Be A Pen Tool Pro In Affinity On Desktop
Published 11/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Master the pen and node tools in Affinity Designer, Photo or Publisher to create, adjust, and join vector paths
What you’ll learn
Apply the pen tool to draw ANY shape you can think of utilizing 2 simple methods
Interpret the context toolbar for the pen tool to join multiple curves and confidently join, split, and adjust curves
Apply the “look ahead” method and the “anchor point” method to simplify your curves and your workflow
Confidently create your shapes utilizing the pen tool and the node tool and speed up your design process
Requirements
Affinity (Designer, Photo or Publisher) installed on your desktop
A basic knowledge of the program, including the ability to create a layer and navigate the interface
Description
Overview
Section 1: Introduction and Set-up
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Setting up the tool bar in Affinity for a successful course
Lecture 3 V1 users- How to set up for the class if you are using V1 versions of software
Section 2: All About Curves- How to read them, create them and adjust them
Lecture 4 Downloads for this section of the course
Lecture 5 Introduction to the section
Lecture 6 The Technical Aspects of Nodes
Lecture 7 The Technical Aspects of Open Curves
Lecture 8 The Technical Aspect of Closed Curves
Lecture 13 Complex Closed Curve Practice
Lecture 14 Curves in Photo Applied
Section 3: Working with multiple curves
Lecture 15 Resources for this section of the course
Lecture 16 Introduction to the section
Lecture 17 Joining curves
Lecture 18 Separating a curve into multiple curves
Lecture 19 Adjusting the stroke and changing the direction of curves
Lecture 20 Creating symmetrical vector shapes using the pen and node tool
Section 4: Wrap up and next steps
Lecture 21 Outro
