A to Z of Affinity Designer: Tips, Tricks, and Hacks!

In this A to Z of Affinity Designer, you'll discover 26 standout features, unique strengths, useful tools, and tips & tricks. ► Download photos, fonts & graphics for your next creative project with Envato Elements: elements.envato.com/?...
In this video, Kezz Bracey packs in a huge number of Affinity Designer tips and tricks in a short space of time. Topics include:
• How to change the background color in Affinity Designer
• Affinity Designer brushes, both raster and vector
• Affinity Designer layer panel fast clipping and adjustment layer targeting
• Affinity Designer templates for rapid project starts
• Affinity Designer T-shirt design capabilities
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• Responsive Mockup: elements.envato.com/abstract-...
• Breakfast Image: elements.envato.com/healthy-b...
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• Panda Samurai Logo: elements.envato.com/panda-sam...
• T-shirt Design Collection: elements.envato.com/t-shirt-d...
• Music: elements.envato.com/tropical-...
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Пікірлер: 75

  • @envatotuts
    @envatotuts2 ай бұрын

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  • @JoesGeekShow
    @JoesGeekShow2 жыл бұрын

    Affinity Designer is an amazing piece of software. I've been using it for all my graphical work for about 4 years. The intuitive UI and features combined with its one-time price point makes it a great competitor to Adobe.

  • @alexanderzerka8477

    @alexanderzerka8477

    2 жыл бұрын

    I almost coughed up my sip of water when I read the word "intuitive"-I guess it might be compared to something like Inkscape or GIMP? Anyway, the subpar UI aside, it's definitely a serious competitor to Adobe. There's no way I'm paying _that much_ for a piece of software _every year._

  • @YanksandBritsProductions

    @YanksandBritsProductions

    2 жыл бұрын

    What about for someone like me who has loadssssssss of cool designs in his head but wants to get those on T shirts, and don’t have loads of experience with software?

  • @riotdestrudo

    @riotdestrudo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@YanksandBritsProductions this is the best pick for you then, affinity features user-friendly interface and workflow that begginners can pick up on. I barfed on adobe illustrators counter-intuitive design which makes my work sluggish, my work time is halfed on affinity.

  • @jer3006
    @jer30062 жыл бұрын

    Kezz, thank you! I was an Envato user but, after their initial flurry of a few Affinity tutorials, those authors all retreated back to Adobe. So disappointing! So I retreated to other vector sources. Hopefully, you'll be re-energizing Envato toward Affinity. Thanks for this video/article!

  • @mimichio335
    @mimichio3352 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the subtitles!!! Really appreciate finding a good tutorial WITH ENG SUBS!!

  • @___.___.___.___.___.___.___
    @___.___.___.___.___.___.___3 жыл бұрын

    Stoked you guys are doing these tutorials!

  • @DetourShirts
    @DetourShirts3 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Loved this video... I'm a t-shirt designer and I've been using Affinity for years and I never heard of the t-shirt designer tool... I can't believe I missed that... I also should be using the asset library feature... so many things to try out... thank you

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's great to hear! We can always learn new things!

  • @ArronMurray
    @ArronMurray2 жыл бұрын

    Used illustrator for 10+ years. Your opening statement, I actually went 'yeah, I actually agree'.

  • @siyantiid
    @siyantiid3 жыл бұрын

    Omg thank you for this video.. So excited with this application, affinity so cool. Make more video about affinity designer, photo ^^

  • @JayJay-ki4mi
    @JayJay-ki4mi Жыл бұрын

    I went through every one of these, and write them down in my book of notes. Very awesome, I learned a lot!

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @StolenID
    @StolenID2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, my most used trick is symbols and creative use of syncing / not syncing. Especially in interface design, if you do your own control elements, its better to have symbols rather then assets.

  • @sreekarpradyumna
    @sreekarpradyumna2 жыл бұрын

    Okay the grids bit blew my mind.

  • @baskapes762
    @baskapes7623 жыл бұрын

    Much needed, just bought the app for M1 Mac Thanks

  • @BreezyGee26
    @BreezyGee262 жыл бұрын

    Omg 😱 thank you this gives me more things to use make part 2

  • @shorerocks
    @shorerocks Жыл бұрын

    Wow. This is overview is excellent. Thank you!

