Create 3D Text Emblems with Affinity Designer 2.0

[@LavaLemming]

This is my first day learning the affinity tools. Thank you for this tutorial. In ten minutes you cover enough material to get started immediately, and explain things well enough to allow extrapolating in to other projects easily.

[@allandutch9792]

I am so very grateful for your tutorials, Nick. Few Affinity Designer video producers can hold a candle to your clean, clear presentation and easy manner! You don't hum and haw, mumble, backpedal, or obscure the project in any way. Keep up the superb work.

[@tommydaq2]

Super cool tutorial! I'm an Adobe veteran since '94 and just moved to Affinity yesterday! Your tutorials are just what I'm looking for. Thank you for what you do!

[@dan4pr]

I’m not a designer, yet I learned a lot from this video (text, shapes, vector objects/curves, groups, nodes, grouping, outlines, layer effects, warps, etc.). Hope I can learn some more from the Masterclass. Thanks Nick for such good work teaching this stuff!

[@dworsham4540]

You're really good at making tutorials. Very thorough and simple to understand each and every step. Thank you. I just made an awesome 3d text emblem!

[@kalebdodson8382]

I just spent the last hour and a half to do something like this on Affinity Photo V2. Several features either dont exist on photo or have a whole different process to find the same tool. I finally got my design looking like what you have, and though it wasn't done in the exact same way, I am very proud that it looks pretty much identical to what you have. I need to invest in the vector version of affinity hahahah

[@Carlosmlon]

Very interesting workaround for something in "3d". Thank you!

[@nick2781]

best affinity tutorial i have ever seen

[@cgrscott]

These are powerful tools that are forcing me jump off my perpetual licensed install of Illustrator CS6 to have more power and creativity with my vector art. The features in Affinity Designer 2 are helping me to move along in my software transition.

[@mizzysparrots4874]

Thanks for this, many things in this video will help me with other projects im working on, specifically the key shortcuts. i only memorized like 2 so far lol so this helped show me more. i watched this video 3 times and followed along and got it just like yours each time so i think i'm good now! learned a lot, thanks!

[@TedMattos]

Thanks for the tutorial, Nick. Very appreciative!

[@LouScannon2001]

This was a genuinely brill video! Thank you so much. I'm using the OG Affinity Designer but this still worked well for me (With one or two layout differences). I've had Affinity for yeeeeears but seldom use it but I figured I needed to do something with it on a recent gig I had and this video helped me so much to nail what I wanted to do.

[@802OutdoorAdventures]

New affinity user and new sub here. Thanks for a great tutorial!

[@802OutdoorAdventures]

@@YanksandBritsProductions I think it is really great program but I am new to this. The learning curve seems to be a lot better than some of the other programs I have tried. You can't beat the price for what you get in my opinion.

[@802OutdoorAdventures]

@@YanksandBritsProductions I wish I could you decide. I am very new to this. I bought designer only because Photo didn't offer any benefit for me, I don't think. I may regret that later. I also can't speak to licensing as the few designs I have are my own. I figured at that price compared to a monthly subscription as most others are, I couldn't go wrong even if I just used it a few times a month. Sorry I can't help more.

[@anwest]

Awesome tutorial, thank you so much!

[@googleboughtmee]

When clicking Convert to Curves on the Arc warp effect, it doesn't look the same as when the effect was live. If you look closely, most of the curved lines get set back to straight ones. (Although in this video it looks fine, mine is v2.5.5). It's causing issues later on when applying the miter contour, as the contours for each letter overlap and stick out because they're not following a curve. EDIT: Turns out there are a lot of bugs with warping in version 2.5 onwards. A post said to use 2.4.2, so I did, and now it all works fine, things curve as they should. (And I thought switching from Inkscape would mean less bugs!)

[@stevef3663]

Thanks for the video. Two things to note: 1. The video says to use the text tool. Note there are two kinds; Artistic Text and Frame Text. This video uses Artistic. 2. The video says it recommends a serif font yet the example uses a sans serif font. Microgramma is a sans serif example and, say, Baskerville would be a serif example. For me, it's easier to simply type in a font size. Don't have to worry about aspect ratio that way. Also my personal preference is to use a whole number font size not something like 183.9.

[@jessewood8154]

@@YanksandBritsProductions Grab the free 30-day trial, see if you like it.

