Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basic Text Effects

[@Mageikman]

what font is that? It's really nice

[@mikebuley]

Wow ... fantastic. Mesmerized while watching. Just trying to wrap my head around different tools. Been using Designer for a few years, but very basic stuff. Your videos are brilliant. Your mastery of it is breathtaking. Will watch again, with many many stops while I follow along step by step with my own text. I know repetition is the mother of learning, and repeat I will ... gradually hope to understand what you're doing and why. Many thanks.

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Thanks Mike, appreciate the awesome comment. Yup just keep going and it just. gets better and better ;-)

[@brianblather]

I do love the tutorial, subscribed, and did hit the notifications but, right at the beginning when the conversion from text to curves happens, if people are not getting this to work well, you need to select all the curves (letters) and then use the geometry Add Tool. The first time around when I followed along things did not work out the same if this step is skipped.

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Awesome, thanks for this!

[@JYdeV-om3rn]

Great video! I appreciated the faster speed. I paused when needed but appreciated the speed when I knew the steps you were taking and didn't want to scrub through. Thank you!

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Thank you so much for the comment I really really appreciate it. Comments UP and down 🙃.

[@victory1847]

I've watched a few text effect videos and yours has been most helpful and I'm only a few minutes in. THANK YOU!!!!

[@samashton4035]

Loving your tutorials bro. So many techniques in one tutorial, and what a sense of humor aswell, makes me laugh and learn, definitely keeps me locked in to your videos. Keep up the good work my guy!!!!

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Thanks for the awesome comment Sam!

[@StompSlaps]

Totally subscribed... I've learnt more off of your two videos than I have from a paid Affinity tutorial course from Udemi.... Thank you so much.

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

That’s even better than the last comment!!! Appreciate it and thanks for the sub 🤘

[@StompSlaps]

Keep on Creating fella let me know your PayPal and I’ll send you a beer 👍🏼

[@20vK]

This was really funny! Great tutorial too, Mike. You packed loads of techniques into one video. Keep up the good work, big man!

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Richie Rich haha, thanks Richie. Hope mask printing is going well !

[@BullMarketBandit]

Amazing!

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Awesome thanks!

[@genevieveafonso8124]

Hi from a fellow SA expat! Great tutorial! The end result is gorgeous!👌I’m trying to decide if I should get affinity designer for the typography aspect in some of my illustrations as Procreate is good for brush lettering but not so much typography. I already have affinity photo and I love it for converting colour space and touching up my work ready for printing, but I’m not experienced in graphic design programs in any way 😅

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Howzit bru! Thanks for watching appreciate the comment and letting me know where you are from 😀👍

[@superteeprints371]

cool video mike nice tutorial thks for sharing stay safe

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Thanks ST! Have a awesome week!

[@Avant5]

Subscribed! I hope you do a lot more of these. I dumped everything Adobe and bought the entire Affinity line, and there's obviously a lot less Affinity material on KZbin, but tons of Illustrator stuff which doesn't translate well trying to follow along in Designer.. It's funny you call this "basic" because it's really pro looking and not basic at all! There are so many clickbait titles out there, and this one totally undersold the video!

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Awesome, thank you! I really really appreciate that 🤘

[@Svreign.Studious]

DOPE FONT BROOOOO

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Thanks bru! 🤘

[@mamasewcrafty6562]

Great video! I learned a lot! When I add the outline and expand the stroke then add the center of my D fills in. Did I miss something? How do I fix this? Thanks again for you help

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey LM. I ran into the same problem in another video I think. You basically have to divide the letter ungroup it and use the inner section to punch out the inside of the 'd'. Have a look at this video, it will show you the stage more than I can try explain it through, because I know i'll just confuse myself haha… kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqPNY4RoYs2Vibs

[@TheChecklister]

How did you make a word or text?

[@TheBlackKowboy]

Mike, I’m hoping you can help me. I’m having the same issue you addressed for Mama Sew Crafty below. My text has the letter O in it like in Lost. I’ve tried using the other video you mentioned but I can’t take out the center of the O so that it is back to transparent. Am I missing something from the video? I put the yellow like in the video to be able to see the center, the O curve in the layer has the hole out but the O text doesn’t and isn’t transparent but white. There has to be a way to punch out the white O center, I’ve exhausted everything I can think of to fix this, help; Please! Thanks.

