
Learn to create new documents and set up pages, columns, and margins. Apply master pages, use picture frames, rulers and guides, handle text on paths, and export options.
Import idml files into affinity publisher and manage issues like missing fonts and missing resources. Use the resource manager to replace assets and place images correctly.
Learn to manage layers in Affinity Publisher with the move tool, selecting single or multiple layers, including items behind others with alt/option. Use shift for multi-select and escape to clear.
Enable rulers and create horizontal and vertical guides in Affinity Publisher. Learn to change ruler units, lock guides, and fine-tune guide positions via the guides manager.
Learn to wrap text around images in Affinity Publisher by selecting the picture, choosing left wrap, adjusting the distance, and handling transparent and nontransparent images.
Welcome to my Affinity Publisher - The Essentials for Beginners Course.
You don't need any experience to complete this course as I take you from the very beginning through to a point where you can confidently create your own media.
Affinity Publisher is one of the best publishing pieces of software around and a strong (and more affordable) contender for Adobe InDesign.
It allows you to create beautiful books, magazines and marketing materials through to social media posts, website mockups and a variety of other projects. This modern publishing app gives you the power to combine beautiful type, exciting images and amazing graphics to create stunning layouts ready for publication.
It has an easy-to-use interface to help you work in a fast and intuitive way.
The course includes the following:
Overview of what Affinity Publisher actually does
Looking at the interface and where to find things
How to setup and create various types of documents
Principles of color (such as RGB and CMYK)
The basics of typography and how to use it within Affinity Publisher
Working with images and graphical shapes to make your projects "pop"!
Working with double page spread documents
Using image frames with intelligent scaling options
Creating text wrapping with fine padding control
Linking multiple text frames together across your document
Exciting projects to help you remember and put into practice what you've learned
With powerful features like master pages, tables, text flow and professional print output and other awesome features, Affinity Publisher has everything you need to create the perfect layout – whether it's for commercial printing, home printing, web or social media projects.