The Best Affinity Designer Books of All Time

Affinity Designer continues to be the fastest-growing vector-based software on the market today and is quickly becoming the first choice for beginners and professionals alike. The Affinity Designer Manual V2 was created with new users like you in mind to help you quickly and with as little effort as possible increase your proficiency and confidence in learning this amazing software. This book will teach you Version 2 of Affinity Designer. Every word, sentence, and screenshot from our original book has been revised to match the new Version 2 of the software.

Features of Affinity DesignerSophisticated TypographyLive Pixel PreviewUnlimited ArtboardsOne Million+ Percent ZoomAdvanced Grids & GuidesPowerful Contour ToolsRock Solid Vector ToolsFull Color ControlNo SubscriptionsAny Device, Anywhere. The 10 Basic Skills New Users Need to Know. 1. How to Open a Document or Image. 2. How Designer's Screen is Organized. 3. How to Use the Shape Tools. 4. How to Navigate Inside the Document. 5. How to Use Colors in Designer. 6. How to Use Layers. 7. How to Use the Text Tool. 8. How to Combine Shapes using the Boolean Tools. 9. How to Use the Pen Tool. 10. How to Save, Share, and Export. Extra Lesson: Color Theory, Modes, and Codes. 20 Step-by-Step Lessons. Lesson 1: How to Add Fonts to Designer. Lesson 2: How to Create Your Own Brushes. Lesson 3: How to Use the Color Picker Tool. Lesson 4: How to Make a Modern Logo. Lesson 5: How to Create a Customized Retro Wallpaper. Lesson 6: How to Create Neon Text. Lesson 7: How to Create a Shadow for an Object. Lesson 8: How to Duplicate Any Object Around Another Shape. Lesson 9: How to Create a Beautiful Flower Design. Lesson 10: How to Create a Shirt Mock-Up. Lesson 11: How to Remove the Background from an Image. Lesson 12: How to Create a Sunburst Background. Lesson 13: How to Put a Picture in a Text. Lesson 14: How to Create 3D Text. Lesson 15: How to Create a Flat Design Character with Shading. Lesson 16: How to Create a Landscape Design. Lesson 17: How to Colorize a Vector Object and Add it to an Existing Document. Lesson 18: How to Steal Colors from Any Source. Lesson 19: How to Make a Blended Theme in a Photo. Lesson 20: How to Create a Sacred Geometry Design. Would you like us to email you the images to this book? Please contact us at kuhlmanpublishing@yahoo.com and we'll send you the image folder we've created for this book. Please write the full title of this book "The Affinity Designer Manual" in the email's subject line. Please be specific because we have several Affinity books to offer. Desktop Version Only. This book teaches you only how to use the desktop version of Affinity Designer - Version 2. It is not compatible with the iPad version of the software. Please do not purchase this book thinking you can use it on the iPad. The desktop and iPad versions of the software are completely different. We will be working on an iPad version in the summer of 2023. Latest Update Information. This ebook was updated on June 6, 2023 to be fully compatible with the current version of Affinity Designer V2.

Add Affinity Designer to your creative skillset while creating innovative designs and illustrations, building a solid foundation for your future. Key Features:. Understand Affinity Designer's interface and setup, discover its capabilities, and develop an efficient workflowHarness the power of an easy and flexible vector and pixel workflow in one applicationLearn practical skills and gain the confidence to power your own creative projects. Book Description:. Affinity Designer is a widely adopted creative application, and in a reasonably short space of time, it has become a leading design and illustration application.

Affinity Designer, along with Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher, is part of a suite of award-winning creative software applications developed by Serif Europe. Built on the latest technologies, which make it fast and smooth, Affinity Designer is quickly becoming the go-to professional creative application for vector drawing and pixel-based painting. Up and Running with Affinity Designer is a comprehensive hands-on guide to the Affinity Designer software. Whether you're new to the creative industry, a seasoned professional looking for a proven alternative, or an enthusiastic hobbyist, this book will help you get up to speed in no time. You'll learn how to create documents and explore workflow best practices while working through practical exercises using the knowledge and skills developed in each chapter to solidify your understanding of the fundamentals. Finally, you'll bring it all together with real-world practical applications by building a fun logo and professional illustration, forming a base for in-depth exploration in your own projects. By the end of this Affinity Designer book, you'll have gained the knowledge and confidence to use Affinity Designer as part of your creative toolset. What You Will Learn:. Explore the interface and unique UX characteristics of Affinity DesignerDiscover features that allow you to manipulate and transform objectsApply color, shading, and effects to create unique compositionsEmploy layers to organize and simplify complex projectsUse grids, guides, and snapping features as design aidsAdapt to Affinity Designer's custom workspaces and keyboard shortcutsExplore the workflow and design best practices for more predictable and successful outcomesIdentify potential stumbling blocks in your design process and learn how to avoid them. Who this book is for:. This Affinity Designer book is for graphic designers, artists, illustrators, and hobbyists. Anyone curious about Affinity Designer's unique toolset and vector and pixel workflows or looking for cost-effective alternatives to the Adobe suite will find this book useful. Experience in working with other similar tools will be helpful, but not necessary.

In this book you will learn how to use one of the hottest new pieces of vector design software available right now.It will take you from the very basics and expand your knowledge to a level that will alow you to work with Designer independently.

If you ever wanted to learn a piece of design software, but at the end of the learning process you were left with a thought in your head, like “Ok, so what do I do now?”, you might have just found a solution to that problem. Because this book will help you in learning Affinity Designer and having something to show for it at the end of the learning process.It was designed to be as practical as possible.

Inside you will find●10 flat icon projects designed and created using solely Affinity Designer●The most important tools and options to get you started with the software as fast as possible●Tens of useful tricks and tips to speed up your design workflowAt the end of the book you will hopefully be able to use Affinity Designer absolutely independently. We won’t be focusing on each and every little aspect about each and every tool in Designer. Instead, you will learn how to look at the tools, how they think and how to benefit from what they offer.