Hello - I'm Tim
I am a senior trainer and designer at Red Rocket Studio and a university lecturer based in and around London.
Welcome to my Affinity Publishing - The Essentials For Beginners Course.
This course is for everyone. You don't have to be an expert to take it. I will guide you from the beginning to the end to create your media confidently .
Affinity Publisher is a powerful publishing tool and a strong competitor to Adobe InDesign.
It lets you create beautiful magazines, books, and marketing materials. You can also use it to post social media messages, mockups on websites, and many other projects. This app allows you to combine stunning images with exciting graphics for stunning layouts that are ready to be published.
It features an intuitive interface that makes it easy to use.
The course includes the following:
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Overview of What Affinity Publisher actually does
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Looking at the interface and where you can find things
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How to set up and create different types of documents
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Principles of color (such RGB or CMYK).
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Interaction with the Persona (part the Affinity Suite).
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The basics of typography, and how to use it in Affinity Publisher
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You can make your projects pop by using images and graphical forms
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Double-page spread documents are best
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Image frames with intelligent scaling options
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Text wrapping with fine padding control
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Linking multiple text frames in your document
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Exciting projects to help you remember and put into action what you've learned.
Affinity Publisher offers powerful features such as master pages, tables and text flow, professional print output, and other amazing features. It can be used for any type of printing, whether commercial, home, or social media projects.
If you don't have a Word document, you can download it below. It contains a bit of text that you can use for projects that require text.