  • @jordanlotus188
    @jordanlotus1882 жыл бұрын

    Thanks grate tutorial video. Please make more.

  • @modz9711
    @modz97113 жыл бұрын

    Yes this is what I wanted..!! After a long request.. Thanks.

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    3 жыл бұрын

    We listened! 🙂

  • @modz9711

    @modz9711

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@envatotuts epic

  • @Chris-Brown-
    @Chris-Brown-2 жыл бұрын

    I own the entire set of Affinity tools, they are great

  • @GregorysMode
    @GregorysMode2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video that, I knew some but not most, thank youuuu =o)

  • @karthiks6660
    @karthiks66603 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @TimOlson1
    @TimOlson12 жыл бұрын

    Good job on this video!

  • @DevinAdint
    @DevinAdint2 жыл бұрын

    Designer is still missing some key tools such as a vector eraser, knife tool, shape builder, pattern around a curve, envelope distort and warp tools. You can hack some of these using the node tools, expand stroke, divide and contour tool. You did leave out some of these as well as the Appearance pallet

  • @vexillonerd

    @vexillonerd

    Жыл бұрын

    Shape builder ✅ Knife tool ✅ Warp tools ✅

  • @raamiah

    @raamiah

    Жыл бұрын

    I do miss color replace, unless it's in there somewhere & I missed it.

  • @umanoid1523
    @umanoid15232 жыл бұрын

    Ive been using Affinity since it was in Beta. I bought each one as they came out since the prices have always been a no brainer. Im also an old time adobe user (also since most1.0 versions) and when adobe went subscription i was done with them. This was going to be my replacement. Unfortunately Affinity is very slow to add features (Like vectorizing and distortion tools) so I still end up having to go back to Adobe for some projects. I also have clients that need files in illustrator or psd and Affinity’s saves in those formats aren’t always compatible. I find the translations often have issues. I do often use illustrator and affinity together where i can make a shape very easily in affinity and then cut and paste the vectors between programs. Thanks for this list of tips, some i knew and some I didn’t. Always good to learn some new tricks.

  • @shorerocks

    @shorerocks

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey, that's my line :-) '...and when adobe went subscription i was done with them.'

  • @air961
    @air9612 жыл бұрын

    thanks for tips!

  • @katebee7296
    @katebee72962 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @chariots8x230
    @chariots8x2302 жыл бұрын

    Can you please also make an ‘Affinity Designer’ tutorial on how to create patterns and preview how they will look on a bigger canvas in real-time?

  • @wildmattzz
    @wildmattzz3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 💪🔥

  • @kayram1111
    @kayram11113 жыл бұрын

    Keep going 💙✊

  • @learnprogramming71
    @learnprogramming712 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this work

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome!

  • @Ivnarts
    @Ivnarts3 жыл бұрын

    Yes!! Got it!

  • @ryszardo2
    @ryszardo22 жыл бұрын

    great job

  • @annabe2549
    @annabe25492 жыл бұрын

    Can vector graphics I created in the Design Persona be printed as a T-Shirt Design when I added for example shadows with the brushes in the Pixel-Persona before saving or can the Design only be printed when I used the vector brushes for the shadows?

  • @AndyTellsThings
    @AndyTellsThings3 жыл бұрын

    It was about time someone shook things on Adobe side. I hope it gets more popular with time.

  • @siyantiid

    @siyantiid

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @TheJoker-zt4nk
    @TheJoker-zt4nk3 жыл бұрын

    Ah, newbie here to Affinity Designer & Affinity Photo, I went to open an AI file but when I saw the PDF options I THOUGHT that Designer was going to open this as a Portable Document File. YEA! TY that's fantastic to know. I am considering changing some of the Keyboard Shortcuts to match what I've know for Adobe, but will see. Per the Vector Brushes, I see that they're scalable BUT they're still RASTER images, not VECTOR, like we know a Vector brush from AI. Have to get used to that, think 1+ may be that they should create smaller file sizes. Tks!

  • @SudarminDamir
    @SudarminDamir2 жыл бұрын

    superb

  • @Omzing
    @Omzing11 ай бұрын

    These are just a few reasons why I have unsubscribe from Adobe and went for Affinity Suite. As a professional graphic and web designer I am really happy for this switch and so is my wallet !

