Affinity Designer: The Comprehensive Guide for Beginners and Beyond

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you so much to everyone who left a Super Thanks! 🙏 Your support means the world to me and helps keep this channel going strong. I’m grateful to have such an amazing community.

[@richardhoppe73]

One of the best Affinity Designer tutorials there is. Explained and demonstrated clearly, easy to follow and done at the right pace. This should be obligatory viewing for a whole host of KZbin presenters trying to teach the same thing.

[@ArtistWright]

Love the comment thank you so much!

[@andrewturnerlasers9128]

Such a mammoth effort dude. You’ve set the bench mark for all other Affinity tutorials

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you Andrew! It took alot of time to create. Also that means alot coming from one of top laser programmers in the world! 👍

[@Vruchtvet]

The mother of all tutorials

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you, share it with people that need it!

[@gandolfred]

You have done a great and important job for the Affinity community. Thank you very much. 🎉😊

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you Gandolfred!

[@zocuad6710]

Thank you for this. I just started dipping my toes into Designer and now I think i can just go jump into the deep end with this.

[@elonanamor6420]

Incredible class. I have watched many of your videos and learned so much. This has been the most comprehensive full tutorial from which any beginner can learn. You covered so many of the tools clearly and with no fluff! Thank you so much for taking the time and so much effort to create this.

[@ArtistWright]

Hi Elona, I appreciate the amazing feedback. This video took a long time to plan, shoot and edit, so it's great to know it's helping so much

[@elonanamor6420]

@@ArtistWright Even though I think I know quite a bit about Affinity Designer, I will be using your video to go back to, to refresh some of the little things that I don't use often and forget about.

[@ArtistWright]

That's exactly what it's there for cheers!

[@puneetshakya3001]

This is the best indepth guide to each and everything to know about affinity designer Thanks for this one watch this and you'll be good to go. I really appreciate your efforts in making this tutorial this has really helped a lot ❤.

[@ArtistWright]

It's great to know it's helping. Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback

[@puneetshakya3001]

@ArtistWright I'd like to see more tutorials from you I'm enjoying learning affinity designer

[@ArtistWright]

@@puneetshakya3001 glad to hear that thanks

[@ipoponq]

This is insane! Best comprehensive tutorial! The way it is explained and structured.. This could honestly be a flagship video on how to make tutorials for any software! Thank you!

[@ArtistWright]

Loved reading your comment, thank you

[@r.c.radhakrishnan4440]

Absolutely love it. This is a gem of a tutorial that I have been searching for on KZbin that is directly relevant to the version of AF I am learning to use. Thank you

[@ArtistWright]

Happy to hear you found it, share it with people also looking to get into Affinity

[@dhruvprakasam289]

Only 30 minutes in, and I've already attained great information in an easy-to-process manner. Great video and thankful for this tutorial.

[@ArtistWright]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@meinhendl]

An indescribably valuable tutorial. thank you very much for your effort.

[@ArtistWright]

You are welcome! Enjoy!

[@didinnurdingowes5390]

I really helped with the explanation, and I fully support this tutorial, keep going, thank you very much.

[@ArtistWright]

Glad to hear that

[@stillalive1778]

Finally an excellent tutorial by a decent looking Brit bloke who is not 450lbs North American toad! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MATE! AMAZING WORK!

[@ArtistWright]

😂😂😂😂 man I'm laughing! Thank you. I've actually been here since the very beginning of Affinity.

[@AlOne-xg6dv]

Excellent. It is by far one of the best software tutorials i have ever seen. Fast just enough to understand and stay focused, even if i am a young sixty plus learner. Thank you so much, i will use this tuto as often as possible. 👍💫💥

[@ArtistWright]

Many Thanks 🙏🏻

[@LibbyEggleston]

Can’t thank you enough!!! I hope to find a photo version that is this level. You are so helpful as I try to learn affinity with 0 design experience. This is by far and away the best tutorial out there!

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you so much, actually it's very useful to hear that feedback as now I know someone with zero knowledge of Affinity can understand the tutorial. Best of luck 👍

[@mattmacdonald2087]

So many things I needed to know, and now I know them. Thanks man.

