![]() A core set of panels are displayed by default to the right of your workspace, while the Window menu lets you switch on or off a full set of panels individually.Ĭropping an image to a 6in x 4in print size Studio panels (like Windows) support your design tools, help to manage your project and offer design aids. The top Toolbar offers commonly used tools and options, including automatic settings, selection and masking controls, as well as snapping, alignment and Affinity account access. Photo, Liquify, Develop, Tone Mapping and Export Personas icons (respectively) Instead, for raw files, you’ll see your image opening in a raw processing workspace called Develop Persona, which brings us to what Personas are and how they can be used in your creative workflow. You can also open files:īy dragging the file from a folder onto the Affinity Photo app’s iconīy clicking File>Open and then navigating to your image in a specified folderįor image formats such as JPG or TIF, your image will open in the default Photo Persona. The New Document dialog lets you open an existing image using the Open button. This approach is perfect for digital artists with a composite project in mind, where photography can be merged with creative design. The type of a document (for print, press ready, photo, web, and more) Here you can select from many presets to set up your document easily, specify your own and even create a category for your projects. You can always ask questions about the tutorials in the forums if you get stuck or need more details.When first launching the app, you’ll be presented with a New Document dialog. My recommendation would to try the free stuff first and see how you get on. Or, if you prefer to read rather than watching a video, there’s a good resource here: There are thousands of free tutorials on the web.įor video tutorials, your best starting point is the official Serif ones here: (The stuff in the workbooks is probably mostly valid for V2 but some things might be done, or look, slightly differently.) ![]() They are not manuals which take you through every aspect of the software, so even if you go through the workbooks there will still be a lot of things you don’t know about the software. Welcome to the forums workbooks are, to put it simply, a collection of exercises that the reader is taken through to do certain things. If you do end up having some problems with the transition from V1 to V2 then you can always ask in the forums for help. If you can justify the cost of getting V2 then I don’t think you will be disappointed with the upgrade, especially while it is still on sale (a very generous 40% off). Since the V1 applications can be installed alongside the V2 applications you can try things in V1 and then, once you get the hang of them, you should be able to transfer your experience/knowledge over to V2 without much trouble. If you can cope with the changes made in that period then you should be able to cope with the changes in V2. The workbooks were last printed quite a while before the V1 applications were last updated so there are things in the latest V1 applications that will not be in the workbooks. ![]() different menu structure, some different dialogs, etc.), some things look different (icon changes, etc.) and there are lots of new functions, but the transition from V1 to V2 will be pretty smooth for most people. Some functionality has changed a bit (or been augmented), some things have been moved around (e.g. Welcome to the forums far as I know, none of the functionality of the V1 applications was removed from the V2 applications so pretty much all of the things you learn in V1 are still applicable in V2.
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