Go beyond Affinity Publisher’s fundamental drop caps controls by combining several of the app’s advanced features to further enhance your drop caps’ looks.Read More

Smartphone photography aficionado, Jo Bradford, shares her top tips for mastering winter photography—from what to look out for when shooting mist and snow, to advice on correcting common problems and adding quality of light and composition. Living on Dartmoor I am used to shooting in inclement weather. Wind, rain and…Read More

Modifier keys are a great way to save time and hassle. Here are just a few of our favourite keys for working faster and smarter in Affinity Publisher… Making use of Affinity Publisher’s modifier keys allows you to easily rescale and position objects, override snapping, and instantly display additional text…Read More

In this tutorial, Matt shows you how to transform a hand-drawn sketch into a digital illustration for screen printing in Affinity Designer. Watch Matt’s creative session, then read his written guide below. Please turn on JavaScript to view this video Sketched idea to t-shirt mock-up in Affinity Designer with Matt…Read More

Product expert Emily walks us through her latest creative session, where she demonstrates the importance of typography by designing a beautiful restaurant menu in Affinity Publisher. Please turn on JavaScript to view this video Typography fundamentals in Affinity Publisher with Emily Goater New page setup At the start of the…Read More

Affinity user and digital artist Tinashe Rusike walks us through his process for creating a high-impact photo composition featuring Rugby League legend Jason Taumalolo in Affinity Photo for iPad. My name is Tinashe Rusike and I am a digital artist who specialises in creating conceptual sports designs for advertising, social…Read More

In this article, we’re going to look at some fun and interesting ways you can make your own textures to add vintage-looking, worn elements to your artwork in Affinity Designer or Photo. The first thing we need to do is gather our materials and tools to get creative with! I’ve…Read More

New to Affinity Publisher? To help you find your way around the app and get to grips with everything it has to offer, Product Expert Emily has put together a handy beginner’s guide. Whether you are new to desktop publishing or are a seasoned professional, I’ve designed this guide to…Read More

Enjoy the sunshine long after summer has gone with this Affinity Designer for iPad tutorial from Jhonatan S. Silva. Please turn on JavaScript to view this video This 13-minute video showcases a variety of useful vector design techniques including customising and clipping shapes, applying effects and blend modes, using the…Read More

We explore some basic and more advanced digital watercolour painting techniques in Affinity Photo.Read More

In this step-by-step tutorial from Envato Tuts+, you’ll learn how to create a cool and colourful cover design for a digital magazine using Affinity Publisher. Complete with an ultra-stylish layout and on-trend typography, this magazine cover is also really easy to adapt with your own choice of colours and images.…Read More

With so many file formats available, it’s not always easy to figure out where to start, but certain file types give you far more flexibility with particular aspects of your design than others, so it’s good to give this some thought. Things to consider when choosing a file format Every…Read More

Separated Mode is a feature of Affinity apps on macOS that splits the major interface components into discrete windows, enabling greater workspace customisation and making some tasks easier. First, let’s talk about Separated Mode’s key workspace differences. In normal mode, the Tools panel and studio panels can be organised as…Read More

Taking advantage of Affinity Photo’s modifier keys allows you to completely alter the look of brush strokes, fine-tune your selections, and easily pick out colours from your image. With Affinity Photo’s modifier keys, you can access additional tool settings on the go, allowing you to make alterations as you work.…Read More

If you missed our Lockdown 2020: Affinity Creative Sessions, all 31 sessions are available to watch on our YouTube channel. Every day in May 2020, we premiered a creative session from a creative professional which demonstrated their Affinity workflow. Artists from all over the world took part, and these sessions…Read More

In this article, we are going to look at how you can produce your own neon typographic design using a combination of layer effects, blend modes and a few simple tweaks. Step 1 For this album cover example, the first step is to create our lettering element. I’m using a…Read More

When you apply a colour to text or a shape it is added to the Recent list on the Swatches panel. Before selecting it there, think whether you’ll later want to change the colour everywhere it’s applied. If so, there’s a smarter way to manage and modify it. Affinity Publisher…Read More

My name is Pierre Kleinhouse and I’m a freelance illustrator and designer. I’m here on Affinity Spotlight to share with you the full illustration and design process of my ‘Ramen Shop’ poster, using Affinity Designer. The point of this video session is not to teach you how to draw a…Read More

When building shapes in Affinity apps, you’re not restricted to just the default shape tools that have been provided. In this article, we’ll explore ways in which you can adjust existing shapes, or even turn them into something new entirely. Fun with triangles Let’s start small. With our Triangle Tool…Read More