Affinity

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…

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…

Placing an outline around your text is a rather simple task, and there’s various ways of going about doing so. Thanks to a recent update to Affinity Designer though, it’s now easier than ever. The new Contour Tool allows you to outline text with Affinity Designer with a single click of the mouse, and in…

A really neat feature Affinity Designer has that I haven’t yet seen anywhere else is the isometric tool, which allows you to take flat, 2D objects and place them on one of three isometric planes. In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to create isometric text with Affinity Designer using that handy isometric tool. Typically,…

In this tutorial I’ll be addressing a rather confusing and frustrating aspect of working with Affinity Designer — merging layers. I’ll be going over how to merge vector layers and how to merge pixel layers as well. Unfortunately, this isn’t as simple as it sounds, and will require some workarounds based on exactly what it…

Having the ability to trace vector copies of your images is a standard feature of any vectors graphics software. For Affinity Designer users though, we’re out of luck. Designer, for whatever reason, does not possess the ability to do this. Although there’s no auto image trace feature built in, you can still do vector image…

If you really want to harness the power of Affinity Designer’s features and maximize your creativity, then you’re going to need to use third-party fonts once in a while. The right fonts can enhance your designer and help communicate your message more effectively. In this lesson I’ll be going over how you can easily add…

One of the most basic functions of a graphic design application is having the ability to add shadows behind objects, and lucky for us, Affinity Designer has an excellent feature for such built right in. In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can create drop shadows with Affinity Designer so you can make things…

Don’t let the vector nature of Affinity Designer fool you — it can also handle raster image editing as well, and the available features are quite impressive for a vector-based application. One of the features is the Vector Crop Tool, which can be used crop an image in Affinity Designer with relative easy. In this…