  • @josephatkinson1132
    @josephatkinson11323 жыл бұрын

    Cool 😎

  • @JohnnyApplebot682
    @JohnnyApplebot6822 жыл бұрын

    I've moved from Illustrator to Designer and I'm well chuffed for the value for money that I get from Affinity product. The adjustment period from Adobe to Affinity was short because there's a tonne of answered questions from people online and the UI is intuitive

  • @TheHornoxx
    @TheHornoxx5 ай бұрын

    ...gut! 👍

  • @peace.n.blessings5579
    @peace.n.blessings55792 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @Dharmic_developer
    @Dharmic_developer3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the vid i was… just thinking to learn this beast software For logo designs

  • @lakrimozzza8312
    @lakrimozzza831215 күн бұрын

    Is there a tutorial on how to do text like 12:20 on video?

  • @mithunchakraborty2517
    @mithunchakraborty25173 жыл бұрын

    does affinity designer have a measurement or dimension tool similar to CorelDRAW ... ??

  • @rokagraphicdesign5607
    @rokagraphicdesign56072 жыл бұрын

    SO affinity can use all the photoshop brushes?

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Affinity can load all Adobe assets.

  • @YanksandBritsProductions
    @YanksandBritsProductions2 жыл бұрын

    Do you think this would be good software for a comparatively new designer??

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. It is full featured and very inexpensive.

  • @YanksandBritsProductions

    @YanksandBritsProductions

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@envatotuts Many thanks, yes it’s only £47.95 here in England. I think it’s a case where people are probably going to have to buy maybe two or three pieces of software to be able to do most of the things they need to. I’m wanting to get some designs onto T shirts so hopefully it will work well for me. I’ve seen a few designers who have T shirt channels on KZread recommend it, I think Adobe Photoshop maybe way to complicated for me right now. 👍

  • @junovhs4646
    @junovhs46463 жыл бұрын

    Caveat with the AI Importing - if it has features designer doesn’t support it doesn’t work

  • @sandiedwards4769
    @sandiedwards47692 жыл бұрын

    I really wanted to view this video as the comments were very good, however, that background noise (I think you may call it music) was extremely annoying. Can it be reposted without that background music?

  • @owaisbaig5013
    @owaisbaig50132 жыл бұрын

    If you buy affinity do you get envato elements with it?

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    2 жыл бұрын

    No. Different companies. But, all of the Affinity programs are a one time fee that is updated many times a year. Elements is a monthly/yearly fee (depending on how you subscribe).

  • @shlokapoojary5069
    @shlokapoojary50692 жыл бұрын

    Hii Need a small help..i create pattern in affinity designer.. wen i export my pattern design EPS file in affinity designer , the file size is around 200 to 300kb..how can i increase my file size upto 3 mb? Please help me..!!

  • @danielkitura

    @danielkitura

    2 жыл бұрын

    And why exactly do you want to increase the file size? Usually people try to DEcrease file sizes)

  • @primothegreat9022
    @primothegreat90222 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully AD will make an upgrade into UX DESIGN SOFTWARE LIKE FIGMA OR XD

  • @NetSkillNavigator

    @NetSkillNavigator

    2 жыл бұрын

    Affinity designer can be use for web design though.. I've tried it myself.

  • @stevenlitvintchouk3131
    @stevenlitvintchouk31313 жыл бұрын

    Affinity Designer has an elegance about it that Adobe Illustrator just can't match.

  • @randomlyviewing3009
    @randomlyviewing3009 Жыл бұрын

    No blend tool like Illustrator

  • @powergrab3463
    @powergrab34632 жыл бұрын

    any compatible version for wins 10?

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. You can use it with Windows 10 version 14393.0 or higher (answer found here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/affinity-photo/9nblggh35lxn?activetab=pivot:regionofsystemrequirementstab)

  • @sugardoe248
    @sugardoe248 Жыл бұрын

    Try to export svg without any glitches and you soon will be back to Adobe

  • @envatotuts

    @envatotuts

    Жыл бұрын

    Funny, I do all the time without problems.

  • @steblina
    @steblina3 жыл бұрын

    No blends, meshes, transformation effects, node adding, etc. Definitely not the best.