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you so much ! 👍🏻

[@Cal303lingo-w3y]

You're a star ✨ Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm so grateful 🤗

[@ArtistWright]

My pleasure

[@brucef5430]

Such a fantastic resource. I will certainly be coming back to this video multiple times to learn and re-learn the skills you have shown here. Thank you for putting together such a helpful resource! 👍🏼😊🙌🏼

[@EmmanuelAkujobi]

Amazing comprehensive guide... 👍 I just subscribed because of this video. A lot of us didn't have this opportunity when we started out.

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you Emmanuel

[@caperica]

Wonderful very in depth teaching. Your a expert teacher on this. Thank you for your effort in making this. Its a valuable tool.

[@ArtistWright]

How kind thank you

[@carlhughes1206]

Thank you for all your efforts on this video. Incredible!!!!!

[@ArtistWright]

Glad you like them!

[@gailbarlow8958]

Phew - so much to learn! Thank you for making such a great video.

[@ArtistWright]

It's like a book, one page at a time.

[@gailbarlow8958]

@@ArtistWright It's already 23:47 - I need to sleep as well!

[@ArtistWright]

@@gailbarlow8958

[@primothegreat9022]

Thank you for your long educational video and patience

[@ArtistWright]

You are welcome!

[@glennisham9762]

This has been really useful. I use Affinity Designer for my woodturning, scrollsaw and pyrography projects. Haven't used the program for about six months and was really stumbling around the interface. This has been an easy quick fix for me. Thank you so much.

[@ArtistWright]

I literally have no idea what those things are but I'm happy to hear it's helped you so much. Thanks for leaving such great feedback

[@glennisham9762]

@@ArtistWright I’m 73 years old and love modern technology. I do struggle but people like you make it so much more understandable and I wont give up. I love my Iphone, Ipad, and Mac OS.

[@ArtistWright]

@@glennisham9762 that's the spirit! Keep going and you will be fluent in Affinity in no time. Alot of the things I've learned were from trial and error as I've been using it since it was first released

[@Ninaninaiw]

I absolutely love this tutorial, incredibly valuable for the affinity community, thank you!

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks again Nina

[@nordiclightphototours153]

As usually an excellent video from the Master of Affinity Designer. As said before your teaching skills are second none. Thanks to your videos I was able to create 100s and 100s of assets for my Aurora Book. I finally published my book recently 476 pages packed with Information about how to prepare - predict - Photograph the Aurora.

[@ArtistWright]

Hi Nordic! Long time no hear, Thank you so much, I'm super happy to hear about your Aurora book that's excellent! That's no small job, 476 pages!

[@nordiclightphototours153]

@@ArtistWright you can also see a few of my creations :-)

[@ArtistWright]

Will go and check

[@nordiclightphototours153]

@@ArtistWright Enjoy

[@Regulus1999]

WoW! this took me 3 days on and off to watch it all properly in case I missed some good stuff, albeit I realised I had learned a lot already there was still SO much value here. Thank you for this..... it was worth its size in gold!

[@ArtistWright]

You are officially the first person to tell me they completed it! Congratulations 🎉 I'm very happy to hear you learned so much, even with knowledge under your belt.

[@Wayneawebb]

Watched twice now. start to finish. Easy to follow :)

[@ArtistWright]

Whaaaat! That is amazing well done 👍🏻

[@Wayneawebb]

@@ArtistWright Learnt a thing or 3 too. Would like a bit more on using the Wacom & the brush settings please. It just never seems to turn out right for me.

[@ArtistWright]

@@Wayneawebb will note that, but just so you know i haven't changed any settings on my wacom in this tutorial. Everything is as you see it.

[@orlamdc]

Just fantastic. I'm going to save this link and hope to get to it over the next couple of months👍👌

[@ArtistWright]

No worries, you can just watch one chapter at a time to make it more manageable

[@proudinaz]

I am only 38 min into your great video, but I can already tell that it is just what I need to make images for my textile surface design work. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into this indispensable resource.

