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    Quote from R C-R

    Is this any different from the version you uploaded a few days ago in this RE: It's... post?

    The Zip seems to be the same size for both.

    No, R C-R. It's the same. I uploaded it again in a separate post because it was completely lost in the 'It's...' post...

    🙂

  • X

    Ha-ha! Looks good. Great use of the Byzantium Gold brushes to get the same effect with a little Inventive, lateral thinking, komatös. . Kudos...

    You have untied the 'Gordian Knot'...

    😀😀😀

  • How to get started - I can open Affinity, but cannot do anything

    Quote from Carusoswi

    How do start using Affinity. I have downloaded it, registered, can open the application, but cannot do anything, clicking does not do anything.

    This sounds to me like you are a beginner.

    It sounds EXACTLY what I experienced many years ago when I wanted to learn CorelDraw. I purchased it, opened it, but didn't know what to do with it. I saw the white page and all the coloured squares along the bottom and was so excited by it, but I didn't know what to do in a graphics app. I was used to MS Word. I used to open CorelDraw each day and just look at it, at the colours, and wanted so much to learn it.

    If this is you... read on.

    And I DID learn it. It took a while, but not only did I learn it, but I became so proficient at it that I got a job doing graphic design in the investment banking industry in London and teaching it to others. I taught other members of the 'Design' team how to use CorelDraw, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, how to draw logos, maps and infographics, how to do photobashing, design covers for information memorandums, do layout for brochures, web graphics, animation, how to create PDFs, and a lot of other stuff.

    I helped and encouraged them, and we are all here to help and encourage you in your quest to learn Affinity 3.

    I taught myself.

    And you can too...

    So f this is you, check out the following YouTube video for beginners:

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    Also, there is a link to many Affinity 3 tutorials on YouTube here:

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    Favorite YouTube tutorials for Affinity by Canva?

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Affinity+by+Canva generates dozens & dozens of hits from quite a few different people (plus the usual annoying number of unrelated sponsored ones that I ignore).

    I noticed Elaine Giles, Detour Shirts, Kru Mark Tutorials, cappuswong, & quite a few others that I was not already aware of seem to post quite a lot of them, plus a few I new about like Technically Trent & Affinity Revolution.

    Which if any of these contributors would you recommend to other…
    R C-R
    January 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM

    Good luck! And, as you learn, save your work regularly and begin to gather stuff for your first portfolio.

    Del

  • Twist of Gold, Twist of Black

    Thanks, dominik.

    Yes, it was quite a lot of work, but a lot of fun...

    I made the gold font using one of the gold brushes from my free gold brush collection for Affinity Photo & Affinity 3. When I saw the brush stroke I had painted to test the brush, I thought 'Hmm. That would make a great bitmap colour font...'

    So I created one or two characters like ABC abc 123 and liked the look of them. The brush, because of the settings, is a bit erratic, so I had to paint a few brush strokes before I got a section of the brush stroke that I was happy with, but I like a challenge.

    I'm going to upload the 'black' version of the font 'Twist of Black' (which is vector) here on the Creofora Affinity forum in a few days.

    There's not much point uploading the 'gold' version, because it's a bitmap colour font and Affinity 3 doesn't recognise bitmap colour fonts (or, at least, not MY one :D Ha-ha!)... It's a shame because there's a lot you can do with it because it's translucent, so whatever image, colour or gradient you put behind it can be seen through it (see above, which I did in PowerPoint).

    MS Word and PowerPoint recognise bitmap colour fonts, as do CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign (and probably other design apps) and it's SO MUCH FUN creating stuff using them...

    This is a screenshow I am creating of the brushes in my free 'Rainbow' brush set for Affinity 3 (and Affinity Photo 2)...

    This is a kerning test in MS Word in which I was checking the kerning of the gold version...

    This is just a bit of fun using the 'Rainbow' brushes and glyphs from the 'Twist of Gold' font ...

    DelN

  • Twist of Gold, Twist of Black

    Hi,

    For a few months now I've been busy lately designing a bitmap colour font (Twist of Gold) in Affinity Photo 2, Designer 2 and Affinity 3. I used one of the gold brushes that I made in Affinity Photo 2 to create each glyph, exported each of them as .pngs, then brought them into FontLab 8 and set the kerning and tested it. It's been a challenge. I haven't used FontLab since version 5, but it's been a lot of fun. I have put my free 'Rainbow' brushes on hold because I have nowhere to upload them too since Affinity was bought by Canva.

