How to Design Clean, Modern Layouts in Affinity Publisher

[@amaaan_designs]

4:02 hey quick question, I absolutely love Helvetica & I know that Helvetica isn't a free typeface. So I've never used it tbh, but I wanted to ask like does it require me to purchase the licence to design for personal use like what you've designed?! Thanks!

[@mikeeomega]

I haven't used Publisher, but this is a great tutorial.

[@RyanMungia]

Thanks for watching!

[@roguewavecreative]

I’m curious. Have you used affinity long? I used it off and on for awhile but did not feel like I could tke the leap away from AI. I finally did it as I was beta testing 2.6 they have made some real advancements to the pencil tool and other things. Also they formed this Advisory Board of designers I really respect so I figuredwhy not. The main issue that seemed to follow Affinity over the years was that they did not have any well known designers promoing their software. This change is huge as I think it will get them to teach and show people what you can do Anywyas I enjoyed you video and any thoughts you have on my long winded thought is appreciated.

[@RyanMungia]

That's an interesting take and makes complete sense. It'll be fascinating to see how that develops in the coming months/years. I started using Affinity this year, so not too long relatively speaking. I've found it pretty intuitive, though I'm still learning new things all the time. That said, I also continue to use Adobe because as a freelancer it's required by many of of the vendors and clients I work with. Thanks for your thoughts-long-winded comments are always appreciated!

[@roguewavecreative]

@ I have been in biz for over 20 yrs. Mostly do branding / graphic / web. I am getting rid of adobe month end. Most stuffwe do now can be in pdf. What I have noticed recently and I am not sure if it’s me learning Affinity more but ai files come over much better now it seems. Again it could be me. I think a mistake I was making before was when I would bring something over in an AI file when you get that box that comes up I don’t think I was checking to keep the text and then it was not only outlining it but just doing some other weird stuff so I think that’s what it is. The thing I love about affinity is that it’s so much smoother than Adobe and the whole like integration just makes so much sense and now that I use Final Cut Pro for video and let’s be honest I mean, I don’t do real heavy animation I can use Canva for that. There’s a lot of stuff you can do in those programs now that you can pretty much do animation unless again like if you’re doing high-end stuff than obviously you gotta do after effects but oh my God after effects I mean, talk about a clunky program anyways always fun to talk shop.

[@RyanMungia]

​@@roguewavecreative Super interesting to hear. I was doing stuff for a restaurant recently and the manufacturer making its coasters would only accept AI files. That has been my experience for the most part, but anecdotally I've heard of others making the switch without too much hassle. I agree, though, Affinity is super smooth and a great software. Always a pleasure talking shop!

[@roguewavecreative]

@ I think there is a website or something out there where you can convert files to ai.

[@neophron25]

Why didn't you use the local vector pen tool?

[@RyanMungia]

Good catch-I totally missed that. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll definitely keep it in mind next time.