In this category you will find all my tutorials.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to draw the new Affinity Photo iPad logo in Affinity Designer 1.5.5. I’ve used the following tools: – Rectangular tool – Polygon tool – Move tool – Node tool – Corner tool – Expand stroke – Rotate tool (rotation origin) – Stroke Pressure – Fill and Transparency […]
In this quicktipp, I’ll show you how to change the order of selected objects or layers in Affinity Designer 1.5.5 using the buttons or the menu with the mouse, or via custom keyboard shortcuts. At minute 11:15 I will show you how to customize the keyboard shortcuts for the order functions. The tutorial was created with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In this quicktip I’m gonna show you how to open the Color Picker App from your Mac OS X manually with the spotlight search. You just need a single command in the script editor: choose color Save the script as an application in your Application folder. This tutorial was created with OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 and […]
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 […]
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 […]