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Affinity Publisher Intro | Training Course

Gain the skills to create print ready layouts for books, magazines, flyers and more.
Learn to work efficiently and explore creative options that enhance your designs.

AFFINITY PUBLISHER COURSE | DESIGN TRAINING | SMALL COURSE SIZES | LONDON & LIVE ONLINE

  Course Dates Venue   Price  
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

Affinity Publisher Intro | Training Course

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What will I learn?

  • Style text with typography options
  • Work with images and tables
  • Use Master Pages to create templates
  • Work with colour and creative effects
  • Check for errors and export for print
  • Free digital course assets
  • Free post-course helpdesk support
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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.

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