[@interstellar_ppt]

Hi NIck :) Super thanks for the tutorial, well done! at 06:44 you are using subtract operation, do you think setting the curved white text layer to 'erase' blend mode would achieve the same result? thanks

[@bennyoaks131]

I love this! Will be trying out after work! Thanks!

[@mitchellactual8883]

Get back to work

[@ericaljo]

My affinity designer does not have a warp group.

[@deadringer-cultofdeathratt8813]

Nyuk nyuk nyuk

[@suemarie6032]

WOW, this was awesome. I know if I had to try it myself it would take a long time but you certainly showed all the steps and gave explanation so I'm sure I could do it. I'm new to Affinity and was actually searching if it's possible to have text (not hand lettering) follow grids. If so, would this be in your Masterclass?

[@dragonjohn34]

I want to make the move to affinity, appreciate the videos bruv

[@Mithferion]

Lasso selection with the Node Tools works really nce, pressing Alt while selecting

[@runforrestrun1965]

Fabulous, right to the point.

[@omnymisa]

Thank you, i was looking for a way to make that kind of lettering design in AD, i wish we can have it keeping text editable in the future.

[@evtonic3]

Why didn't you just drag with the text tool to size the type right off the bat? Its a great feature, still haven't seen anyone else do this!

[@gormangraphics]

Hope you're still enjoying the sun. Quick question..... when i took my work to the right side of the work page it disappeared, but yours didn't, how can i make mine do that so i can work in all of my available area? Thanks in advance.....

[@BreezyDaGoat235]

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[@jamesbeatty2867]

Outstanding!! Thank you

[@louieclanor]

Planning to move from Adobe to Affinity. Thanks!

[@therealSCNR]

Im fully updated and I don't have the same toolbar layout. Im also having trouble manually finding the warp functions in the menu bar

[@Drathmorgh]

I learned so much from this! thanks for the great tutorial!

[@iluvavie1795]

Thank you for the tutorial .! I have 1 question, how can I do the same thing with vector?

[@BearFulmer]

I knew by the voice, I was going to subscribe

[@JVPLegacy]

how did you manage to move your work off of canvas and still be able to see it. mine just hides behind the user interface

[@BreezyDaGoat235]

\ button on designer

[@RF-lf5fo]

I have the 2.0 version but the "false perspective" option doesn't show in warp meny. I can only see "perspective" as an option. How to fix it ?

[@tryggviorskarpheinsson2829]

probably changed it between versions, i used perspective and its the same result

[@MarkoHimanka]

I would be happy to see how to do this with AD 1.5

[@ipapyrzowice]

I'd love to know too, I get to the point of selecting "warp group" and that's all I can do 😞

[@MariglenMusko]

Cant you just select the bottom nodes of the first one and just drag them down?

[@attractees]

Great. Thanks for the tutorial. Is there a variant to create this effect without converting the text to curves to preserve the effect for any text?

[@jonathanc2757]

Thanks for this vid, also Greetings from Nov 2024

[@geekaleek]

4:41 What are the shortcuts on a mac? when i did command + j the copies werent layered. They were all stacked on top of each other

[@DesignMadeSimple]

It's Command J. You might've missed a step along the way. This feature can be tricky. The two movements in order: 1.) Duplicate and move down, 2.) Scale down from the top node. It's important not to deselect the object at any point or else the order of transformations gets messed up and it won't work. Try replicating exactly what I did in the video, click for click.

[@ZouariDesign]

@@DesignMadeSimple What the replacement for that command on AI?

[@donaldlowery9321]

Great video, but is there a way to change this text, or do you have to start over every time? Thank You.

[@MA-bx2ev]

Once you 'convert to path' there is no going back.

[@Warlock_UK]

I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to find Convert To Curves. Turns out I need to go from designer to pixel persona :D And moving back to designer brought it back. Weird.

[@hollownights6946]

gREAT ONE THANKS MY G!

[@FernandezEmG]

I just recently gave up on Adobe, and bought the full Affinity suite. is there no 3D extrude type of tool in affinity to create the "extruded" effect?

[@LionDesign]

I dont have the option "false perspective" in the warp tool in Affinity Designer 2. Do I need to enable it?

[@WooaahhGaming]

How do you get False Prospective? I only have prospective

[@DesignMadeSimple]

I think it's the same thing. Sounds like they just changed the name of it in the recent update.

[@pazmey]

Same process on iPad?

