art director and illustrator Isabel Sousa shows you how to create a moody isometric illustration using Affinity Designer for iPad.  
She’ll be available on YouTube’s Live Chat for this session’s premiere on Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 4pm BST to answer any questions, or view the video on demand later.
Watch it HERE
Videos will be available only at the Affinity YouTube channel

I appreciate everyone's feedback. 
I updated the PDF to more accurately reflect the row indentations in the Layers Panel. PDF below.
I also added a summary page that looks like this:

Cheers!
 
Affinity Layers Guide - Understanding Masks, Moves, Crops, Clips, Adjustments v2.0.pdf

Hello Forum,
I am posting this because I searched on "Microscopy" "Entomology" and "Focus Stacking" and saw few if any results, I may be in a minority?......
 
Having spent many years perfecting Microscopy with Entomology and recently converting from a well know rival, I was impressed with the power of Focus stacking within Photo. These two images were taken with modest equipment and a Canon 50d digital SLR dating from 2008 and a Brunel MX1 Stereo Microscope with 1x Objective, 10x Oculars, Giving resolution power of 10x, plus magnification of the camera. Whilst I have DSLR's with much higher pixel resolution, it is often not required and extends processing time, the 15 mp sensor 
These two images comprise multiple shots (35 & 24) focus stacked within Affinity Photo.
I won't bore you with the technical details, but if you want them you can message (I am happy to share)
Affinity has saved me exporting my images to a third party software which has enhanced speed of operation and ease of use, one thing to note is that the Affinity software is not too picky on the order of focus slices presented, which is a major benefit to other rivals.
Of course this technique could be useful to many area's of photography including, jewellery for record purposes, medical, veterinarian, instruction manuals and service documents where close up work results in very narrow depth of field.
 
Enjoy your photography and enjoy using Photo.
Regards
 
Graham.
 
 

I'll be running a promotion for all the courses in a couple of days time. I'll post here to let people know.
Simon

Hi,
I bought this course after seeing this post and I've just started watching and learning. I just wanted to say how brilliantly produced they are and how useful your additions are (of blue circle for left mouse click etc). Thank you for posting this here, I got the course for an absolute bargain and I'm really grateful.
Ami

Hi everybody,
I've just released Affinity Designer: Solid Foundations and if you click the link you can get it at the 95% reduction in price. Or you can enter ADSOLIDFOUNDATIONS in the coupon field over at Udemy. The offer is valid until until 20th April  02:04 am PDT.
This course gives you a thorough grounding in the tools and techniques you need to know when you are producing good design. These tools and techniques are so fundamental that I make sure that they are covered properly and in detail. Practically every image you see is available as a download so you can follow along and I've also created many practice videos. Not a multi choice quiz where you just have to remember the name of a tool. That's not enough - you need practical task based exercises for a program like Affinity Designer and I give you exactly that. When you’ve tried out the exercises, come back to the video and I'll show you how I’d do the same task. I'll also give you some valuable tips about tools, techniques and workflow along the way so you can really nail down the fundamental concepts and be ready to move on to more advanced subjects.
After learning about vector based tools we'll tackle more topics about enhancing photos for use in your design work. Things like half a dozen different ways to select areas of your picture and the pros and cons of each. You’ll learn best working practices and be aware of gotchas while you learn about vector based shapes, text, artboards, gradients, selective colorization or pro level dodge and burn techniques. Layer blend modes? So many people get confused by them. Give me 20 minutes and you'll wonder why anyone would ever find them challenging. Learn the differences between vector shapes and bitmaps. Layer masks? So useful yet sometimes so confusing. Let me explain them to you and make them a vital part of your new skillset.
By the end of the course you will have mastered various effective workflows, start to finish. You will gain the confidence to tackle your own vector illustrations, be able to enhance photos, and one day soon you may well be looking at one of your own designs and thinking 'That looks fantastic! I did that...'
I'll see you on the course,
Simon

Make sure that you have the rectangle selected, that the rectangle is visible and has a color set for the stroke and that that layer is unlocked and not covered by another layer. maybe also check that the blend mode is "normal" and that the opacity of the stoke color is 100% - that's all i can think of at the moment. 

Attached is a macro set for splitting RGB image into separate layers for a number of colour models.
RGB: Basic separation RGBW: New model! Like CMYK but Red, Green, Blue and White RGB-W: Like RGBW but only two layers for separate colour/tone editing CMY: Effective inverse of RGB CMYK: Standard internal model CMY-K: Like CMYK, but with only two layers for separate colour/tone editing HSL: New model! Hue, Saturation and Luminosity on separate layers! HSL-RGB: Same as HSL, but with Hue broken down into separate RGB layers Principles used in doing these:
Start with 'Merge Visible' to create flat layer for base (saves tripping over adjustments) End with single layer group (so you can delete it in one go if you don't like it Named layers, so you know which is which Keep it simple (just the layers, no 'edit ready' adjustments such as curves, sharpening) Fast as possible (so RGB done with channels, CMYK with curves, etc), though new ones need Apply Image which can be very slow! Any bugs, etc. please let me know. Do be patient with Apply Image adjustments and don't try to 'Esc' out as this can leave you in limbo.
Enjoy!
Dave's Colour Models V1.afmacros

You can create groups, though it's non-obvious.
Select bottom layer of group. Arrange/Group Select next layer up. Arrange/Move inside And so on.
Currently working on macro set around this and more. May release today if I finish it.

I use ON1 like above to AP. In A Photo I've set the "Enable Save over imported psd files" under Preferences>General. When I save (ctrl+S) an image in A Photo it sends it back to ON1

Glad you figured it out.
As for what Protect Alpha does: https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_paintBrush.html

Regarding my InAffinity YouTube Channel, I've just had the below in email from YouTube. There's now around 350 total videos uploaded on Affinity Photo...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOnLUmyPHr2rayOHVHWsHVw
See update video for update, plans and subscriber comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apgypHgxcmA
Dave
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InAffinity for Affinity Photo Your 2019
Year in Review You uploaded 218 videos and gained 2371 subscribers, which goes without saying, you rule. Thanks for making this year one for the books. 13,349 Total Watch Hours Fans can’t take their eyes off you! In grams, that would be like eating the recommended serving size of 16 bags of Flamin' Hot Cheetos. 10,703 Total Likes 203 Liked Selecting the Sky Using Channels in Affinity Ph... 236,681 Views

I took a break over the summer and have now restarted, just passing the 300th video.
I aim to do one video of about 5 minutes per day, with content varying from beginner to expert.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOnLUmyPHr2rayOHVHWsHVw
Yay!