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you so much for the SUPER THANKS! Also for the super comment I appreciate it! It's my longest video to date, also Check out my other videos when you complete this one, all Affinity Designer

[@johnl7710]

Excellent tutorial it is clear concise and well detailed, for me anyway. Thank you for making this it is appreciated. Subscribed.

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks John!

[@englishreels1]

Thank you very much. It was really helpful in getting familiar with Affinity Designer

[@ArtistWright]

Glad to hear it

[@vandanatilak]

So well done!! on point and the perfect teaching style. Hats off to you for getting a beginner on the right foot. Thank you!

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you for that I appreciate it

[@tiagocostarebelo9511]

Previously Adobe user, but bought Affinity 2 last year although haven't yet used it. I decided this is the time and this video will hopefully help and guide me through this change.

[@ArtistWright]

Hello and welcome to my channel, this video will definitely help you understand Affinity, and it'll be easier given that you came from Illustrator. Once you have finished this video, check out my other videos it's all Affinity Designer

[@magblogs]

This is the greatest affinity designer tutorial period.

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you Magblogs

[@patopatagon]

Bright, clear and very useful. Thank you very much

[@ArtistWright]

Glad to hear that!

[@AlOne-xg6dv]

Convert to curves : 35:55 - Appearance panel : 51:48 - Knife tool : 1:45:20

[@neilsaunders192]

Thanks and keep up the excellent job you're doing for us all. I found things i didn't know - again!

[@ArtistWright]

Cheers Neil!

[@gilbertstisi1232]

What a phenomenal job ! Bravo and thank you... from France !

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you brother!

[@miro_juric]

Great work my friend! I appreciate it very much! Cheers 👍

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you brother!

[@leoreodcinn9153]

Incredible! I've just made it through the whole thing over the past few days. Excellent sir, everything from your presentation, editing, clarity etc was spot on. I hope you can comprehend the amount of seeds you have planted in people's lives with this content, and if so, let it bring you peace and satisfaction in your work. Before watching as an unknowing newb I had lots of ideas in mind thus downloaded AffinityD (seeing AdobeI now on a sub model, used to tinker with photoshop as a teen years back). I tried to create the designs I had in mind thinking this photoshop knowledge would see me through and TOTALLY flopped. This was actually excellent though as throughout the video I had so many 'AHH! So that's how I would go about doing that! moments haha. Cheers once again mate, I'm hooked and you've unlocked a door into a whole new realm for me and I'm sure so many others...

[@ArtistWright]

Honestly it's really nice reading comments like yours, especially knowing you watched the full tutorial! It's not the shortest video 😂 I appreciate your kind words. thanks Leo

[@worriedpixels]

Thank you.

[@ArtistWright]

Hi WorriedPixels thank you so much for the Super Thanks 🙏

[@anggarizal02]

Thank You for your efforts by made this tutorial. I really learn basic (important) things on this AD. Really helpful 🙏🏼

[@ArtistWright]

No worries 👍

[@bww3321]

Thanks

[@ArtistWright]

Hi thanks for the SUPER!

[@LibbyEggleston]

Thanks!

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you so much for the Super Thanks. I'm happy to hear you like my tutorials

[@JestersPartiesKent]

Great video, you are a great teacher, thank you for talking to the time to do the video

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you Jesters

[@winnielau9487]

It is a wonderful tutorial. Now i know Affinity Designer much more that before. Thank you so much.

[@ArtistWright]

Cheers 👍

[@1dulceritmo]

Thank you so much ! As soon as saw your video on tik tok I came here! ❤❤❤❤

[@ArtistWright]

Wow that's great to know! I always wonder if people come over from the tok

[@laurahaynes2112]

Thanks ... Can you do a video for Apple iPad, please thanks🙏

[@ArtistWright]

I don't own an iPad yet

[@gailbarlow8958]

Thanks! I need to learn to make seamless patterns in Affinity but if I go and learn more about the program it will be better so your video will be very helpful. I will have to keep returning to watch - there has been quite a lot in just 30 mins in!

