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Overview

Join Dan Scott for a hands-on introduction to Affinity’s Pixel, Vector & Layout suite, where you’ll learn how to work across photo editing, vector design, and desktop publishing without jumping between separate apps. Affinity is a powerful design suite from Canva that combines pixel, vector, and layout tools in one seamless workflow. But is it powerful enough to take on Adobe? Yes, yes it is. Learn it 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. With Affinity now free to use, it’s easy to jump in and start creating right away!

Together with Dan, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand core principles of design, photo editing & desktop publishing
- Create matching visual branding for both print and screens
- Clean up and blend photos quickly like a pro
- Lay out multi-page projects that look clean and balanced
- Stop worrying about print mistakes, weird colors, or blurry files
- Feel totally confident tackling any creative project from scratch!

Along the way you'll get a few fun surprises too, like using AI to kickstart your ideas, turning rough hand-drawn sketches into clean vector art, and building out effects and typography tricks you can drop straight into your own portfolio. If you’re coming from a Photoshop or Illustrator background and worried Affinity will feel unfamiliar, don’t be. You’ll quickly see how the workflows line up and where Affinity actually makes things faster.

No prior Affinity experience needed either. We’ll start right at the beginning and work through everything step by step. This course is also for anyone who’s dabbled in Affinity but knows there’s a lot more power under the hood and wants a clear path from “I can find the tools” to “I actually know what I’m doing.” So fire up Affinity, get comfortable, and let's go turn you into an Affinity superhero (cape optional).

Requirements
- Affinity installed (100% free)
- A Canva Pro account (optional)
- No prior Affinity or design experience required

Who this course is for
- Complete beginners with zero Affinity experience
- Current Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign users who are looking to make the switch to Affinity
- Designers, hobbyists, freelancers, and small business owners creating photos, illustrations, branding, social media graphics, magazines, and presentations
- Anyone who has opened Affinity, felt overwhelmed, and wants a clear, approachable path forward

What you’ll learn
- Retouching photos and replacing backgrounds in Affinity Pixel
- Enhancing color and contrast for polished social media graphics
- Creating clean geometric icon sets in Affinity Vector
- 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 Layout
- Working with flowing text and linked images across documents
- Designing realistic product packaging mockups
- Creating interactive PDFs with clickable navigation and links
- Combining vector, pixel, 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!