The software forge Serif from the UK has with Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer produced two great apps that are cheap but rich alternatives to Adobe and Co. I already have you guys to use the photo editing app a few sources As well as the official workbook presented. This post is about a well-rated one Affinity Designer manual for the design software. In addition to the work on vector art, illustration and screen design for Mac and PC from Rheinwerk Design Verlag, you will also find an alternative for beginners and advanced users as well as the official compendium below.
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Affinity Designer Manual - for Mac and PC by Anke Goldbach
The above-mentioned book from Rheinwerk Design Verlag comes from Anke Goldbach and bears the title Affinity Designer: Step by step to vector art, illustration and screen design - for Mac and Windows and comprises 285 pages. Numerous screenshots and tool tips underline the text explanations so that you can quickly find your way around and empathize with the projects shown.
In addition to explanations of the user interface or the customizable work area and the basics of use, the ten chapters also contain instructions and details on design aids, curves, shapes and colors, object processing, layers, layer effects, illustrations with pixels and brushes, and pixel selection and clipping, typography and text tools as well as responsive web design. On the Amazon product page you will find 70% 5-star ratings and excellent customer reviews (as of May 20, 2019). You can also take a look at the book for free.
- Goldbach, Anke (Author)
Criticism and alternatives
Although most buyers comment positively on the Affinity Designer Handbook and recommend it for design beginners or beginners in the Affinity Designer cosmos, there are also negative voices. Contrary to the reviews that recommend the book for people who want to familiarize themselves with the app, others think that it is more for advanced users. The book design is criticized in a 2-star rating, which is why I would disregard it (since it otherwise praises the content). A 3-star rating only criticizes other reviews, which is a total waste of time.
If you are still in doubt and do not know whether this Affinity Designer manual offers the right tutorials for your purposes, here are two tips: 1) Take a look at the free book on the page linked above and rummage through the table of contents. 2) Choose an alternative that is also very well rated, such as Affinity Designer: practical knowledge for beginners by Winfried Seimert from mitp Verlag. Mediated on 288 pages this book Knowledge from installing the app to working efficiently with graphics, objects, text and paths. Here, too, you can take a look at the book for free; and there is even a 3 euro cheaper Kindle version;)
- Winfried Seimert (Author)
Affinity Designer Workbook in German
Of course, there is also the official Affinity Designer Workbook (German Edition) published by Serif Europe Ltd itself. This even has 88% 5-star ratings; One of the three-star ratings criticizes that not everything is explained step-by-step. The manual is classified accordingly for advanced users. That can certainly be argued. You can get your own impression on the Amazon site of the Affinity Designer manual from the pen of the developers and their professional partners. Since I know the good quality and the instructive examples from the Affinity Photo Workbook, I would simply recommend this work unseen;)
- Serif Europe Ltd (Author)
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