NapaArtist Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 I'm just wondering if there is a manual. I'm excited about Affinity Photo, but I really hate video tutorials. They take way too long. I just need to quickly read how the crop or gradient tools are controlled, being an advanced Photoshop user. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted May 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 12, 2016 Hi NapaArtist, If you go to Help > Affinity Photo Help towards the top of the program you will get a help window appear. In here you can search for individual tools and it will give you a brief explanation of what they do and how to use them. We are making a user manual but it isn't ready just yet! C fon, gary1948 and charty 3 Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carld Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 There is one book on Affinity but it is in German. It would be nice if someone translated it to English. My 2 years of German in high school don't quite let me translate the text. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsjr51 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I, too, would strongly recommend that Affinity stop playing with tutorial videos and try to pass them off as a user manual. The product has a lot to offer, but it is not intuitive. Having years or Photoshop experience, like NapaArtist, I too don't want to waste time with the videos. So... Staff of Affinity. Why can't you put a User Manual out? Davian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted May 24, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 24, 2016 I, too, would strongly recommend that Affinity stop playing with tutorial videos and try to pass them off as a user manual. The product has a lot to offer, but it is not intuitive. Having years or Photoshop experience, like NapaArtist, I too don't want to waste time with the videos. So... Staff of Affinity. Why can't you put a User Manual out? We're not trying to pass the tutorial videos off as a substitute for a user manual; many people find them useful and they're a very powerful way of quickly illustrating techniques and key features. We are currently working on a user manual for Affinity Designer, and one for Photo will be coming in the near future. Producing a detailed, comprehensive book that justifies its price takes time and a lot of hard work. Rest assured, we are working on them. In the meantime, we endeavour to keep the help updated, and all the tools are documented there. If you don't have time to watch video tutorials, a quick search of the help is the best way to quickly check how a tool works. Hope that helps. Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC Guy Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I, too, would strongly recommend that Affinity stop playing with tutorial videos and try to pass them off as a user manual. The product has a lot to offer, but it is not intuitive. Having years or Photoshop experience, like NapaArtist, I too don't want to waste time with the videos. So... Staff of Affinity. Why can't you put a User Manual out? Actually I am one of those people that really likes the videos but a user manual would also be nice. Different strokes for different folks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whipman Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Actually, the photo side of Affinity works like most of the photo apps so the manual is less needed. The Affinity Design is even more complex, and more unusual. A user manual for that would be greatly appreciated. It would be nice to be able to search this blog to find certain topics too. Is there a search function that works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 31, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 31, 2016 Hi Whipman, Look at the top right for the search input box. If you click the cog icon near the search input field you will go to the Advanced search functionality. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Krebs Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Considering the speed in which both Designer and Photo are progressing, an updatable ebook is in my opinion preferrable to a printed manual. I'm happy with the tutorials and the included help file though. anon1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fon Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Hi NapaArtist, If you go to Help > Affinity Photo Help towards the top of the program you will get a help window appear. In here you can search for individual tools and it will give you a brief explanation of what they do and how to use them. We are making a user manual but it isn't ready just yet! C I am another new user who would love to see a users manual. It is just so much easier to have a pdf manual opened on my iPad while working within the program on my iMac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjaFrey Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Maybe you could skip a training manual if videos comprised more of a straightforward but continuous process--and that position themselves within the app interface. One popular 'competitor' with fewer features & far more challenging to customize uses a built-in tutorial--one that doesn't require repositioning and resizing to work simultaneously with the actual app interface. Others even file the practice 'sandbox' as a separate file that won't reset all previous settings for existing project files. I can see a lot of great stuff on Affinity-pub that gives most other alternatives a real run for the money. But getting to the point of usability is difficult with the 60-some videos you have now that have to operate within a particular standard browser that puts back the browser command line every time you leave it to try something from the vid on the actual app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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