When making a travel journal, whether as a printable or as a book, it is helpful to understand how the journal will be used. As a creative, use this article to stimulate ideas for making your own travel journal pages, whether for yourself, or as a digital product to sell. Types of Travel Journals We…
With back to school season in full swing, now is a great time to be thinking about kids printable worksheets. Whether you are creating these to sell, or are a parent wanting to make your own, let me show you how to create a printable to help kids learn their numbers from one to one-hundred….
When you first open Affinity Publisher, it defaults to dark mode. While some users may prefer this look for aesthetic reasons or because it reduces eye strain, others may find that it hampers their creativity or makes it harder to see certain elements or tools on the screen. If you fall into the latter category,…
Top 10 Most Useful Things to Know about the Pen Tool What is the Pen Tool Used for? Where to find it: The Pen tool is found along the left toolbar and looks like a fountain pen nib. The keyboard shortcut is P. Using the Pen Tool is kind of like drawing a dot to…
In this first video we start with a simple but important tool, the Move Tool. If you are brand new to Affinity, you may find it a bit frustrating at first and so here is my most important tip: Tip: What your mouse “does” is influenced by what tool you have selected on the left…
Have you ever wanted to create a slideshow video but your pictures are all in portrait orientation? Or maybe your photos are in landscape and you want to create a short social video like a TikTok or Instagram reel. If so, you may have encountered the issue of a tedious process of cropping and re-sizing…
Creating a new document in Desinger V2 is very similar to V1. Things may look a little different, but all the same options are there. While it’s pretty much the same, here is the same tutorial specific to Affinity Publisher. New to me was the Scale tab, which allows you to set a scale in…
Creating a new document in Affinity Publisher V2 is no different than V1, but the New Document Window may look a little different, especially the arrangement of the templates. The process is similar in Designer, here is the tutorial for Designer. To create a simple document, follow these steps: 1. File–>New Click on the File menu….
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to add and remove page numbers in InDesign. First, for ease of following along with the video above, you can make sure that your layout looks close to mine by being in typography mode. You can change workspace modes from the drop down menu in the…
Recently in a group that I am in a discussion came up regarding licensing terms on Canva. Many people love to use Canva for all sorts of design purposes because it is so easy to use. The other nice thing is there’s lots of inbuilt content that you can just drag into your design. But…
