Affinity for iPad shortcuts: Gestures and Apple Pencil
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Work faster and more naturally
A pinch, tap, or swipe can save you a trip to the toolbar. Using expressive character artwork by Pope Phoenix, you’ll discover faster, more fluid ways to create in Affinity for iPad with touch and Apple Pencil, while keeping a busy document organized.
Lesson objectives
By the end of the lesson, you’ll be able to:
- navigate your canvas with touch gestures, the Navigator Panel, and view modes
- use Apple Pencil pressure, tilt and double-tap, and customize how it behaves
- set up Quick Actions and the Command Controller around the shortcuts you use most
- duplicate, select, group, and organize objects and layers more efficiently
Keep learning: Explore Affinity Essentials for desktop
Affinity Essentials for desktop takes a deeper look at Vector, Pixel, and Layout Studios, custom Studios, typography and Canva AI. The course is filmed on desktop, but many of the tools and workflows apply to Affinity for iPad too.
Explore Affinity Essentials for desktop
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