ChrisVB Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Hi, I'm very new to the Affinity tools and to graphics design. For several of my trainings I want to make an overview of subjects covered, like for example this grid: https://www.istqb.org/images/advanced-level-automation-engineer.png I could make it myself in Excel, but this is quite bland and not in the colors of my preference I would like to be able to create such a grid, with colors of my choice and with some nice effects that make it look nicer. However, I have absolutely no idea on how to start that. Can sombody elaborate which steps I would need to investigate and learn to be able to create a nice grid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Myself, I would use a table. In the above I would use what? 15 columns? Blank rows between the rows & columns. Merge the top row. Oops...and use Affinity Publsher as the others do not have a table function. Gabe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 19, 2018 Or you can use some basic rectangles, distribute them horizontally and vertically, and in less than a minute you will have a nice grid. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Hi, ChrisVB, The 1st thing I would do is figure out what the maximum amount of text one cell needs. Format that w. the Artistic Text tool, and make a shape that will contain it. Do the same for the categories of lesser importance. All the shorter text can then fit in the shape. Have snapping tuned on. Perhaps have a visible grid, w. snapping to that turned on. Every shape (rectangles in your example) can be manually positioned. Or easily be aligned and distributed using the tools for those. Do select the colors carefully. The example separates some rows by color, but there isn't anything obvious to me about what the colors mean. The shapes and visual position mean more. I'll suggest going easy on any effects. If what you are doing is similar to the graphic shown, the presentation is more about the information, and its grouping, and less about grabbing attention and/or entertainment. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVB Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thanks for the tips! I'll try some stuff, now I know what the look for and where to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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