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Affinity ecosystem and workflow
Understand Designer, Photo and Publisher and navigate personas, studios and panels.
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- Understand Designer, Photo and Publisher
- Navigate Personas, studios and panels
- Configure documents, units and profiles
- Use native and exchange formats
- Manage links, resources and history
- Organize a project across the three applications
Vector drawing in Affinity Designer
Create shapes and curves and use the pen and node tools.
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- Create shapes and curves
- Use the Pen and Node tools
- Combine with Boolean operations
- Manage strokes, corners and pressure
- Align, distribute and transform
- Create simple icons and illustrations
Essential photo corrections
Develop RAW files and correct exposure and white balance.
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- Develop RAW files
- Correct exposure and white balance
- Use adjustments and live filters
- Crop and straighten
- Clean common imperfections
- Export for web and print
Layout with Affinity Publisher
Create pages, margins and bleeds and use master pages.
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- Create pages, margins and bleeds
- Use master pages
- Place and flow text
- Import images and resources
- Create an editorial grid
- Prepare a consistent multipage document
Typography, styles and brand documents
Create text and paragraph styles and manage columns, tabs and hyphenation.
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- Create text and paragraph styles
- Manage columns, tabs and hyphenation
- Define global colours and palettes
- Build reusable templates and assets
- Maintain hierarchy and visual consistency
- Prepare bilingual versions
Assets, symbols and graphic systems
Create and share Assets and use synchronized symbols.
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- Create and share Assets
- Use synchronized symbols
- Build brand components
- Manage variants and states
- Create project libraries
- Avoid duplicates and inconsistencies
Retouching, masks and compositing
Use layers, masks and blend modes and cut out complex subjects.
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- Use layers, masks and blend modes
- Cut out complex subjects
- Retouch with frequency separation
- Create selections and luminosity masks
- Match multiple images
- Keep composites editable
Advanced vector illustration
Create vector brushes and textures and use multilayer appearances.
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- Create vector brushes and textures
- Use multilayer appearances
- Build patterns and repeats
- Create isometric and perspective effects
- Optimize paths and nodes
- Prepare illustration for multiple formats
Long documents and editorial production
Manage sections, chapters and numbering and create tables of contents and indexes.
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- Manage sections, chapters and numbering
- Create tables of contents and indexes
- Use fields and cross-references
- Control widows, orphans and pagination
- Check links, fonts and images
- Assemble a complete publication
Prepress, export and quality control
Manage CMYK, profiles and spot colours and configure bleeds and marks.
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- Manage CMYK, profiles and spot colours
- Configure bleeds and marks
- Control overprint and transparency
- Use preflight checks
- Export PDF/X and accessible PDFs
- Package, archive and hand off sources