Affinity Designer Tutorial for Beginners on iPad

This video should help you get started using Affinity Designer. The main focus of this video is to cover as much as possible in as little time as possible. I had originally aimed at doing a 10 minute video, but I felt it left out way to much vital information, so 28 minutes it ended up being.
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In this video I talk about
- How to navigate the interface
- Gestures
- How to power duplicate
- What the personas do (pixel vs vector vs export persona)
- Vector brush
- and so much more.
If anyone is experiencing crashes, freezes and a disconnecting Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro 1st generation and knows how to fix it. Please let me know.
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[@sarahferdinande6095]

Fantastic video, I would love to see more videos on Affinity Designer for ipad 😄.

[@hopeshineseternal]

Rough Timestamps: New Folder/Canvas and Options 0:24 Help button 1:20 Preference configuration 1:56 Entering Drawing Interface Vector and Pixel Personas 3:03 Export Persona 4:58 Interface Options 5:26 Drawing tools and Contextual Controls 6:24 Studios 7:48 Deselect, snapping and trashcan 9:49 Using Affinity Designer Manipulating Canvas, Undo & Redo, Version history 11:05 Swiping shortcut 11:41 Colour Outline 12:11 Selection (Objects and Layers) 12:46 Using Eyedropper to Change colour of object or select colour 13:56 Transform 15:23 Text 17:14 Layers 18:16 Pixel Persona Drawing with Pixels 19:26 Pixel Layer clipping 20:27 Grouping layers 21:05 Duplicate objects 21:21 Wrap-up (Studios run-down) 22:29 Symbols 23:29 Layer FX 24:21 Adjustments 24:52 Continues Studios run-down

[@lynnmason475]

Ditto to all the previous comments. It's easy to learn when the teacher is so great. Thanks

[@candhbrewer1]

This is one of the best tutorials I’ve ever viewed. The presentation is well-focused and proceeds logically.

[@witzbold70]

Excellent tutorial. Very much appreciated. Would love to see more in depth on each of the personalities and tools.

[@heidiwaldmann9815]

Definitely one of the very best tutorials I’ve ever seen! Perfect pacing, perfect amount of information, nothing extraneous. THANK YOU!!

[@patriciacoveney1]

This was an. Extremely useful overview of the app. As a complete beginner in Vector drawing/designing I would really like to see a simple tutorial as to how you actual guide your pen/pencil using anchor points to create the lines and curves you want. It feels totally alien from drawing freehand and I find the drawing tool has a life of its own and doesn’t do what I want.i would be grateful for an explanation of how to do this. Many thanks for all the tutorials.

[@JoyavanRheenen]

In all my years on KZbin I think this will be my first time actually commenting. Thank you very much for this super clear tutorial! The way you explain everything is just perfect. I’ll be watching a lot more of your tutorials!

[@ArtandDesign]

Thank you very much JoyavanRheenen. That's great to hear! I really appreciate your feedback 😄 Have an awesome day!

[@thierrycaracalla1139]

Excellent tutorial for a fantastic app. I appreciated it very much and all of your tuto on procreate. Would love to see more in depth on Affinity designer on ipad and more on contextuel control.Good job and very clear !!!

[@jeng151]

Thank you for this. As a complete beginner to digital art I deeply appreciate the pace of your explanation and even the speed with which you select options. Most tutorials go so fast- they tap around between selections too quickly & utterly lose those of us who are looking at this interface for the first time. This was excellently done.

[@MrFizzygas]

Hi If the speed of delivery is to fast, then as the video starts click the three dots in the top right of the video click playback speed and select a speed that is suitable for you to follow.

[@phillheimann1864]

I’ve been struggling with Affinity for a few days now, best intro tutorial I’ve seen!

[@ArtandDesign]

Fantastic to hear, I'm glad it was helpful 😃

[@MP-mg7og]

@@ArtandDesign Re apple pencil probs (your description) mine won't connect consistently or battery drain issues. Solution - using an inexpensive generic stylus, no Bluetooth, no problems - click on and start drawing :)

[@effindelicious3394]

I was a little overwhelmed and somewhat lost after I downloaded this app because of the many features it has. I needed someone to walk me through as a beginner to get started and this video definitely did that! Thank you so much for making this video and I look forward to seeing more of yours.

[@Samhaindigo]

Wonderful, I hope to see more Affinity Designer uploads from you on anything and everything as you have such a very clear, uncomplicated way/ approach of explaining things that makes learning lovely.

