Course Dates | Venue | Price | ||
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Online | £399 + VAT save £100 | |||
London Bridge | £429 + VAT save £70 | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT | |||
Online | £499 + VAT | |||
London Bridge | £499 + VAT |
Day One
Introduction to Affinity Publisher
• Setting up a document
• Margins, bleeds and colour settings
• Affinity Publisher workspace and toolbars
Working with Text
• Placing text on a document
• Adjusting typography settings
• Creating and saving Paragraph and Character styles
Adding Pictures
• Place images using frames
• Scale, crop and make other adjustments
• Understanding minimum dpi requirements to ensure image quality
• Insert multiple images at the same time
• Working with linked files
Creating columns
• Separating text into columns
• Creating columns
Designing interesting text layouts
• Wrapping text around images and objects
• Flow text between different frames
Adding and formatting tables
• Creating a table
• Adding data to tables
• Formatting a table
• Saving formats to reuse
Day Two
Setting up templates and complex layouts
• Creating Master Pages
• Creating custom guides
• Adding page numbers
• Aligning text and objects with the Alignment tools
• Using Baseline grids
Colour and Shapes in Affinity Publisher
• Using the Colour Picker
• Saving Swatches and Palettes
• Importing existing Colour Palettes
• Creating Palettes from an image or document
• Inserting and adjusting basic shapes
• Adjusting special shapes with smart controls
• Using the Style Picker to quickly change the style of text and images
Working with creative effects
• Using Gradients
• Using the Transparency tool
• Adding a Drop Shadow, 3D effects and more
Checking a document
• Using Preflight to check for spelling mistakes
• Using Preflight to check for common problems
• How to correct common problems
Exporting documents
• PDF settings for print
• PDF settings for digital, and small file sizes
• Exporting to JPG or PNG
Questions and answers
This course is also available as a private course. If you wish we can tailor the content for your team. Please contact us for more details.
"Nathan was really friendly and approachable, and as we were a small group, tailored the session to fit in with what was relevant. This was massively appreciated. Enjoyed the course and the contents."