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks Gari ! I actually have a couple of tutorials on seamless patterns so go and check them out when you need to

[@ArtistWright]

Big Massive thank you for the SUPER THANKS 👍🏻 it's much appreciated

[@anne2309]

Thanks - amazing tutorial, learnt so much, appreciate all your hard work 😊

[@ArtistWright]

Your SUPER THANKS is very much appreciated 👍

[@benjaminpastrana9662]

Wow! Just what I needed 🎉🥰

[@ArtistWright]

Cheers

[@musanauvalhasan406]

thank you for making this video, this help me so much as a beginner👍👍

[@ArtistWright]

That's great to hear! Thanks

[@Ninaninaiw]

¡Gracias!

[@ArtistWright]

Your SUPER THANKS really helps my channel thank you for watching!

[@11941leechie]

I'm assuming you spliced a whole lot together...Very effortless flow. enjoyed it.

[@ArtistWright]

Well I planned to record each tool and feature separately and tried to tie them in so it makes sense how each section flows for better understanding. It took ages! 😂 Thanks for watching

[@raycheruiyot]

thank you so much for this video

[@ArtistWright]

👍

[@jillwirsing7544]

Thanks! Awesome job! Thank you for the hard work that you put into this!

[@ArtistWright]

I really appreciate the SUPER THANKS Jill! 🙏

[@jillwirsing7544]

@@ArtistWrightYou are welcome!

[@beingofsymbols]

This was amazing . Thank you 🙏🏻

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you!

[@anasbeshir9698]

Been waiting for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Adobe... or Ado-NOT-TO-be or Adobyyyyyyyeeeeeeeee!!!

[@ArtistWright]

The wait it over! Hope you get alot out of it

[@ARCABRO]

Saludos desde Costa Rica, me parece el mejor compendio de videos para Designer, así es como los novatos podemos aprender, muchas gracias

[@ArtistWright]

Aprecio tus comentarios, gracias por mirar mi amigo.

[@manumiu]

Wow, thank you so much! Got a ton of value out of this course! (Note: If you didn't put the Clipping vs. Masking section in the Layers chapter on purpose, you forgot to add a separate chapter for it)

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the Super thanks! Yes that's a good idea actually thanks! 🙏

[@manumiu]

​@@ArtistWright You're most welcome! 🤗 Sorry if my previous note wasn't clear enough... You already have the section where you talk about "Clipping vs Masking" (1:04:35) but it's not marked as chapter in this KZbin video. Maybe you just forgot to list it in the time stamps of your description or mark it as chapter when uploading this course. Just noticed it because after watching the entire video I wanted to jump back to this section and couldn't find it anymore. But it's really not a problem, I just wanted to point it out. 😉 Liked & Subscribed. Thanks again!

[@ArtistWright]

@@manumiu oh wow I totally didn't realise! Thank you, there are so many chapters I guess I forgot thanks

[@ArtistWright]

Hey I've updated it and have added a downloadable chapter list on my Gumroad shop (link in description of video) thanks for that

[@manumiu]

@@ArtistWright Yes, totally understand. Thought so, that's why I wanted to point it out 😀 Thanks for adding the chapter!

[@gardenia-teal]

Great video,love it💞

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you 🙏

[@burneychoo]

thank you. great tutorial...

[@ArtistWright]

Cheers

[@marcelomatiello77]

Thank you so much. I'm from Brazil and I am really enjoying this. Do you have a tutorial for photo 2?

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you Marcelo. I stick to Designer but on occasion you will see how I integrate Affinity photo into the workflow

[@BeastieFloyd]

Just working on my own tutorials so this is great. #AntiAdobeRevolution

[@ArtistWright]

Nice one dude! Good luck with the channel!

[@peace.n.blessings5579]

Thank you for uploading this video

[@ArtistWright]

No problem

[@laaljaabderrahim3062]

Thank you for all your efforts on this GREAT video! I hope you will make the same for AFFINITY PUBLISHER and AFFINITY PHOTO ! THANK YOU VERY MUCH .

[@ArtistWright]

I appreciate the love!

[@ThorstenDolling]

Very Useful... Thank you very much

[@ArtistWright]

Cheers

[@fayevalentine3712]

Wow. Thank you for this! Any plans on doing other Affinity products?