[@ManooMedia]

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[@severinchristensen295]

I love everything about these videos, and the editing is great. You’re an amazing teacher and my gratitude is through the roof. Thank you for making these. You rock!

[@marcoscoifman3056]

48 year old designer here, working the curve into new tech after decades in Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign (and recently Procreate) and this blew my mind. Thank you. Got a lot to learn but, hey, I guess I don't need the big display anymore. It's ipad and macbook from now on. Thanks. Loved the straight to the point class, no bullshit. Cheers from Peru.

[@PeggyChai]

Thank you so much for the sharing. I just got the Affinity Designer for iPad yesterday. I'm so glad to find your tutorial. At first I was afraid to look at Affinity Designer. After going through your tutorial, I feel more confident now. You are amazing. 😊

[@monalefae]

You are so knowledgeable and your delivery is gentle. It made learning this overwhelming program easy to understand. I can’t thank you enough!!! Also, your accent is great. It helps. 😎❤️

[@stephaniewagstaff6563]

I purchased affinity last night without a clue as to how this all works. I have been watching their videos the entire day but haven’t learned what I needed to in order to get started or even know how to start. I would use pages before and cut and paste and got pretty good at it but since loosing the firm we hired due to their inability to be creative on an essence level beyond coding.I have set out to learn enough myself to save money. So much easier said than done. I’m only a few minutes in and your voice is soothing and finally after an entire day Of trying to find a video with basics and beyond I feel I am going to learn how to be someone who can not draw but is a designer be able to figure out a middle ground and hopefully save thousands of dollars.

[@jsi4452]

I just happened upon you, and I'm so glad. You explained everything I need to know to use Affinity Designer. I'm new to the Ipad and was struggling so badly because of the screen contrast and smallness of the icons, plus not know where to look for help. You are a godsend and I hope after watching your video a couple more times, I will be able to use Affinity. Thank you soooo much. You are great.

[@FirstLast-ck1kf]

Once again, an excellent tutorial ! thank you for the content you are delivering : it is just flawless.

[@KerrieRedgate]

This is excellent. Very clear and precise. The multitude of panel options always look so daunting in graphics software, but you have given them clear context via your demo and instructions. Very well put together. Many thanks!!

[@goldivox50]

Fabulous video - anticipating more on this app, especially on the vector side

[@MarisaFotosensible]

Thanks so much, it has been a great starting point for having no experience at all in this sort of resources.

[@christianlara1]

WwooowW!!! Excellent tutorial! Thank you sooo much! Looking forward to future tutorials 🙏🏼

[@robertdelapena9629]

I subscribed, thank you for working on more AD tutorial videos. I’m looking forward to them🙌🏻

[@BoxOfChocs]

I bought this app today - was experiencing buyers remorse as I struggled to make it work. Then I saw your video! Now I'm worried that I'm going to spend too much time on it! A couple of great tutorials I've seen for other products involve reproducing an existing graphic - eg. in this case, on the right insert a complicated infographic - then build it from scratch on the left. Subscribed!

[@volchitsa555]

Such an amazing and so helpful video! Thank you so much! Would love to see more tutorials from you. Cheers!

[@jawiginla]

Thank you for a wonderful insight into a wonderful app and yes I will love to see more videos on the specific capabilities of the app, for example, animations and logos. I look forward to seeing your take

[@gtothewall]

I would love to see how you use this for UI design. This was a great intro to the app thank you!

[@luxbook]

Best affinity tutorial I’ve seen yet! You’re a wonderful teacher!

[@ArtandDesign]

Thank you very much Kristin 🙏⭐️ really appreciate it

[@Rabababapa]

Love your soothing voice, easily understandable descriptions and perfect pace. Would definitely want to see more affinity designer videos!

[@ykhjpn25]

This affinity designer tutorial video is the best one I ever saw. I do wish I could see more in the future!

[@dutchrene]

Thanx for your great tutorial, this helped me to get started real well! Please keep posting Affinity Designer tutorials!

[@StaffanBerger]

Very informative and pedagogical! The only problem is that I now want to learn so much more about Affinity Designer, so I have to spend six month on full time with it 😀. Many thanks for doing this! /Staffan, Stockholm, Sweden

[@PochoNieves]

ok so I have to give it to you that this was a well invested half hour. This gets me going since I been dreading to learn it and keep doing illustrator. Now I got a head start. Other videos are just to long to watch in one sit. I needed something to bring me in. This already got me designing again but in my iPad Pro, muahahahahaha!

