Up and Running with Affinity Designer

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 widely adopted creative application, and in a reasonably short space of time, it has become a leading 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 guide 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. You'll learn how to create documents and explore workflow best practices while working through practical exercises using the knowledge and skills developed in each chapter to solidify your understanding of the fundamentals. Finally, you'll bring it all together with real-world practical applications by building a fun logo and professional illustration, forming 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.