[@ArtistWright]

No problem! Perhaps in the future

[@benosborne413]

GREAT video.

[@ArtistWright]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@benosborne413]

@@ArtistWright Now waiting for intermediate and advance.😁

[@ArtistWright]

@@benosborne413 well that's where my other videos come in. Check the pen and node tool tutorial etc

[@harryvanlamoen8195]

fantastic !! thank you so much

[@ArtistWright]

No problem!

[@mustyarticraftz891]

This is gold ❤👏

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you!

[@frankdearr2772]

Great video, thanks 👍

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks Frank

[@roblaw3455]

Fantastic tutorial thank you so much. A question please, how did you get basic brushes (vector brush section) in the Designer Persona, I only have the basic ones in the Pixel Persona?

[@ArtistWright]

The basic brushes just come as standard in both pixel and designer persona

[@magblogs]

Did you talk about the Vector crop tool ?

[@ArtistWright]

I don't believe so, perhaps next time. Is there anything you would like to know specifically

[@WagnerOshange]

Amazing, thank you, it's a usefull course ❤

[@ArtistWright]

Cheers Wagner

[@cfoxx]

Thank You!!!

[@ArtistWright]

You're welcome!

[@OHAO-c6g]

Thank you finally

[@ArtistWright]

Enjoy and learn

[@little_moments514]

No matter how much I thank you it will never be enough!!😍😍 Thank you so so so much for this comprehensive guide, It helped me a lot and will help so many in the future ❤❤ I can already see myself coming back to this whenever I get stuck at something in designer😅😅 But hey, are we also gonna get a comprehensive guide for Affinity Photo?🤔🤔 Am I asking for too much?🤔🤔 Hmm...? Anyway, once again Thank you so much May your each tomorrow be brighter than today

[@ArtistWright]

I really appreciate reading comments like yours! Thank you! For Affinity photo, perhaps I'll make tutorials on that in future, but not the comprehensive guide just yet

[@little_moments514]

@@ArtistWright I am looking forward to it!!🤗🤗

[@Chalistyle]

You Awesome 🎉🎉🎉

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks Chali

[@abejasmiel]

Muchas gracias, saludos desde México :)

[@ArtistWright]

¡Gracias por ver! ¡Aprecio los comentarios!

[@icelatte6008]

I feel like I should role over my post 9/11 GI bill to you 😂 for all the learning I’ve had 😂🎉

[@ArtistWright]

Your service is payment enough!

[@chbo682]

1:17:04 is there a way to set the number of copies on the ipad version?

[@ArtistWright]

I don't own an iPad, so don't know for sure but I googled it and there doesn't seem to be any information I can find. Have you used the help section on affinity?

[@LOGOASSASSIN]

3:19:49 - What if I want the stroke included in the gradient? IE I've made a heavier version of the font with the stroke but now when i add a gradient it ignores the stroke:(

[@ArtistWright]

In the context tool bar when in the gradient tool you can choose stroke or fill

[@LOGOASSASSIN]

@@ArtistWright OK thanks I'll try, I'm new to Affinity, in illustrator you could delete the old inner lines making it one thicker solid object. I'm now back at the start learning this as Adobe blocked usage, I think many are now leaving and moving to Affinity. Like going to Davinci Resolve from After Effects. Your videos are very good and clear, I have subscribed.

[@ArtistWright]

@@LOGOASSASSIN yeah alot of people are making the switch that's for sure. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by deleting the inner lines but you can just set the fill to none and keep the stroke outline. You can also expand the stroke.

[@BeastieFloyd]

Word up

[@ArtistWright]

Word

[@cathmaguire7887]

Thanks for tutorial much appreciated. Can u help me solve an issue? I want a border exactly 12mm apart, so two rectangles aligned 12mm apart. Thank

[@cathmaguire7887]

Hi just to add I'm using an ipas

[@ArtistWright]

To create a border around a rectangle exactly 12mm apart you can make a duplicate of the rectangle, then tap on the contour tool, set it to minus 12mm in the context tool bar (if you want the new rectangle on the inside) now tap on bake appearance. Ofcourse your document units should be in mm (document setup) before you do the steps above.