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey there! Thanks for your message, just working through some bits at the moment and then I can look at this 😉

[@TheBlackKowboy]

@@KeeponCreatingTV Thanks so much, Mike. I don't know if it makes a difference but the word I'm using in my design is LOGIC and the font is Speedbeast.

[@ndcoach29]

This is fantastic!!

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

The nd! ;-)

[@robbarrow2097]

Hello! I am unable to keep my curves together. Instead, I have to individually select the curves and then expand the stroke. How do I ensure they are grouped together?

[@raisedlatam]

Hey bro, what version is the affinity designer... i think my program doesn't have some tools. regards from chile CL CL CL

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey Mauricio! i'm currently on 1.8.3. You've got some great vids on your channel

[@raisedlatam]

@@KeeponCreatingTV tks bro...

[@njcamocutie7085]

If i have a photo and i want to take out an object on it, how do i make that blank color to match rest of background? Thank you

[@adenclay]

Do you have a knockout text tutorial?

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey Hawkeye! Great idea thanks for asking, I’ll put it together 👍

[@chrisa9222]

Why do you only have one curve in the group at the beginning? I have each letter individually as a curve. Was there a step forgotten?

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey Christian, if you select all your letter and click the 'add' function button it will become one curve or element. Let me know if that makes sense.

[@chrisa9222]

@@KeeponCreatingTV Thanks a lot it worked. I had the wrong font, so it didn't work. Nice tutorial thank you very much. Please more of it, but maybe a little slower :D

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Great stuff, will try to slow down 🤣

[@basscomputer]

@@KeeponCreatingTV this was tripping me up too.

[@ScottCallahanSr]

Awesome video..love the font. What is it. Keep up the great afd videos.txs again

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey there!, thanks for the awesome comment. Here is where to find the font ;-) www.whatfontis.com/CR_Marine-Fairytale-Clean-otf-400.font

[@gormangraphics]

Add i cant duplicate with the icon at bttm

[@ndcoach29]

I’ve tried this on two different computers and it keeps crashing the app when I try to add the lines together or even skip that part and try to just divide! Your Mac must be made of steel because mine isn’t having it, LOL!! Is there another way to achieve this without crashing my computer?

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

I love this comment, made of steel! try doing a few lines at once, not all of them. This should help the processing of the computer… Thanks again for the comment!

[@taalfthorpe7498]

awesome tutorial but I cannot get passed intersecting the shadow lines. I've tried starting from scratch 3 times but cannot get the intersect option available. first week playing around with the program though so maybe il figure it out. If anyone has any ideas what's goin on lmk!

[@greymatter33]

My layers don't have those triangle icons and so I cannot select curves.

[@enzorocha2977]

Solid tutorial, changed my mind about Designer as I've been leaning towards getting InDesign. About those multiple lines though, I know it's a necessary step but...is there an easier way? Maybe a free, legit, ready-made multiple line graphic (with the diminishing weights already done) download one can import as an editable layer? I have carpal tunnel RSI, and the manual input for line width stressed me, no lie lol Again, thank you for the episode, for a crash course it's just solid gold.

[@Mageikman]

when i select the text button and add my text then go to convert to curves it makes each letter individual is that normal?

[@njcamocutie7085]

how do i make text go up and down (vertical) im doing a project and im clueless

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey NJ, not sure if you mean rotate it or just Type a letter hit enter and repeat - then centre the text so it all lines up?

[@annasmuslimin4589]

But i think its not editable isn't ? Is there any tutorial that we can edit the text ?

[@brooksrocco]

What is this font?

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey Brooks, here it is: www.whatfontis.com/CR_Marine-Fairytale-Clean-otf-400.font

[@crigar001]

amazing

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Thanks Cristain, that's awesome!

