Staff acapstick Posted June 18, 2019 Staff Posted June 18, 2019 Official Affinity Designer Desktop Tutorials For Designer 1.7, we've got a brand new set of tutorials that follow a more structured approach and are sorted into logical categories. You can access them by following this link: https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/designer/desktop The web page that is displayed is also accessible directly from Designer's Welcome screen itself. Please note that the previous thread is now considered legacy and has been unpinned. The videos linked in the thread are also considered legacy although they will remain accessible (albeit unlisted). The videos listed at the above link are hosted on Vimeo. Alternatively, please find a list below with YouTube links: Basic Operations UI overview New document Open and import Pan, zoom and rotate canvas Selecting Transform, scale, rotate and shear Grouping Ordering Layers panel Align and distribute Copy, paste and power duplicate Undo, redo and history Placing images Quick export Advanced Operations Artboards Symbols Assets panel View modes for pixel preview Square and triangular grids Isometric design and grid setup Advanced axonometric grid setup Design Aids Ruler and column guides Object snapping Curve snapping: nodes and control handles Vector Tools Pen tool Node tool Point transform tool Advanced curves 1: bézier drawing in detail Advanced curves 2: multi-node select, align and transform Pencil tool Shape tools Multiple strokes and fills Corner tool Boolean operations Colour picker tool Fill tool Advanced colour Transparency tool Vector brush tool Managing vector brushes Pixel Tools Pixel tool Paint brush tool Advanced brush options Managing raster brushes Smudge tools Erase brush tool Flood fill tool Symmetry and mirror painting Drawn selections Smart selection brush tool Selection modification tools Refine selections Export Persona Slice tool Layers panel Export options panel Slices panel Text Tools Frame text tool Art text tool Advanced typography Text on a path Effects and Adjustments Applying adjustments Masking adjustments Layer effects Advanced layer effects Blend modes Styles Ko Thet, Chul, cbarista and 11 others 6 8 Quote
Bob_Sloan Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) Well..........Having listened and watched 'Little Jack Horner' sitting in his corner and pulling out all sorts of options for this that and the next thing (all TOTALLY ACCURATE, I'm sure but WHAT ARE THEY FOR?) I end up with my <New Document> being a "5K PRESET" !!! What the (Deletive Expleted) IS A 5K PRESET??? Edited October 30, 2019 by Bob_Sloan TYPO and further perplexity! Christa Elrod 1 1 Quote
Mark Oehlschlager Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 @Bob_Sloan What's with the nasty tone? If you have a genuine question because you want to understand and expand your knowledge, just ask politely. In this case, if you want to understand what 5K is, you could look it up on Wikipedia: Quote 5K resolution refers to display formats with a horizontal resolution of around 5,000 pixels. The most common 5K resolution is 5120 × 2880, which has an aspect ratio of 16:9 with around 14.7 million pixels (just over seven times as many pixels as 1080p Full HD), with four times the linear resolution of 720p. This resolution is typically used in computer monitors to achieve a higher dpi, and is not a standard format in digital television and digital cinematography, which feature 4K resolutions and 8K resolutions. eubox, Madame, Reggie1958 and 2 others 4 1 1 Quote
Chul Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 This looks great @acapstick! Thanks for letting us all know! Christa Elrod 1 Quote
baal_uriel Posted November 21, 2019 Posted November 21, 2019 Hi there guys!! By any chance do you know any Spanish tutorials? Although i am very good in English, there are some terms that I don't recognize. Thank you very much!! Christa Elrod 1 Quote
Staff acapstick Posted November 21, 2019 Author Staff Posted November 21, 2019 @baal_uriel I noticed these tutorials recently... https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityDesignerPhotoPublisher/permalink/1347440308757896/ leading to this playlist Regards Andy Capstick cbarista, Christa Elrod and Patrick Connor 2 1 Quote
Frederick82 Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 Thanks a bunch!!! I really need all the help I can get! Christa Elrod 1 Quote
Jerry Cox Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Trying to find a tutorial that walks you through the beginning process to about finish...is there any of those type tutorials available. I'm using the free trial before I purchase the yearly subscription. Thank you very much. Quote
Staff acapstick Posted March 20, 2020 Author Staff Posted March 20, 2020 Jerry - you could consider the Affinity Designer Workbook - this publication has real designers creating designs from start to finish. Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 20, 2020 Staff Posted March 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Jerry Cox said: before I purchase the yearly subscription There is no subscription. The (currently reduced) purchase price buys the application outright to use and keep in perpetuity DEWLine and Christa Elrod 1 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
