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Up and Running with Affinity Designer

Up and Running with Affinity Designer

By : House
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Up and Running with Affinity Designer

Up and Running with Affinity Designer

4.4 (11)
By: House

Overview of this book

Affinity 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.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Section 1: Getting Familiar with Affinity Designer's Interface and Layout
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Section 2: Deeper Exploration of Affinity Designer's Documents, Tools, and Workflow
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Chapter 7: Tools – Pixel Persona
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Chapter 10: Workflow: Symbols, Assets, and History
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Section 3: Bringing It All together

Pixel Persona tools

As with the Designer Persona tools, we will be discussing the Pixel Persona tools in the order that they appear in the tools panel from top to bottom. For this chapter, we'll start with the Move tool and finish up with the Zoom tool:

Figure 7.1 – The Pixel Persona tool panel

Some of these tools are basically the same as in the Designer Persona but I think they are worth repeating to really let them sink in.

The Move tool

The Move tool (shortcut v) is the main selection tool:

Figure 7.2 – The Move tool

The Move tool in the Pixel Persona is used to select and move pixel layers or pixel selections around. Once selected, these layers or selections can be moved, rotated, and scaled to different sizes or have their properties changed.

Selecting is as simple as clicking on the layer or selecting it with the Move tool. Before you can modify or move any object or group of objects, you must...

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