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#09 Quicktips – Insert Target

In this quicktip, I’ll show you how to work in the Affinity Designer 1.5.5 with the Insert Target functions. Ultimately, these tools are all about the positioning of new objects in the layer panel. At play position 2:28 it must be the keyboard shortcut M and NOT ⌘ + M! The tutorial was created with […]

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12 Affinity Designer – Checkered ball

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to draw a checkered ball with gradients in Affinity Designer 1.5.5. The idea for this tutorial is based on a contribution by the user leobold in the German Affinity Forum. Additional information: Quicktip TEXT IN SHAPE Quicktip GLOBAL COLORS Sources: The logo is from the German speaking Affinity […]

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#08 Quicktips – Text in shape

In this quicktip, I’ll show you how to use the Frame Text Tool to place text in shapes in Affinity Designer 1.5.5. Basically, text can be put into any form. The tutorial was created with Affinity Designer 1.5.5 and recorded and edited with Camtasia: mac 2.10.8. For sound recording, I use a ZOOM H1 recorder with a […]

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#07 Quicktip – Create Palette From Image

In this quicktip, I’ll show you how to create a color palette from an image/ photo in Affinity Designer. In addition, I briefly explain the different types of color palettes (document, system, application) and show you what a system palette is. You can also access this palette via the Apple Color Picker in other applications […]

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#06 Quicktips – Viewpoints

In this tutorial I will show you how to work with viewpoints in Affinity Designer. You’ll learn how to create viewpoints and how to rename them, and how to use the functions to jump to the next or previous viewpoint with custom keyboard shortcuts. With viewpoints, you can simplify and accelerate navigation, especially in complex […]

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11 Affinity Designer – Paper clips and brushes

In this tutorial I’m gonna show you how to draw a simple paper clip in Affinity designer. In the first step we will draw the single paper clip as a curve and will use the actions break curve and join curve. With the pen tool we will extend the curve so that it looks like […]

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#05 Quicktips – Global colors

In this tutorial I will show you how to work with global colors in Affinity Designer. At the beginning of the Quicktips I show you the basic function of global colors and then I demonstrate the practical meaning 7:28 by an example. The tutorial was created in Affinity Designer 1.5.4 and recorded and edited with […]

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#04 Quicktips – Break, join and close curves

In this quicktip, I’ll show you how to break, close, and join Affinity Designer curves. To do this, you need the node tool and the actions for curves. The tutorial was created with Affinity Designer 1.5.4 and recorded and edited with Camtasia: mac 2.10.8.

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