DigiDogRob Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 The tutorials for Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher are great. However, the Vimeo videos presented on the Affinity/Serif site do not scale to browser window size. Are the same videos available elsewhere or viewable such that they can be scaled for easier viewing? Move Along People 1 Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, DigiDogRob said: However, the Vimeo videos presented on the Affinity/Serif site do not scale to browser window size. The Vimeo videos I've watched scale with the browser window. And Vimeo also supports full-screen mode. So I'm not sure I understand the problem you're having, @DigiDogRob. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Borax Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Hi, where can i find the source files from this tutorial ? https://player.vimeo.com/video/162509010 Thanks! RACH70 1 Quote
Staff MEB Posted April 20, 2020 Staff Posted April 20, 2020 Hi Borax, Welcome to Affinity Forums Where did you find that link originally? If that's from our official tutorials (seems like so) there's no source files available. The videos are mostly intended to teach how to apply certain processes/techniques to your own own work/assets. Affinity Workbooks do provide source files to follow along the chapters subject. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Staff Leigh Posted April 30, 2020 Staff Posted April 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Hadewa said: How to play the video? They appear to be working for me. They're hosted on Vimeo and I know that some countries block this website. Quote
Hadewa Posted April 30, 2020 Posted April 30, 2020 9 minutes ago, Leigh said: They appear to be working for me. They're hosted on Vimeo and I know that some countries block this website. Oh I see, yes, thank you very much. Quote
PeterBreis Posted May 4, 2020 Posted May 4, 2020 On 6/18/2019 at 10:21 PM, acapstick said: Official Affinity Designer Desktop Tutorials For Designer 1.7, we've got a brand new set of tutorials that follow a more structured approach and are sorted into logical categories. You can access them by following this link: https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/designer/desktop For those of us who want to access the tutorials off line or on a portable device, could you please ensure these tutorials are up to date, accessible and marked when they change. Currently it is really hard work getting at them and ensuring they are current. Quote
Staff MEB Posted May 5, 2020 Staff Posted May 5, 2020 Hi PeterBreis, Welcome to Affinity Forums The video tutorials listed here were for the previous Affinity Designer version (1.7). For version 1.8 upwards they are available directly through Affinity's website (Learn section). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Scriptmonkey Posted May 12, 2020 Posted May 12, 2020 I tried to search, but couldn't find if there was a comic book lettering tutorial for Affinity Designer. I have been using AI for years, but my version is ancient and would like to know if I can do what I do there in Affinity Designer. I have template I made in in AI, but when I tried to port it over to Affinity Designer it didn't work. If it did, I could work with that. Now, I don't letterer as my main bread and butter. I write, but do letter comics as a side-side gig, so my tech expertise isn't top notch. Any help with this will free me from Adobe Thanks in advance! Quote
DigiDogRob Posted May 19, 2020 Posted May 19, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 8:38 AM, walt.farrell said: The Vimeo videos I've watched scale with the browser window. And Vimeo also supports full-screen mode. So I'm not sure I understand the problem you're having, @DigiDogRob. Human issues, Walt! :-/ walt.farrell 1 Quote
muzKore Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 7:00 PM, acapstick said: Jerry - you could consider the Affinity Designer Workbook - this publication has real designers creating designs from start to finish. Will this book ever be released in digital format? Quote
walt.farrell Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 6 hours ago, muzKore said: Will this book ever be released in digital format? Probably not; at least that's the word from Serif so far. muzKore 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Irontiger Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 I'm also disappointed, that we can't get a digital version... Quote
muzKore Posted June 23, 2020 Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 9:20 PM, Irontiger said: I'm also disappointed, that we can't get a digital version... It seems pointless to release a book that will be out of date in a year when they release something new. Even offering the book as a digital access zone that is updated with each new version. Possibly, less work for them. Quote
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