Affinity: Your First 9 Minutes in the App (Beginner Setup Guide)

New to Affinity or graphic design in general? Let’s get comfortable with a powerful but approachable app by exploring the interface, finding essential tools, and learning where to get help when you’re stuck.

This video is part of a complete brand identity course to help you build confidence in Affinity. Along the way, I’ll share insights and workflows designers use to solve creative problems. Each lesson stands on its own, but together the series forms a start-to-finish project full of real-world design practice. We’ll create a professional logo, develop a visual identity system with supporting graphics and layouts, refine typography, and prepare print-ready files for production.

Chapters in this video:
00:00 affinity’s worth learning
00:46 let’s make a brand ID suite
01:28 new document & help
02:52 about studios
06:18 about tools
07:09 about panels

All the videos in the course:

Attributions:
“Swing Haven 8” by Reed Mathis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2lHxFyHL96NPhdU9XyXnPQ
“Corn Candy” by The Soundlings, who are completely amazing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfwPGn3bJiv4bswrHs-7t0A
Clay photo by Alex Jones on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@alexjones?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText
Wheel photo by Earl Wilcox on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@earl_plannerzone?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText
Glazing photo by Kazuo ota on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@kazuo513?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText
Kiln photo by Kooshooters on Pexels

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