20+ Affinity Designer for iPad tips and tricks!

Learn the basics of Affinity Designer for iPad (App Store: goo.gl/WD5kBT) in this tutorial, which includes how to use multi-touch gesture shortcuts to work more efficiently. Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo are both now on sale for Mac and iPad:
Affinity Designer (iPad): goo.gl/WD5kBT
Affinity Designer (Mac): goo.gl/6QGdAU
Affinity Photo (iPad): goo.gl/3qPCKH
Affinity Photo (Mac): goo.gl/uW8C3k
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[@ThomasSselate]

The only business model that makes companies successful forever : make products so great that you turn your customers into fans

[@whengrapespop5728]

@Thomas Sselate But I’d rather be a ventilator🥺

[@anderskaiden3583]

i know im asking the wrong place but does someone know of a way to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid forgot my login password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me!

[@Muhammed.Yaseen]

What I am blown away about is the optimisation. I'm out of words. I use a 5 yr old iPad Air. And as of lately, I'm pushing its limits. I used to do all my design work in Procreate. Lol. After some amount of layers, it gets quite laggy. I downloaded Affinity Design yesterday thinking its not even gonna run, (the app is 1.6 GB) It ran super smooth. I exported my project from Procreate as PSD and opened it in Aff. Design and it worked like magic. No lag. On an iPad Air 2. Close to 70 layers!!!! Im blown!!

[@alejmc]

Even this video being years old it is great. I didn’t know for example the dragging capabilities when doing the on the right side studio panel (didn’t even know that was the name of it)… color brightness, history scrolling, zoom scrolling… man these people know what they are doing.

[@anaminz5788]

This app suddenly made me grateful live in this century. I really appreciate your tutorial, how helpful!

[@davidofroline3702]

honestly the greatest video for a beginner

[@ElburroE]

The BEST Designer iPad tutorial out here. Thanks...great work.

[@pinkseifuku]

I recently got an iPad Pro to be my main art device. This is exactly what I was looking for! Immediately bought it halfway through watching this video!

[@kikwaibrian]

after watching your video, it gave me no hesitation to purchase it immediately. Its an evolution of what we’ve been expecting to do on the ipad for years !

[@SugarTouch]

You'd better check out official tutorials. You''ll find out that buying this app you're actually stealing it ! :))) It's amazingly powerful like no others.

[@Jeff-2112]

This is the perfect video for long time users of Designer on the desktop that want to get up to speed on the iPad version. Nicely done!

[@universemediallc]

I will buy EVERY app they make. End of story.

[@harikasuri]

Learnt a lot in such a short time!! I just bought the app few days back and have been going crazy to learn about it. All the other tutorials have been so long and boring. This is the best so far... Thanks a ton!!!

[@ImanRastegari]

An awesome video for an awesome app -- this pushed my hype level over the edge! Excellent demonstration of how Serif took the the imprecision of touch for pro apps and turned it into a strength.

[@claudiaschneider2172]

Thank you so much for this great tutorial. I’m a beginner with this app and so your tips are very helpful to me. 😘

[@MetroversalDesign]

I use the desktop version, it’s freaking awesome! ❤️

[@gordonstewart5774]

Thanks! This is my go to reminder video when it’s been a while.

[@colinb8512]

I've only just purchased Affinity Designer and wanting to learn the basics of how to use it. This video is great - simply and clearly explained. Thanks

[@MadOrange644]

For $20 this is a steal, i was paying a lot to keep photoshop and i don't even use it that often

[@ItsMePeterB]

thanks for making this video!

[@farin153]

Dangggg I’ve been using affinity for 2 years now and some of these tricks literally BLEW my mind!!! Thank you for this amazing video, my life makes sense again, lol

[@Satoji_Art]

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm currently learning how to use the app so it will definitely be useful!

[@JarradShaw]

I would love to see a 2.0, more things to quickly do in Designer from you. Your videos are just the best! 😁

[@kayleneabernathy6494]

I was so lost. Thanks for the video very helpful

[@JuanAlbertoMartinDiaz]

Great quick tutorial. Thanks!

[@Sketchartbymarc1]

Impressed! Pretty incredible stuff

[@ozzyfromspace]

This app is so gesture heavy. I LOVE IT!💖

[@wassim.halawani]

Great tutorial. Thank you!!!

[@Windkisssed]

Awesome program! Seems to be well worth the price! It reminds me of the old Claris Draw (many years ago!). I love object-orientated apps. Photoshop has its place.... but this app is certainly a lost art. I’m glad they’ve given so much attention to it! Thanks for the information! Lauri

[@michellehiggs60]

Brilliant video thank you. 👍🏼

[@yanniemoorman]

Will be using this to create designs for CNC

[@sarahgreene8997]

Awesome. Thanks Jeff. There aren’t enough iPad tutorials for Affinity Designer.

