Can anyone advise on any learning or tutorial resources that will allow me to create something like this in Affinity Photo?

[DavidMcKay]

Can anyone advise on any learning or tutorial resources that will allow me to create something like this in Affinity Photo?

[GarryP]

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Note: You might want to be more specific about what you mean by "something like this".

[Komatös]

@DavidMcKay

The 3D look and feel and the plasticity of the logo could be recreated with effort using Affinity Photo / Designer.

But this is not a job that can be done "just like that". 

I would rather use 3D-Studio Max or Cinema4D for something like this, because you can work more with lights, shadows and reflections.

[iconoclast]

Hi Dave!

I can't offer any link or a detailed workflow to solve this at the moment, but you should be able to create something like this with the Layer FX. I would use Designer for it, because it would create a graphic that would be scalable without a loss of quality. But it should also be possible with Photo.

You should create the logo first, without any effect. Only the form with the text-logo and the graphic elements. Then I would group the whole stuff (select all layers by holding the Shift-key and click on each), convert everything into curves (rightclick on the object and click on "Convert to Curves"). Then I would fill the whole graphic (without the background) with a gradient that defines the lighting effect. After that, you should click on the "fx"-button at the bottom of the Layers panel. A panel appears in which you select "3D". Be aware of that you not only set the hook, but also select the entry, to get the adjustments of that function. Play with the adjustments to learn what they are doing. It's not sooo complicated.

Select also the "Outer Shadow" in the "fx" panel. Make your adjustments.

For the background you could use a simple linear, eliptical or radial gradient, possibly with some kind of texture that you applied to it with a layer mode (at the top of the Layers panel, as standard "Normal" is selected there.

I think this should roughly be the way to create something like this. Please excuse my bad english. It is not my mothers tongue.

Edit: For eliptical oriented text, create an elliptical form first. Then select the Artistic Text tool and click on its edge to place the cursor of the tool. After that you can write your text. And you can change the font etc. and move it with the cursor as long as it is editable text.

[v_kyr]

Jip, should be half way easy to do with shapes/curves, curved text and some applied 3D FX styles (3D, inner shine, outer shaddow ... etc.). - Just a quick 1 min try ...

... omitted the curved text and live perspective warp.