Affinity Essentials
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Learn real-world Affinity skills.

Join Dan Scott for a hands-on introduction to Affinity’s creative suite, where you’ll learn how to work across photo editing, vector design, and layout without jumping between separate apps. Affinity is a powerful design suite from Canva that combines photo, vector, and layout tools in one seamless workflow. But is it powerful enough to take on Adobe? Decide for yourself through real-world projects like social posts, logos, posters, business cards, packaging mockups, and interactive PDFs, while getting a clear feel for when to use Pixel, Vector, and Layout tools and how they all connect through StudioLink. With Affinity now free to use, it’s easy to jump in and start creating right away!

Over 8 hours of learning Hands-on projects Certificate of achievement
You'll learn...
  • Retouching photos and replacing backgrounds in Affinity Photo
  • Enhancing color and contrast for polished social media graphics
  • Creating clean geometric icon sets in Affinity Designer
  • Building scalable vector logos from hand-drawn sketches
  • Combining photography and typography for cinematic poster designs
  • Designing professional business cards with print-ready setup
  • Creating multi-page layouts in Affinity Publisher
  • Working with flowing text and linked images across documents
  • Designing realistic product packaging mockups
  • Creating interactive PDFs with clickable navigation and links
  • Using StudioLink to move between Photo, Designer, and Publisher
  • Combining vector, photo, and layout tools in a unified workflow
  • Creating branded marketing materials for print and digital use
  • Preparing files for professional printing and client delivery
  • Building polished portfolio presentations and lookbooks
  • Developing efficient workflows for real-world creative projects
  • and more!
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Meet your instructor

Daniel Scott

Founder of Bring Your Own Laptop & Chief Instructor

Figma | Illustrator | Premiere Pro | Lightroom

I discovered the world of design as an art student when I stumbled upon a lab full of green & blue iMac G3’s. My initial curiosity around using the computer to create ‘art’ developed into a full-blown passion, eventually leading me to become a digital designer and founder of Bring Your Own Laptop.

Sharing and teaching are a huge part of who I am. As a certified Adobe instructor, I've had the honor of winning multiple Adobe teaching awards at their annual MAX conference. I see Bring Your Own Laptop as the supportive community I wished for when I was first starting out and intimidated by design. Through teaching, I hope to bring others along for the ride and empower my students to bring their stories, labors of love, and art into the world.
True to my Kiwi roots, I've lived in many places, and currently, I reside in Ireland with my wife and kids.
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