[@krystalminton9899]

Nick, do you know of any effect that I could use to give the Embroidery effect to images? I have heard that Photoshop has it. I wished AD did.

[@thatomlotshwa4480]

Can i design clothes with this program?

[@Luschine]

Great tutorial! So sad that Affinity has no "Extrusion"-tool.

[@PurnomoHerySaputro]

How to change uppercase text to lowercase on affinity bro?

[@mrgusse]

As a Affinity Design / Photo user I wonder if upgrading to v2 is worth it? I don't do very advanced stuff in designer, but it's my preferred tool to create stuff for stream overlays and youtube thumbnails.

[@mrgusse]

@@YanksandBritsProductions I was a beginner when I got Affinity v1, and I'm very happy with that purchase. Got Designer + Photo during pandemic, think I payed like $50 each

[@TYoung023]

@@mrgusse I was close to a beginner with Designer V1 last year. Bought Photo V1 a bit later. Learned a lot and not regretting paying $99 for V2 because I got the newest features in both, and got Publisher as well for that price. Probably be closer to $150-$200 soon as individual purchases!

[@torinux4980]

Why my duplicates won't duplicate the last position? they always duplicate in place.

[@tendies]

Thank you!

[@TravisScott-wn8bm]

My designs disappear when I pull them off the page. Can you tell me why?

[@OzeiasQueiroz]

É muito bom fazer o efeito 3D na prática, mas o AFD precisa desenvolver uma ferramenta 3D urgentemente.

[@ErickLopez-st8fw]

I tried to replicate this design step by step as a learning step. Towards the end when you duplicate it and drag it out of the white page you are able to see the design; when I try to drag it out all I see is is a blue stroke (no white or black). What am I doing wrong?

[@oldtraplord6643]

TOP selection "view" > VIEW MODE > CLIP TO CANVAS

[@Impukes]

Thanks so much

[@JackSmith-ud9bg]

COULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO WRITE A STEP BY STEP METHOD FOR THI VIDEO ? THE MAC SCREEN IS HARD TO SEE THE SMALL ARROW AND TOOLS. IF AFFINITY COULD MAGNIFY THE POINTER WHEN ITS OVER THE TOOLS I COULD SEE IT. I CAN'T GET THE CONVERT TO CURVE STEP. SORRY, THANKS

[@bluestar2k755]

maybe try asking without using caps :)

[@habanero6332]

Great Thank you.

[@carlrogueofficial]

Were you able to warp fonts prior to 2.0?

[@jasminer8455]

I'm using 1.10.x and the wrap group is unavailable from the menu location he demo'ed

[@crispb]

As far as I know you can't Snap warps like the perspective which kind of sucks. basically have to eyeball it as you did.

[@djwaynelive]

This is a cool tutorial, but I am still disappointed the developers ditched 'Instant 3D' which was so quick, simple, flexible and useful in the legacy software.

[@peace.n.blessings5579]

Thank you

[@dragonheatbeats9944]

Question: I am interested in paying for your courses, I have the whole Affinity suite 2.0, but 99% of the time I use the iPad version not desktop. Are you planning on the future to add an iPad version of affinity designer course? I am actually interested in purchasing the complete classes you have, but what would make me pull the trigger is if there was an IPad version of Affinity Designer 2.0 … I guess a lot translates from desktop to iPad but not everything. 😊 just asking…I may still become a student anyway, cuz I like your teaching style, but I just really need or would like to have the iPad version…

[@projectfishinchannel33]

17 dollars? I just went to the website and it says 69.99 I didn't see an option for 17 any help be much appreciated

[@DesignMadeSimple]

Are you sure you’re on the right page? I don’t sell anything for $69.99

[@KuttyJoe]

I assumed that if it had the arc option, then it must have arch, but it doesn't.

[@marst-shirts3977]

esta bueno el tutorial pero por amor de dios hagan una herramienta que haga ese efecto si tener la necesidad de duplicar tanto corel draw ya tiene una

[@DarioDarrow]

0:51 Sans-Serif? 🤔

[@AnonymouslyP91]

I wish Affinity would adapt most of Adobe's useful tools. It's like I have been using CS6 with Affinity. 😭

[@DesignMadeSimple]

It'll get there eventually. It's been improving each year.