[@Surianiaziz]

Very detailed.awesome!

[@josephcervone1483]

Very helpful video. Thank you so much!

[@antiqueimages]

Thanks for this excellent introduction to an awesome app!

[@MrDrwatson01]

Great insight and help, thanks

[@Seitenwerk]

A single thumbs up is just not enough für this video. You actually really showed stuff here that i wouldn’t have ever thought of. This app is even better than expected.

[@cathycronje4848]

Thanks so much, a very helpful tutorial for anyone new to Affinity.

[@suttonsuede]

Thank you for all the excellent tips, Jeff!

[@9to5Mac]

I'm grateful that you watched. Thank you.

[@aw1091]

Best video I’ve seen for affinity design beginners it made things so quick and easy to understand !!!👍🏽 You might as well go ahead and drop more of your expertise knowledge in a full beginners course for us LOL

[@anzatzi]

Very well presented. I learned a lot!

[@motojc]

Buy after I finish watching this! Delightful package

[@dudediva69]

thank you .... that was awesome !!!!! I have been struggling with this program .... coming from PHOTOSHOP ... this was very helpful .... you are AWESOME JEFF!!

[@olgagolubika4966]

What an awesome video! You saved so much of my time!

[@eltonsilva3169]

Very very nice!! Thanks man

[@rachelbrokenicky2551]

Thanks- this helped so much!

[@phillheimann1864]

Really helpful thank you for the tips

[@burstfireno1617]

Dude love you man. Wonderful video 👍

[@CASMANWHAT]

I own and friggin' love this app.

[@nil_blank]

This is a great intro, really digging this.

[@nadinek6693]

Great video -thanks!

[@jyllm32]

Nice review and great tips

[@stefandesu]

This video has been super helpful! I bought the app when it came it, but haven't even opened it. Now I'm motivated to finally try it out. :)

[@Tausifsiddiqui]

This app set’s the bar for intuitive design guidelines.

[@astrokier]

Wow you’re brilliant. Thanks a lot

[@Starrple]

Amazing tutorial ! Really helpful

[@9to5Mac]

Thanks for watching!

[@mimistclair]

Thank you so much for this video.

[@ercimoisa4235]

Great video to the point - thanks.

[@LDRep]

wow.. i always get some new knowledge every time i see tutorial..

[@martee4]

life changing!

[@redarerto3]

Thank you teacher it very helpful.

[@emelindaJau]

This is great, thank you so much!

[@rubimcgrory5807]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. This has saved me a ton of time in trying to figure stuff out. I am so excited that Affinty Designer is now on iPad--i prefer vector work, so procreate isn't 100% for me. I've been using desktop version for a year and love it.I'm seeing an upgrade to iPad pro in my future. Thanks for sharing this,Jeff, any more tutorials for this in the works--like importing fonts or more advanced options?

[@nadabweir7934]

Thanks

[@MA-ii4el]

Thank you so much ♥️♥️ شكرًا جزيلًا

[@dbailey9455]

Amazing 😍

[@alexwilson7235]

Thank you so much it's a really awesome video I did learn a lot thanks again

[@pjay14]

I'm going to migrate all my work from the macbook pro to the iPad Pro lol. What Affinity has done is great!

[@bimohendrawan294]

Nice!!!!!!

[@spunnderman2898]

Thank you

[@MrBlaq]

This looks better than the desktop version. Serif = The Takeover

[@alexismontoya2975]

Thanks for this, now I’m going to actually buy this app!

[@PokeChamp22]

So procreate and affinity are basically saying "all other iPad art programs we'll take it from here".

[@mrslickdetailer9652]

Yup 😂 even with procreate being newer, apps like autodesk sketchbook are still behind and clunky to use. Procreate even out performs most desktop programs.

[@f3rzz476]

They snapped. I'm floored, adobe's wig was found in Corel's headquarters.

[@Fabio-rg9nv]

They‘re also showing Adobe how it‘s done.

[@thirtyfiveedu8883]

The software companies that take touch-based computing seriously are the ones that will be relevant in the future.......until Adobe rushes in and purchases them.

[@bstraw53]

Pretty much. I used to use sketchbook for a few of their tools, but now I can just delete it..

[@hiramconhache]

The iPad with, affinity designer is all that designers need.

[@jenheaton2927]

We always knew with the announcement of the Ipad version that Adobe would be concerned...Maybe they should have thought about that before screwing customers into subscription based purchases. It's hard to be loyal to a company who doesn't appreciate their fan base. Well done, Serif Affinity Designer. Way to think outside the box and show your passion for the industry, not your greed like Adobe. #lifetimeloyaltyearned

[@ThisLadWayne]

That was an epic video

[@rellom777]

very helpful :]

[@Nostravinci]

Great tips Jeff!