[@maxwellukuleles198]

You’re an excellent teacher. I appreciate the way stay on the topic, give examples as you speak, and keep a reasonable pace for we who are new to this. I hope you’ll keep up your good work!

[@JasonMitchellAZ]

There’s an overwhelming amount of options in this app, but you’ve cleared a lot up... thanks for the video!

[@Jennji76]

Yet again you’ve made a great and well explained video. Like others have said, it would be great to see another series of videos, like your procreate tutorials, for Affinity on the IPad. Your explanations are clear, concise and demonstrated well. Your voice is soothing and relaxing too, which makes for easier verbal processing for me, so thanks. Keep up the great work. 🙂

[@ArtandDesign]

Thank you very much Jennifer 🙏that's great to hear 😃 Ill see what I can do about an Affinity Designer series. Thanks for watching and have an awesome day! ⭐️

[@hieroglyphia3018]

This is the best beginners tutorial out there. I would love to see more videos, please

[@SimbaDesign100]

Thank you so much. I would like to see more!!!!! For exampel something about Interface Design and more about the vector persona. Your Videos are always so clear and helpfull.

[@rgarafulicm]

Both the app and the tutorial are amazing. Good job, man.

[@hollysobiech2790]

Best tutorial for new folks!!! Thanks. I hope to learn to master affinity designer for ipad through your videos.

[@zahana1]

This video is absolutely brilliant! Thank you very much. This has answered many of my questions in a fun and entertaining way. You saved me hours of watching stuff I do not understand. I think this was the best explanation of vector and pixels with examples that I have seen so far.

[@OmerHawary]

This is very useful and it convinced me to buy this tool to add to my Procreate and Affinity Photo collection. Thanks!

[@MissMaryEmbroidery]

I would love more videos! I would love to learn more about the brushes.

[@tamzsha4776]

Fantastic video. I’m a beginner designer. This is very helpful. I’ll be sharing this with others who are looking to learn. Thank you

[@neshiah4747]

Excellent video. Clearly presented. Would appreciate more Affinity videos 🙂

[@TheChameleon2008]

awesome video and hope you can do more videos in the future where you go in deep into the app designing some awesomeness.

[@MMhershey]

Thank you for this beginner tutorial! I'm looking for reasonable alternatives to Adobe Illustrator, since I refuse to pay monthly subscriptions for software... your video was super helpful with exploring the basics of the tools and interface, and honestly I'm sold. I look forward to any and all future tutorials you make with Affinity Designer!

[@ArtandDesign]

Thank you Abysmai 🙏 Glad the video was helpful to help you make a decision. Have an awesome day ✌️

[@ssxxxss]

You can crack it!

[@addyhongt]

I worked with illustrator but never believe we could have Affinitite having rather user friendly software. Thank for you tuition and get me move fast.

[@andybukreev]

We definitely need a user interface tutorial on affinity designer. Tnx for a great video!

[@authenticarkansas]

This video is fantastic. You teach more tricks and tips in less than 30 minutes than a Skillshare course I watched did in 4 videos!

[@ArtandDesign]

Thank you very much Lora, I'm glad you find the information helpful 🙏

[@diamenace96]

Great video, I learned more on this video then the 2hr one I watched, straight to the point on features. Looking forward to more

[@teaboundturtle]

Thank you so much, most of the other tutorials are very hard to understand (bad mic quality) or just take forever to actually explain anything. This video is very quick to the point and nice, thank you so much!

[@aunderforge7792]

Good tutorial as a beginner it is very helpful. Keep on doing things like this. U have no idea how it helps us a lot. Have a good day sir

[@HappyHauser]

I’m a procreate user and beginner designer. Recently I’ve been getting some bigger jobs to design logos for store signs and I’ve been looking at vector programs on the iPad so I can be more mobile and not need my desktop for everything I work on. Seems like Affinity Designer May be the right tool for the job but like you said at the end it was crashing a lot? Seems to be crashing often with other videos I’ve watched from a few creators. Is this a major issue still? Does it run better on the newest iPad Pro and pencil 2? Thank you so much for this Affinity tutorial. It’s the best one I have found on the site to date. Subscribed!

[@ifaelite8226]

Thank you for this tutorial. I am transitioning to Affinity on IPad Pro and this was super helpful.