[@EWBlox]

Im brand new to design software and I notice when I use ctrl-J to duplicate my "Pen Lines" they are created one on top of the other, they do not move up as yours does?

[@Illecebrous]

Methodus... duplicate the first line..take the duplicate sitting on the top line and manually move it up to a separation you like... Affinity remembers the width of your separation and will reproduce that line and distance for you when hitting Ctrl + J... Affinity calls it Power Duplicating

[@gregh.4668]

Has anyone have this problem; Clicked on Expand Stroke, it shut down the Affinity Designer program?

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey Greg, I haven't run into this problem, if you try select a single line then expand does it do the same thing?

[@gregh.4668]

@@KeeponCreatingTV No it doesn't. I'm wondering if it's do to me using WIN 7? I noticed when you multiplied the lines, the lines automatically multiplied in a upward motion(I had to adjust my lines manually. Do you think that my issue is platform based?

[@LibertyGraphicDesigns]

cool vid

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Thanks very much, stay safe, stay creative!

[@KonradasDesignCo]

Thank You sooo much, man! Can't wait to take away an IPad from my wife, and create something related to this awesome stuff :)

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

hahah, need to work on getting the ipad version up and running 🙃

[@KonradasDesignCo]

@@KeeponCreatingTV Subscribed You, so I won't miss Your future content, now I need to keep up with past content :) You are making outstanding work here, especially for Affinity Designer users like myself. I really appreciate that, buddy! Keep on Creating! ❤️

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

@Konradas Daukšas Love it ⚡

[@jiat2001]

Those were not cute monkeys 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have a question for you, what font did you use for this tutorial? Love the video and keep up the good work 👍🏽👏🏽❤️

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hey Blackdragon, here it is: www.whatfontis.com/CR_Marine-Fairytale-Clean-otf-400.font

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Remember to Hit the LIKE button + SUBSCRIBE. Thank you for all the support! Follow along file: keeponcreating.shop/product/affinity-designer-tutorial-files/

[@suescreativecrafts4090]

need to go a little bit slower for beginners, overall good video

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Ok thanks for the feedback.

[@wudashudacuda]

You can slow the video down in settings, bottom left hand side, and still understand what is being said.

[@alantuttphotography]

@@wudashudacuda True, but the speed doesn't add in details that get glossed over.

[@gormangraphics]

Add not so many edits. Im lost when he had strokes.

[@gormangraphics]

Redo

[@miketaiwanwalkcity6355]

I discovered Affinity D yesterday and this tutorial is TOO HARD for beginners, I keep rewinding and could not achieve the lesson. THE MOUSE POINTER is TOO SMALL

[@hortondlfn1994]

I agree about going a bit slower. Also, it would help if you would explain, as you go, WHY you are doing what you do. For example, at 9:18, why change the color? Are you just playing around or is that a necessary step? Sometimes, you drop your voice AND talk so fast I cannot understand what you are saying at all, much less understand why you take certain steps. I don't want to learn only how to replicate what you are doing, I would like to be able to learn the principles, as well, so I can use them with other designs.

[@Seanistaken]

tried to follow this 3 different times you go to quick i spend more time rewinding than anything else

[@Mageikman]

i agree this was deff not a beginner video

[@rajathkumar817]

Sir you have mistaken....this isn't a basic one😂

[@debbiehowie9560]

I am a visual learner but please slow down. I had to keep pausing and backing up to be able to follow you.

[@letsgofishing2]

You talk far too quickly for people to be able to follow....gave up 4 mins into the video

[@DatDyme980]

😜😜🤪🤪🤪 Nothing BASIC about this effect!

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Hahaha 😂

[@joanneamantea2033]

Sure looks like you know your stuff! BUT YOU GO WAY TOOO FAST!!! plus you mumble!!!!! I found it incredibly annoying to have to go back, stop and start again. Speak clearly and go slower and I will bet you that you will get more subscribers especially those of us newer to AD

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Thanks for your comment, hopefully it’s improved in the more recent videos. 👍

[@oregonwinemarketing9061]

Way too fast.

[@KeeponCreatingTV]

Yup, the more recent videos are slower 😀