[@SugarTouch]

Nope. All this is already on official site. and accessible from starting screen, missed in this video 'cause it would make this video completely useless. Check out official page with deep and quality tutorials, revealing structural logic in their UI instead of this pointless redo's without any logical learning curve. affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/designer/ipad/#/

[@Nostravinci]

No thanks.

[@CarlosBenjamin]

Sugar Touch that’s great, but sometimes you just need the quick and dirty to get up and running. I didn’t have to learn the internal combustion engine to drive a car or put gas in it.

[@cring0101]

Very intuitive, it looks even more enjoyable working on iPad version than the Desktop. Very well done Serif. So good, it looks so user-friendly, powerful, affordable. Most important, IT IS NOT SUBSCRIPTION BASE.

[@9to5Mac]

I have to say, it is a joy to use.

[@foxglove9]

that's incredible what they were able to do with that app without have access to a mouse and buttons. Seems like a steep learning curve, but you will definitely be future proofing yourself if you start practicing now.

[@lalabaychu]

thanks ^^

[@shahbokhari]

Affinity Designer Mastery in a nutshell. Thank You for sharing

[@MuzzJoob]

Wow ! 😳 The last one ! Is a big surprise for me ! Saving my export process 👌🏽 > suscribed

[@jmdza]

I am shook

[@therainbowram3336]

*mind blown on the redo and undo* I was opening history studio.... ERMAGHAD

[@timog4991]

So handy touch gestures. Would Love to See an App like OneNote from the Affinity Team

[@SugarTouch]

It's already done by Apple and it's called "Notes" :) Out-of-the-box native app. :) You just have to check out its features by reading some guides or watching some videos.

[@DiogoExMarques]

Serif is doing god's work, their apps alone justify the iPad Pro. Once my Creative Cloud runs out, I might switch over to their Desktop apps too. Since I prefer FCPX and Logic Pro to Adobe's counterparts, only Photoshop and Ai were keeping me around.

[@frykauf]

Maybe there is also After Effects and Indesign. Motion is more like a thing to have alongside After Effects too, and to the latter - I'm very excited for Affinity Publisher :D

[@neshiah4747]

Beware Affinity Photo IOS - it crashes a lot.

[@nicostinghe96]

Neil Macleay use it all the time since 6 months never crashed for me.

[@darthdarth4297]

Plz Affinity, make a video, 3D , animation, and AE

[@darthdarth4297]

I am currently learning design on Affinity on Mac and now iPad, not stuck in aí and switching to serif.

[@veronikamorozova9097]

wow, wow, wow!

[@DarkNaomi]

I just bought the app and this video helped so much. Thank you :) Still getting use to it.

[@SugarTouch]

You already have significally better videos about the same features right on starting screen of this app inside your iPad. Official tutorials. Step-by-step, with great learning curve.

[@markobog800]

1. When I draw a line, is there a scissors tool, or cut tool? How can I make the line cutted? 2. If I want to adjust the line, is there a smooting line tool? 3. If I select multiple shapes and divide them, can I merge them by the same color?

[@simadin]

10:53 you see what happens there? it actually creates a new sheep!

[@StambaughDesignsBellingham]

😂🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@vlasdv]

Looks like magic 0_0

[@wangjianwangjian5558]

太棒了！！！

[@HomeWalkVirtualTours]

Bought this a couple of days ago - this and Affinity photo have been game changers for me. I think I’ll even buy both apps for my Desktop too next month as the iPad interface is fantastic but sometimes a bit clunky for other types of my work. My ‘go to’ apps now although Procreate is also fantastic and luma fusion for video editing also equally good in its own right. Bye Bye the Adobe monopoly.

[@hussamGURU]

Can you please let me know what Ipad cover combo that is and where I can get it? Ty

[@lewis4964]

Thanks for sharing, good video. May I ask how to relink image in this Affinity Design app?

[@mrslickdetailer9652]

We’re probably going to get a 15 inch iPad Pro this fall, and Apple will finally give us final cut. Software is getting ready for the iPad to take over for most users.

[@cring0101]

Yes. I like to see a 15 inch iPad Pro.

[@CarlosBenjamin]

I’m already using the iPad Pro for 99% of what I used my computer for..... I can’t even remember what the 1% is unless I run into the brick wall. Oh, storage is a Frankenstein conglomeration of things and has to be accessed outside of most apps. They need to solve that soon.

[@somethingnetwork5568]

Man I liked the video in the middle and then forgot that I liked it and liked it again at the end

[@StarBoundFables]

Hey, Jeff, how do I use soft-proofing in Affinity Designer? (To be able to see a preview of how my digital art will look when printed)

[@roza8438]

I need help on making a grid guide for my canvas on affinity photo

[@gondebas]

Hi, is there a gesture in Affinity Designer for deleting selection? Like in Procreate there is 3 finger swipe. Typing on an icon is not that handy.

[@cr8cat794]

My head is exploding over how good this is. Adobe is relegated to a footnote in early computer software.