Affinity Publisher - The Complete Course for Beginners

Explore setting up a new Affinity Publisher document, including A4 print presets, margins, bleed, color format, dpi, units, orientation, and facing pages. Save a custom preset for reuse.

Explore the Affinity Publisher interface by navigating the five main areas—the canvas, top toolbar, left panel, context toolbar, and studio—and customize panels, margins, and table of contents for efficient design.

Learn how to import and crop images in Affinity Publisher by placing images from file, resizing to fit pages, and cropping to the document layout of a simple university booklet.

Master layers and shapes in Affinity Publisher, stacking and aligning with images, moving items to the top, locking, expanding, and previewing to refine the final layout.

Design a cover page with artistic text for titles, adjust size and font via the context toolbar, and center a subtitle like 'Skills for the Future' for clean layout.

Change the cover color with the color panel, switch main color and stroke, and use the color picker to apply palettes across shapes.

Master pages create consistent backgrounds and headers across long documents in Affinity Publisher; apply or clear them on specific pages to save time.

Learn to use horizontal and vertical guides and the guides manager to align text, images, and shapes precisely, set column guides with gutters and margins, and create proportional page layouts.

Place and link columns using the frame text tool, insert filler text to preview layouts, and ensure text flows between linked columns across pages.

Explore text options in Affinity Publisher, including text frames, font choices, size, underline, and styles, then adjust alignment (left, center, right, justify) and spacing, with bullets and paragraph spacing.

Access the character panel on the right to adjust font size, color, kerning, tracking, baseline, and horizontal and vertical scale, honing typography in Affinity Publisher.

Master the paragraph panel to align text, apply styles, and format bullets, drop caps, and spacing. Adjust indentation, left margins, justification, decorations, and fill color to customize paragraphs.

Create text on a curved path in Affinity Publisher using the pen tool in smart mode, extend the path to fit around an image, adjust baseline, and style the text.

Learn how to wrap text around images in Affinity Publisher by placing images, choosing wrap options (none, jump, square, tight), and refining with edit wrap options and alignment.

Learn to use swatches in Affinity Publisher to create global colors, apply consistent palettes across a document, and export palettes for reuse in client materials.

Explore applying and customizing strokes in Affinity Publisher, adjusting border width, line style (solid, dotted, texture), caps and joints, and whether the stroke scales with the object, plus color options.

Explore the effects panel to finalize the university booklet back cover, applying blur, outer/inner shadows, gradients, and background color, then refine typography and layout using layers and image placement.

Learn to manage document pages in Affinity Publisher by duplicating existing pages, applying and clearing masters, deleting pages, and organizing sections and page numbering for collaborative workflows.

Add page numbers to a document by editing master pages, inserting fields, and placing numbers on both sides. Use sections to vary numbering style, restart or continue numbering.

Create a table of contents in Affinity Publisher by applying heading styles, inserting the table, and editing dot leaders in the textiles panel for a clean, navigable layout.

Explore inserting hyperlinks in Affinity Publisher to create interactive documents, linking chapters, pages, anchors, websites, files, and emails, and learn how anchors ensure precise navigation.

Learn to create and customize tables in Affinity Publisher, including adding pages, forming a four-column table, adjusting borders and color, aligning text, and rotating the table.

Discover practical shortcuts to speed up Affinity Publisher work, including V for move, I for color picker, undo actions, and using the history panel for quick recalls.

Explore free stock photos via Affinity Publisher's stock panel, drag and drop and crop them to fit your pages, then browse, install, and use commercial-use fonts to enhance your design.

Export and print your Affinity Publisher document by adjusting bleed to extend to the edges, checking preflight warnings, and exporting a 300 dpi PDF for high-quality print.

Explore advanced features in Affinity Publisher, including removing image parts, resizing without quality loss, studio links to Affinity Photo, pre-flight checks, creating assets, and index pages.

Explore intermediate to advanced features in Affinity Publisher by applying techniques to an existing document, using your own project as a reference and practice file.

Learn to index text in Affinity Publisher in three simple steps: locate text, insert index marks, and view or update the index panel to generate an index page.

Learn how to merge documents in Affinity Publisher by adding pages from files after a chosen page, choosing import options, and preserving indexing and master pages for collaborative book design.

Pin images to text in Affinity Publisher to keep related visuals aligned on the same page, using float with text, pins, offsets, and text wrapping options.

Master advanced find and replace in Affinity Publisher, using exact matches, whole-word options, and case awareness to ensure consistent design and clean paragraph breaks across the document.

Learn to resize images in Affinity Publisher without quality loss by locking the aspect ratio, restoring to 100 percent, and using the resize options in the image menu.

Explore how to use the pre-flight panel in Affinity Publisher to identify and fix errors and warnings, including overflowing text, bleed hazards, and non proportional scaling, with customizable checks.

Use the assets panel in Affinity Publisher to build a reusable database of design elements, create new categories from selection, and quickly drag and drop assets into future projects.

Select fonts that fit your document's theme and era to evoke the desired feeling. Use fonts in use to explore options, install fonts, and tailor typography for the document's consumers.

Master kerning and tracking in Affinity Publisher to fine tune the space between letters and words. Explore how spacing choices affect logos, print quality, and overall design impact.

Explore how to control text positioning in Affinity Publisher using baseline, leading, shear, kerning, tracking, and horizontal and vertical scales. Apply these techniques for readable, visually appealing text.

Learn to insert and browse special characters in Affinity Publisher using text > insert > symbols and the glyph browser, with font selection to access more glyphs.

Learn optical alignment in Affinity Publisher by adjusting drop caps and paragraph alignment, then apply manual optical alignment to the dollar sign for consistent left alignment.

Explore how to use the text store and text frame tools in affinity publisher to precisely indent, align, and position text, including top-line and paragraph indentation and selective text outlining.

Use the pen tool to draw a shape and convert it to a text frame, then fill with text and adjust font size, color, and position for flyers and newsletters.

Learn how to apply multiple text effects in Affinity Publisher using the effects panel, including outer shadow, outline, gradient overlay, color overlay, and opacity adjustments to create a wow effect.

Access Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo from inside Affinity Publisher using Studio Link to elevate your designs. Edit images with pixel layers and healing brush while preserving the original.

Learn practical techniques to crop and remove objects or brands from images using a pixel layer and brush tools, and adjust width for professional print-ready designs in Affinity Publisher.

Learn how the photo persona in Affinity enhances editing by selecting and refining areas. Use the color replacement brush and sample continuously to change a top color for better contrast.

Explore the designer persona in Affinity Publisher by using the vintage designer to access vector brush tools, adjust weights, colors, and gradients, and enhance documents with custom brush details.