    The font is a gold font that, sadly, won't display in Affinity 3 in it's native colour of gold. Also, it's quite translucent, so you can see through it (a bit like a gold négligée, really... Ha-ha!)

    I have tried many ways to export it so that Affinity 3 will recognise it, but it hasn't been a success. It shows up gold in Word and PowerPoint in Windows (see below). I've not been able to export it for Mac successfully either.

    I was going to upload it for free for the Affinity 3 community here on the Creofora forum, but there's no point if it doesn't display in gold...

    It looks like this...

    This is in PowerPoint...

    Anyway...

    So I created a Black version, which I think looks pretty cool. It's vector, although the original artwork is bitmap, but FontLab converts a version of it to vector (and does it very well, I might add).

    It works in Affinity 3 for Windows. It doesn't display correctly on a Mac, unfortunately. I've still gotta find out why...

    I really like the twisting of the lines and the kinda distressed look that the vector version (Twist of Black) has. I think it looks a bit organic, like the branches of a tree. I have broken the font apart in Affinity 3, recoloured some of the glyphs to see what it looks like. I'll probably upload it in a few days. Hopefully, I can export it for Mac users too.

    I just wish I could get the gold version to display in Affinity 3 and get both versions to export correctly for Mac...

    We'll see...

    Del

  • Smoothing lines in Pixel

    Hi mooksii,

    I don't know if you are aware of the old Affinity Forum (now read-only), which is here... https://forum.affinity.serif.com/
    You should check it out when you get the time. There is a lot of really interesting stuff hidden away there...

    Tutorials (they're for Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer v1 and v2, but they're still relevant)...
    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/9-tutorials-staff-and-customer-created-tutorials/

    Share Your Work
    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/10-share-your-work/

    Resources & Free Stuff
    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/11-resources/

    Lots of great free brushes, colour sets, textures, templates, etc.
    Of special interest is anything by StuartRc.
    He's always giving away great free vector brushes, textures and other great stuff and there are many in the old Affinity Forum that you can download, also his own work in Affinity Designer (and Affinity 3) is well worth checking out...
    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/232159-march-of-the-robots-and-comic-book-template/

    Also, this might interest you... It's a link to a video about DPI in bitmaps, which is really fascinating and informative:
    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/210391-how-dpi-works-tutorial-for-affinity-photo-designer-publisher/

    Hope this helps in your quest to master Affinity 3...

    Have fun!

    And if that hasn't exhausted you... ^^^^^^

    ...if you want any free bitmap brushes to use in the Pixel Studio of Affinity 3, I have posted loads:

    Free 'Byzantium Gold' brushes
    Free 'Nature' brushes
    Free 'Glitter & Gold Dust' brushes
    Free 'Gold Circles, Spirals & Annuli' brushes
    Free 'Texture' brushes incl Textures_02 Atmosphere, Mist & Fog and Textures_03 Cobwebs brushes
    Free 'Sacred Geometry' brushes

    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/228328-free-nature-gold-glitter-brushes-for-affinity-photo/

    Free 'Colour' brushes

    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/235238-dels-free-colour-brushes-for-affinity-photo/

    Del

  • Smoothing lines in Pixel

    Quote from mooksii

    It's been a learning curve, but I'm happy to ditch Adobe subs

    We're with you, mooksii. Most of us have been dumped by Adobe when they introduced their 'Software Rent' (which they call their 'subscription method') to concentrate on the large (RICH) corporations.

    And we're all here to help if you need anything...

    :)

  • Favorite YouTube tutorials for Affinity by Canva?

    69 Affinity 3 vids there now...

    I've not watched them all, but I thought you guys might like to have them all in one location. I'll add more when I see them.

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    DelN

  • Bring Back Colored Icons

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    Bring back, bring back,
    Oh, bring back my Colour Icons to Affinity.
    Bring back, bring back,
    Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me

    Love your little ditty, bici.

    Maybe... if you asked nicely (or better, sang ^^), you could request that in a future Affinity 3 update, Canva might provide both a monochrome AND a coloured icon version, so Affinity 3 users could CHOOSE...

    But you will have to sing sweetly, mesmerise the Canva gods with your melodious voice and honey'd words...

    DelN

  • Favorite YouTube tutorials for Affinity by Canva?

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    Any particular tutorials you consider "must sees"?

    Hi R-C-R,

    I've a few Affinity 3 tutorials (42, to be exact) saved here :

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    View in YouTube. The 42 tutes are to be found on the right-hand side...


    DelN