Affinity Publisher - The Essentials for Beginners

Learn Affinity Publisher and Create Exciting Documents for Web, Print & Social Media

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Last Updated: 2022-07-14 04:07:28 English Course Type: Self Learning

The Essentials of Affinity Publisher for those new to the software
How to find your way around the software
How to set up a new document with images and text
How to work with different types of images and text
How to create social media posts, brochures, newsletters
Differences between InDesign and Affinity
How to create documents for both web and print

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)
Interaction with the Photo persona (part of the Affinity Suite)
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.

No experience necessary but a copy of Affinity Publisher

Those who would like an alternative to Adobe InDesign
Those who want to learn Affinity Publisher
Those who would like to learn to create their own marketing materials
Those who want to create their own or edit existing newsletters, brochures etc
Those who would like to create exciting social media posts

Section 1 : Introduction 1 Lectures
Lecture 1 :
About this Course Preview
Section 2 : What Does Publisher Do? 5 Lectures 00:09:21
Lecture 1 :
Getting Started with Affinity Publisher
Lecture 2 :
What Does Publisher Do?
Lecture 3 :
Getting the Know the Interface
Lecture 4 :
Tools Overview
Lecture 5 :
Studio Link
Section 3 : Creating a Document 18 Lectures 00:59:58
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Creating a Document
Lecture 2 :
Document Setup
Lecture 3 :
Multiple Pages
Lecture 4 :
Single or Facing Pages
Lecture 5 :
CMYK or RGB
Lecture 6 :
Document Bleed
Lecture 7 :
Create Frame Text
Lecture 8 :
Color, Size & Font
Lecture 9 :
Add Photos from Stock
Lecture 10 :
Add Your Own Photos
Lecture 11 :
Create Simple Shapes
Lecture 12 :
Project: Newsletter - Set Up Newsletter Document
Lecture 13 :
Project: Newsletter - Set Up Columns
Lecture 14 :
Project: Newsletter - Add Graphics
Lecture 15 :
Project: Newsletter - Enhance with Photos
Lecture 16 :
Project: Newsletter - Add Reader Friendly Text
Lecture 17 :
Project: Newsletter - Add Professional Titles
Lecture 18 :
Project: Newsletter - Save & Export
Section 4 : Creating Professional Looking Text 31 Lectures 01:44:18
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Creating Professional Looking Text
Lecture 2 :
Text Frame Scaling and Hiding
Lecture 3 :
Fill, Stroke & Inset
Lecture 4 :
Multi Columns & Balance
Lecture 5 :
Type in Pen Tool Shape
Lecture 6 :
Type in Other Shapes
Lecture 7 :
Frame Linking
Lecture 8 :
Add Extra Frames
Lecture 9 :
Frame / Column Breaks
Lecture 10 :
Character Options & Move Horizontally
Lecture 11 :
Character Options & Move Vertically
Lecture 12 :
Paragraph Options
Lecture 13 :
Spell Checker
Lecture 14 :
Using Bullets
Lecture 15 :
The "Initial Word"
Lecture 16 :
Drop Caps
Lecture 17 :
Hidden Characters
Lecture 18 :
Frame Ruler & Tabs
Lecture 19 :
Glyphs
Lecture 20 :
Artistic Text
Lecture 21 :
Text on a Path
Lecture 22 :
Text on a Path Reversed
Lecture 23 :
Outline Text
Lecture 24 :
Text Wrap on a Photo
Lecture 25 :
Text Wrap Around Text
Lecture 26 :
Project: Web Banner - Create Document & Add Titles
Lecture 27 :
Project: Web Banner - Text & Sample Color
Lecture 28 :
Project: Web Banner - Save & Export as jpg
Lecture 29 :
Project: Social Media - Create Your Document
Lecture 30 :
Project: Social Media - Adding More Text
Lecture 31 :
Project: Create a Text Wrap PowerPoint Slide
Section 5 : Working with Images 13 Lectures 00:48:29
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Working with Images
Lecture 2 :
Linking & Embedding Images
Lecture 3 :
Size / Crop Images from Library
Lecture 4 :
Images in Shapes
Lecture 5 :
Select Multiple Images by Dragging
Lecture 6 :
Putting an Image into Multiple Shapes
Lecture 7 :
Putting an Image into Text
Lecture 8 :
Use Photo Persona to Edit Image
Lecture 9 :
Project: 4 Pg Brochure - Make Cover Page
Lecture 10 :
Project: 4 Pg Brochure - Add Pages, Columns & Frames
Lecture 11 :
Project: 4 Pg Brochure - Add Linked Text
Lecture 12 :
Project: 4 Pg Brochure - Photo Persona & Text
Lecture 13 :
Project: 4 Pg Brochure - Image Transparency
Section 6 : Color 19 Lectures 01:19:05
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Color
Lecture 2 :
CMYK & RGB
Lecture 3 :
Color Panel
Lecture 4 :
Color Panel, Tints & Transparency
Lecture 5 :
Using & Creating Swatches & Global Color
Lecture 6 :
Color Chords
Lecture 7 :
Creating a Swatch From a Photo
Lecture 8 :
Spot Color
Lecture 9 :
Using the Gradient Tool
Lecture 10 :
Gradient Options in Tools
Lecture 11 :
Gradient Transparency on Photos
Lecture 12 :
Saving Your Gradient
Lecture 13 :
Color Overlay and Blends
Lecture 14 :
Stroke Color
Lecture 15 :
Project: Social Media Post 1 - City Blend
Lecture 16 :
Project: Social Media Post 2 - Transparent Gradient
Lecture 17 :
Project: Social Media Post 3 - Multi-Image Overlay
Lecture 18 :
Project: Social Media Post 4 - Gradient Blend
Lecture 19 :
Project: Social Media Posts - Save As jpg

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