Lesson 1: Where everything is in Affinity – tools, panels and shortcuts
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Find what you need, then make it yours
You already know what you need from your creative software. The only question is where to find it in Affinity.
In this lesson, Will Paterson takes you on a tour of the workspace, tools, panels, and the context toolbar, before showing you how to customize shortcuts and settings around your own workflow.
Lesson objectives
By the end of the lesson, you'll be able to:
- find the core tools, commands, and panels
- use the context toolbar to access relevant controls
- customize, save, and share keyboard shortcut sets
- adjust interface settings to fit your process
Next up: Import PSD and AI Files into Affinity
Switching software raises an obvious question: what happens to years of existing work? Lesson 2 covers how Affinity handles the file formats you're already using.
