Affinity Designer

Change the background color in Affinity Designer
How To Change The Background Color In Affinity Designer
How To Change The Background Color In Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito

Different strokes for different folks, as the old saying goes. As an Affinity Designer user you may be wondering how to personalize its appearance — whether it be the background, the artboard, or the surrounding workspace. In this tutorial we’ll be focusing on how to change the background color in Affinity Designer using Preferences and…

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Create dotted lines with Affinity Designer
How To Create Dotted Lines with Affinity Designer
How To Create Dotted Lines with Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito

In today’s tutorial we’ll be going over a simple process for creating dotted lines using Affinity Designer. Creating dotted lines with Affinity Designer is simply a matter of creating strokes and then changing the style of the stroke to dashed. If you want to change the properties of your dotted lines, however, then there’s a…

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Create a neon text effect with Affinity Designer
How To Create A Neon Text Effect with Affinity Designer
How To Create A Neon Text Effect with Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito

One of the many ways in which you can use Affinity Designer is to make interesting and unique typography designs. In this tutorial we’ll be going over how to design a neon text effect with Affinity Designer, step by step. In short, this is accomplished by duplicating several copies of the text, applying various shades…

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Affinity Designer t shirt design
Affinity Designer T Shirt Design Tutorial | Step By Step Beginner Lesson
Affinity Designer T Shirt Design Tutorial | Step By Step Beginner Lesson 800 470 Nick Saporito

In past tutorials we’ve gone over various ways that Affinity Designer can be used. Whether it be to create logos, delete backgrounds, or crop images, there’s no shortage of ways in which Affinity Designer can assist you in your design needs. One such example would be for designing t shirts. For those seeking to make…

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Export a PNG with a transparent background in Affinity Designer
How To Export A PNG With A Transparent Background In Affinity Designer
How To Export A PNG With A Transparent Background In Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito

One of the most common ways that you’ll use a vector design application like Affinity Designer is to design things like logos, icons, badges, and various other types of graphics. In order to work with these isolated graphics though, you’ll need to know how to export them in a usable format, which is what we’ll…

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Crop an image to a shape with Affinity Designer
How To Crop An Image To A Shape with Affinity Designer
How To Crop An Image To A Shape with Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito

Today we’ll be going over yet another way in which Affinity Designer lets you edit photos and raster imagery. As you may already know, Designer’s primary utility is working with vector graphics. However, it has more image editing abilities than any other vector software, making it a versatile tool. In this tutorial we’ll be going…

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Resize images with Affinity Designer
How To Resize Images with Affinity Designer
How To Resize Images with Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito

Affinity Designer is one of the most versatile design applications in existence. Not only does it handle vectors as well as its industry-standard adversary, but it also has an entire suite of tools meant for editing photos and images. Today’s tutorial will be a demonstration of such. We’ll be going over how to resize images…

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Working with swatches in Affinity Designer
Working With Swatches In Affinity Designer | The Complete Guide
Working With Swatches In Affinity Designer | The Complete Guide 800 470 Nick Saporito

One of the many advantages you’ll enjoy as an Affinity Designer user is the ease of use when it comes to creating swatches, whether it be from images or custom selections. Not only that, but Affinity Designer allows you to save swatches, export swatches for use on other machines, and you can even import swatches…

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Make a clipping mask with Affinity Designer
How To Create A Clipping Mask with Affinity Designer
How To Create A Clipping Mask with Affinity Designer 800 470 Nick Saporito

Clipping masks add versatility to your vector design work, and for a variety of reasons. They allow you to fill an object with a photo, and they also allow you to make unique shapes in a non-destructive way. Upon first sight, it may appear that Affinity Designer lacks the ability to create clipping masks (also…

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How to fit text to a shape in Affinity Designer
Fit Text To A Shape In Affinity Designer Using The Frame Text Tool
Fit Text To A Shape In Affinity Designer Using The Frame Text Tool 800 470 Nick Saporito

Working with text and shapes can sometimes be messy and complicated depending on the software you’re using. However, you can fit text to a shape with Affinity Designer with a single click by using the Frame Text Tool. In this tutorial we’ll be going over just how simple it is. Flowing text into a shape…

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