[@jenakippem]

wtf? that was so helpful

[@FahadManiar]

how do i get affinity designer 2.0? it says 1.5 is the latest version on my updates and the tutorial wont work for me with that version thanks

[@SparrowTutorialsFun]

First to say 🥇

[@dantecxx]

Thank you for the video

[@UserName-fm8wp]

Need a ipad version this shit hard to copy

[@hallnall1667]

I think you meant to say "any san serif face font".

[@CMoDZ3D]

As of today i have abandoned all adobe softwares, time to get leaning affinity

[@DanielMiclos]

Great tutorial, but I can't believe that Affinity designer don't have a blend tool. I mean, Corel Draw had one in 1997!

[@oesmart]

CorelDraw Tutorial Bro!!

[@KuttyJoe]

Yeah, if you want to crash 13 times while trying to get through it. LOL But yeah, Coreldraw has the block shadow tool that is made for this specific look. Otherwise, Coreldraw is the most unstable and poor quality software I've used in my whole career. I started with Coreldraw in 1993. Its STILL a joke. My main software since around 2000 has been Illustrator, but Illustrator has some areas where it needs more development. So I bought a copy of Coreldraw Home & Student Edition. I began to use it. First 30 minutes, crash. Predictably. Expectedly. Next time I open it, crash again. I began to set up all my old keyboard shortcuts that I used from before in Coreldraw. This one shortcut I had which allows me to increase the size of text. I used it for years in Coreldraw. I set it up. It worked. No problem there. I come back to the software the next day. I use the shortcut. The software freezes, then disappears off the screen. Crash! I also had subscribed to the latest Coreldraw before that. I had it for 2 days and it crashed twice in the 1 hour that I merely messed around with it. I cancelled my subscription on it and I officially give up on Corel for life. They are never going to change. But, I figured even with the relentless crashing, I still could get some use out of it for the 1 time price I paid for it.

[@mmacmedia]

That's weird, perspective is curving M and N in very unnatural ugly way, which is not usable at all. Then ungrouping is literally deleting the effects (arc/perspective). The contour tool is doing blank opened spots, above the letters, can't make a proper outline with it, because they're open above. Literally was trying to do it 3 times, and every time the same happens.

[@mikewykes1624]

'i suggest using any serif based font' .....immediately selects a sans serif font 😃

[@khefnok]

Come on Serif. Bring us some real 3D Vector Tools.

[@jantepas7511]

Is for this tutorial!

[@OmarFusaro]

10 minutes to do something that you can do in 1 with Illustrator, while keeping the text editable… and it even looks bad

[@WaseemBelushi]

there is a better way and quicker

[@cineshop2529]

Too much complicated this effect is too much easy in corel draw

[@juzeljames7793]

It looks like crap on Corel draw

[@KuttyJoe]

@@juzeljames7793 No, it looks precisely the same on Coreldraw. I just did it on my copy of Coreldraw Home and Student Edition. Looks perfectly the same. But of course Coreldraw is a crash fest so I don't recommend this mess for anybody who's job doesn't absolutely depend on it. I make a living as a graphic artist so its worth it for me to buy the non-subscription version just for a couple of good features. Otherwise, you couldn't give me this mess. Its the worst software I've ever installed on a PC during the past almost 30 years.

[@juzeljames7793]

@@KuttyJoe maybe it was just my experience with the program..i agree with you I don’t want to pay no subscription that’s why I use affinity photo and designer

[@KuttyJoe]

@@juzeljames7793 That's great. Do you make a living with it? I think that people who make their living purely as creatives have a much bigger range of quality options. The production stuff though is where software like Adobe and Coreldraw come into play. Some work is really in Corel's wheelhouse, as opposed to Adobe so I feel kind of sorry for the people who have to suffer through that software day in and out.

[@juzeljames7793]

@@KuttyJoe no just my hobby. I used to have Abode products but everything is pay to rent. Not my cup of tea

[@zapatosrotoss]

This video was not done on a Mac unfortunately cannot find control J on my Mac, thanks though

[@DesignMadeSimple]

On Mac it’s Command + J

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

You change the text to curves but after bending it you change it to curves again, why is that? I thought once it was curves that was it.

[@michaelm3178]

That’s for rendering your new shape

[@tryggviorskarpheinsson2829]

Thanks for a great tutorial, learned alot!

[@domonicka.holloway6041]

Thank you!

[@cineshop2529]

Too much complicated this effect is too much easy in corel draw

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

How much for Corel draw?