The Affinity Designer Manual: A Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide

Affinity Designer continues to be the fastest-growing vector-based software on the market today and is quickly becoming the first choice for beginners and professionals alike.

The Affinity Designer Manual was created with new users like you in mind to help you quickly and with as little effort as possible increase your proficiency and confidence in learning this amazing software.

Features of Affinity Designer

• Full RAW Processing
• Beautiful Brushwork
• Refined Selections
• Excellent HDR
• Incredible Live Filters
• Stunning Compositions
• Focus Merge
• Fully Mobile Platform
• Flawless Retouching
• Fine-tuned Adjustments

The 10 Basic Skills New Users Need to Know
1. How is Affinity Photo Designed for Use
2. How to Crop Images
3. How to Remove Objects & Imperfections from a Photo
4. How to Make Selections
5. How to Use the Adjustment Layers
6. How to Use Masks
7. How to Add Text to an Image
8. How to Change the Background of a Photo
9. How to Create a Vignette - Three Methods
10. How to Save, Export, and Share Your Work

20 Step-by-Step Lessons

Lesson 1: How to Create LUTS
Lesson 2: How to Change the Color of Anything
Lesson 3: How to Make Blurred Backgrounds
Lesson 4: How to Create a Frame Around a Photo
Lesson 5: How to Swap Backgrounds
Lesson 6: How to Create a Color Splash Effect
Lesson 7: How to Increase Lighting Naturally
Lesson 8: How to Apply a Gradient Effect
Lesson 9: How to Apply a Nashville Filter to an Image
Lesson 10: How to Create a Glitch Effect
Lesson 11: How to Place Text Behind Your Subjects
Lesson 12: How to Create a Vintage Effect
Lesson 13: How to Increase Resolutions
Lesson 14: How to Brighten a Portrait
Lesson 15: How to Create a Pencil Sketch Effect
Lesson 16: How to Create a Double Exposure Effect
Lesson 17: How to Create Talking Guinea Pigs
Lesson 18: How to Create a Light Leak Effect
Lesson 19: How to Sharpen Portraits
Lesson 20: How to Create a High-Speed Effect

For your convenience we created a folder with all of the images you'll use in this book. Simply contact us at [email protected] and we'll send it to you.

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• The Affinity Photo Manual
• The Affinity Photo Manual II
• The Affinity Photo Guidebook