[@cathmaguire7887]

@ thank you! Will have a go

[@ArtistWright]

Excellent

[@cathmaguire7887]

@@ArtistWrighthi me again. Thanks it worked. Another question. How do I deselect ruler on iPad? Thanks again

[@davidvanmelkebeke4560]

Is it possible that the Basic brush set is not available in the trial? I am using the trial of version 2.5.5 to see if I like Affinity Designer before purchasing it. I have about 11 brushes sets, but no Basic set.

[@ArtistWright]

Honestly I don't know, I've never had a trial version, and I can't recall ever not having the basic ones

[@motiongraphic3967]

Mate..do you have tutorials for ipad as well?

[@ArtistWright]

I'm afraid not, I don't have an iPad yet

[@motiongraphic3967]

@@ArtistWright damn it! If I had coins I would have bought you one so you could teach us all. You are mind-blowing instructor

[@ArtistWright]

@@motiongraphic3967 I truly appreciate your review of my teaching style! I remember using affinity designer on an iPad in the apple store and I couldn't understand anything 😂 It was like I was back to square one again. You will have to teach me!

[@motiongraphic3967]

@@ArtistWright I am learning bit by bit everyday. It's frustrating but I got chatgpt to help me. It's working but so damn slow mate! Ok that note, the level of your instruction is UNMATCHED! This is an amazing software but not many out there on the web who could teach so well as you do. So grateful to your effort and thanks heaps!

[@ArtistWright]

@@motiongraphic3967 when I first started learning Affinity there almost no tutorials. I bought the Affinity book and it was good but also it was frustratingly slow to learn that way. So I now make videos i wish I could have watched. With a video and spoken instructions step by step. I'm really happy to hear it helps you. I know I will eventually end up with an iPad, and will inevitably make tutorials once I get used to it. i guess there aren't as many tutorials on the ipad as you have to film the iPad and the hands aswell, not just screen a recording

[@holystrawberry]

excellent God bless

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you!

[@joysky3683]

Im stuck on how to do this: i created a trapezium shaped curve，now i want to make and only make the top stroke wider while the node edges are stll connected and sharp like when i created the path using pen tool , could you please share with me on how to do it?

[@ArtistWright]

Hi thanks for watching, Use the stroke width tool and you can manually decide which parts of your stroke are thick/thin. To make the corners sharp looking, go on the stroke tab and change the join to sharp. Hope that helps

[@joysky3683]

@ArtistWright Thank you v much😄

[@joysky3683]

@@ArtistWright unfortunately it can not change the width of that particular stroke uniformly， for that stroke, i actually wanted to maintain a straight line. Seems affinity designer do not have that function. I can only archieve that effect through sophiscated boolean operations. But thank you v much again！

[@Kev31_]

just thought abut affinity then this video appeared 😔👌

[@ArtistWright]

You are in tune with the channel!

[@nicolasmartz3793]

Tina Turner would have said 'you're simply the best'

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks Nicola!

[@OHAO-c6g]

I hope affinity photo too

[@ArtistWright]

One day

[@mirokantolic9036]

Have you ever though of being president? Fantastic work! No comment! :)

[@ArtistWright]

Ha that's nice of you to say, I'm glad you like it. Cheers

[@FAUZANKURNIAZAIN-]

Why don’t we get a perfect circle when we use contour if the radius is high (more than 200 px)? Anyone get same problem and can fix it?

[@corn_the_dog]

2:04:37 berd

[@ArtistWright]

What is that?

[@ImposterCinnamon]

Good bye Adobe 👋

[@ArtistWright]

👍

[@petera379]

Well, that's nice and all, I guess, but unfortunately, your video freezes a minute in and is completely useless. Good try, though.

[@ArtistWright]

try and change the quality to standard definition, perhaps your internet connection isn't so strong. I hope you get it to work

[@philipperobert2050]

Merci ! Tuto très instructif qui donne envie d'aller plus loin !

[@ArtistWright]

PHILIPPE Thank you so much for the SUPER THANKS 👍🏻 and kind comment. I appreciate it and it helps my channel to continue