Affinity Designer Basics
Get Started Quickly With The Basic Tools
Affinity Designer is a solid alternative to Illustrator that has a much simpler interface. It also can be purchased for a reasonable, one time fee. Let me show you the basics of how to use one of my favorite programs in the Affinity suite.
01/01/2024 This course is retired from enrollment
What You Will Learn
This course is perfect for beginners to Affinity Designer. It is the perfect complement to my upcoming series of Affinity workshops where I will show you how to design printables and other digital products using Affinity.
Course Outline
Module 1: Getting Started
- Create a New Document
- Tour of the Workspace
Module 2: Working with Shapes
- Creating Basic Shapes
- Rounding the Corners of Shapes
- Editing Shapes
- The Move Tool
Module 3: Working with Colors
- The Color Window
- The Swatches Window
- The Color Picker Tool
Module 4: Strokes and Lines
- Stroke Basics
- Stroke: Using Brushes
- Creating Lines
Module 5: Working with Text
- Creating Text Boxes
- The Artistic Text Boxes
- Text & Colors
Module 6: Place an Image
- How to Place and Image