Switching to Affinity: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign users
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Bring your craft into Affinity
You've got years of muscle memory built into other apps, like Adobe. Shortcuts, habits, whole workflows that seem like second nature. But you're ready for a change, keen to see if there's another program out there that could better suit your needs. Perhaps one that gives you vector, pixel, and layout tools in one powerful app (and also happens to be free!)...
In this course, brand designer Will Paterson shows you how easy it is to make the switch to Affinity, walking you through what's familiar, what's different, and how to move your existing work over.
Course objectives
By the end of the course, you'll be able to:
- find your way around the Affinity workspace
- bring existing PSD and AI files across
- move between Vector Studio (graphic design and illustration), Pixel Studio (photo editing), and Layout Studio (pages and publishing) in the same document
- build custom Studios around the tools you use most
- export finished work ready for professional handoff
Start with Lesson 1: Where everything is in Affinity
First up: the Affinity workspace. See where everything lives, then set shortcuts and settings to match how you already work.