[@kosmoe6693]

thank you! would definitely like to see more affinity design tuts from you & your channel. subscribed

[@murmur9845]

Holy moly, your tutorial is so great!! Thank you very much!

[@andregrizzle2287]

Very impressive tutorial! Thanks! I just switched from Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud and learning this has been fun.

[@AndreasSVT]

Great tutorial. Thanks a lot and hope to see more from you in the future.

[@pattikahlbom6359]

Enjoyed the video. Definitely would like to see more detailed videos.

[@adeeltahirkheli]

very very helpful tutorial. i just downloaded the software and after watching this 27 minutes tutorial i know the basics of the software. thanks alot ❤️😍😍😍

[@dancer14280]

Such a warm and engaging teacher. Thanks for the help :)

[@johnnnyfoley]

Brilliant tutorial, thankyou!!! Have been using Sketch but have no macbook at the moment - so in going to try using this on my ipad pro for my digital designing. Had no idea that this level of features was available on my ipad pro. Love the look of it. Thanks again & i'll check out your other vids for sure. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@hArtyTruffle]

Love your videos! I’m going to go look see if you did more of these for Affinity Design. Most helpful 👍🏼 Thankyou 🌻

[@deborahrizzo5016]

Great aide to understand the interface. Thank you.

[@Muiterz]

Extremely excellent beginners video! Thanks!!

[@mattevarnish7455]

This is an amazing video and I learned a lot. Thank you!!

[@m.thiele5012]

This is the best tutorial I’ve ever seen for affinity designer. I would like to see more tutorials for this app. I Would be very thankful for this. 🙏

[@mcg3334]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you.

[@LWashburnDesigns]

Thank you so much. Love your videos.

[@DanDanBlvd]

Downloaded the app few minutes ago; wanted to add another dimension to my photography through vector art. This came on top of the recommended videos. I love how thorough the instructions are. :)

[@ArtandDesign]

Thanks for sharing! That's great to hear

[@Julian-yk1sx]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks!

[@RussOniPhone]

Man I learned so much from this video, thank you your voice and manor make you good at what your doing

[@suevanbuer2774]

Extremely intuitive and pleasantly, succinctly delivered!!

[@corienbuitenhuis3625]

Absolutely best video i saw on this subject

[@94amen]

Thanks so much. This was super well done. Very helpful.

[@barryvenditti614]

Fabulous demonstrations and explanations.

[@DeguCraftScienceGirl]

This is the video tutorial i needed! Thank you.

[@mikematthews9763]

This video was awesome! Thank you!

[@williamb689]

A great tutorial, yes I would love to see more of your videos, many thanks.

[@Alex-von-Tiesenhausen]

Great overview, thank you!

[@fignyc]

Great video! Having you do some interface design sample on your video would be awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[@ManooMedia]

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[@JohnMarshall-NI]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Much appreciated!

[@ef439]

Bravo ! i learn so much with your videos , if you can continue with affinity designer it will be great !

[@SamuelJDavis]

Thanks for the tutorial. Nice work!

[@lettienugent]

Excellently explained.

[@relative_vie]

So glad I found your channel !

[@arukshun2710]

Great video. You are very good at explaining things in a clear and concise manner.

[@ArtandDesign]

Thank you very much for your kind feedback 🙌

[@cacomartin]

thanks for share the first steps! very useful 👌👏👏👏

[@w0mblemania]

Thank you for this. Very helpful!

[@rashadcash3337]

Thank you soo much, this made life soo much easier for me.

[@rhianaknight8367]

this tutorial is so helpful, thank you

[@13mikewalks]

Fantastic stuff, thank you!

[@jesseSixworld]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@HkeCheermom]

Omg thank you so much for a simple very well explained video I appreciate this immensely!

[@thomasvansciver9158]

Appreciate all your videos. I’ve been using Procreate for a long time, but missed vector scaling. Use to have Adobe Illustrator a few years ago and was really excited when I found and purchased Affinity Designer. This app will take time to learn so would really appreciate any additional tutorials demonstrating some of these advanced tools for Vector graphics.

[@ArtandDesign]

Hi Thomas! I'll definitely look into it 👍

[@b.jeevanbabu7135]

It's a great job, your are doing. It's is to understand as your explaining basics also. Best every tutorial. Plz Keep doing videos for us.

[@richrose1]

Very nice and helpful video!