Intermediate - Advanced Course in Affinity Publisher V1 & V2

Create custom shapes with the pen tool, set stroke and no fill, place points, and refine with move, rotate, scale, and the node tool, using or disabling the rubber band.

Learn to draw a fish shape using the pen tool in Affinity Publisher, starting with straight lines, then refine with the Node tool to round corners and adjust curves.

Explore how to add arrows to lines in Affinity Publisher, adjust end positions, flip orientation, and position strokes inside, outside, or at the center on closed shapes.

Craft the eclipse poster for the Run from the Sun album using a Beirut font, fold a corner, center the text, and export to pdf with bleed and printer marks.

Set up a print-ready A3 whale poster in Affinity Publisher v1 and v2 by configuring 300 dpi, CMYK color, 3 mm bleed, embedded images, vector shapes, and text.

Learn to create various types of tables in Affinity Publisher, use easy table-building techniques for your project, and design interesting looking tables.

Discover how to change text color in Affinity Publisher by selecting cells, using the character panel to set font color, and experimenting with different typefaces.

Create a two-column, ten-row table for three hotel meal plans in the poster, paste from Excel, and use ticks to mark inclusions; lock the layer and apply light gray borders.

Create colored tick and cross markers in a poster table using shapes, color, and 3D effects. Learn to copy, align, group, and place them in table cells with proper centering.

Explore layers and master pages to build a multi-page brochure. Save the project for printer-ready output and prep for later screen use with hyperlinks.

learn to add pages before or after existing pages, choosing none page or master page. drag a master page to overwrite a page and place front-page image from stock libraries.

Use a master page as a text template in Affinity Publisher by inserting text in a text frame with columns and typeface options, then replace placeholder text on a page.

Create spreads using facing pages for a publication, using master pages to apply colors across left and right pages, and drag and drop pages to maintain correct left/right placement.

Explore how layers relate to pages and master pages in Affinity Publisher, jump to items, toggle visibility, and detach master pages for precise editing.

Learn how to mask with a gradient to blend two or more images in Affinity Publisher, using a layer mask, gradient tool, and precise positioning for seamless montages.

Clear master pages on the cover and certain pages, add pages with master pages after page seven, and start page numbering in a new section to keep the cover unnumbered.

Toggle the baseline grid on individual text frames or the whole document via text frame options, and use ignore baseline grid to adjust freely and maintain professionalism.

Create a custom text style in Affinity Publisher from body text, using Times New Roman, set gray color and size, then apply it across the document with automatic updates.

Create a nested paragraph style in Affinity Publisher by basing a heading on the body style, overriding weight, color, and size, and explore how the body updates propagate to headings.

Explore hyperlinks in PDFs and build a table of contents from page numbers, then apply these techniques in a flexible project with basic and advanced options.

Create and update a table of contents in Affinity Publisher using the text frame tool, the table of contents panel, and a green header paragraph style.

Create and apply paragraph styles for headers, then insert a table of contents in Affinity Publisher, using the Blue Head style to populate entries, adjust spacing and placement.

Update the table of contents in Affinity Publisher using the update button in the View menu to keep page numbers accurate after changes.

Master multi frames and image autoflow in affinity publisher by placing frames, using arrow keys to arrange them, and autofilling with selected pictures.

Explore Affinity Publisher autoflow images to quickly place multiple frames, and use the repeat option to create ten business cards on one page and ten on the back page.