Up and Running with Affinity Designer: A practical, easy-to-follow guide to getting up to speed with Affinity Designer

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Add Affinity Designer to your creative skillset while creating innovative designs and illustrations, building a solid foundation for your futureKey FeaturesUnderstand Affinity Designer's interface and setup, discover its capabilities, and develop an efficient workflowHarness the power of an easy and flexible vector and pixel workflow in one applicationLearn practical skills and gain the confidence to power your own creative projectsBook DescriptionAffinity Designer is a relatively new creative application and, in a reasonably short time, it has quickly become a powerhouse design and illustration application. Affinity Designer, along with Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher, is part of a suite of award-winning creative software applications developed by Serif Europe. Built on the latest technologies, which make it fast and smooth, Affinity Designer is quickly becoming the go-to professional creative application for vector drawing and pixel-based painting.Up and Running with Affinity Designer is a comprehensive hands-on introduction to the Affinity Designer software. Whether you're new to the creative industry, a seasoned professional looking for a proven alternative, or an enthusiastic hobbyist, this book will help you get up to speed in no time. Complete with straightforward explanations and supporting hands-on exercises, this easy-to-follow guide will help you gain a solid foundation in Affinity Designer and form a base for in-depth exploration in your own projects.By the end of this Affinity Designer book, you'll have gained the knowledge and confidence to use Affinity Designer as part of your creative toolset.What you will learnExplore the interface and unique UX characteristics of Affinity DesignerDiscover features that allow you to manipulate and transform objectsApply color, shading, and effects to create unique compositionsEmploy layers to organize and simplify complex projectsUse grids, guides, and snapping features as design aidsAdapt to Affinity Designer's custom workspaces and keyboard shortcutsExplore the workflow and design best practices for more predictable and successful outcomesIdentify potential stumbling blocks in your design process and learn how to avoid themWho this book is forThis Affinity Designer book is for graphic designers, artists, illustrators, and hobbyists. Anyone curious about Affinity Designer's unique toolset and vector and pixel workflows or looking for cost-effective alternatives to the Adobe suite will find this book useful. Experience in working with other similar tools will be helpful, but not necessary.
Copyright:
2021

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
458 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781801073158
Publisher:
Packt Publishing
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Copyrighted By:
Packt Publishing
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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