Review affinity photo workbook how to#

That requires more explaining of the basics than when youвЂ™re starting from a photograph and editing that into art. That is probably because in Affinity Designer youвЂ™re bound to start from a paper sketch to the digital artwork. The latter contains more step-by-step project explanations. The Affinity Designer Workbook spends a bit more time explaining the interface and its elements than the Affinity Photo Workbook. There are plenty of examples in there and all carry step-by-step explanations of real projects by real artists. They both start with a healthy overview of the appвЂ™s menus, commands, panels and the lot, but they donвЂ™t stop at that.

Review affinity photo workbook how to#

ThatвЂ™s mainly due to the way these books teach you how to use the apps. Even as version 1.7 of Designer and Photo contain a lot of new stuff, once youвЂ™ve worked your way through the original books, you know enough to quickly assimilate the updatesвЂ™ new features, shortcuts, etc. Do you need one for every update? No, you donвЂ™t. ThatвЂ™s, of course, always a bit of a bummer when you buy a printed software instruction book it does need updating from time to time and that implies youвЂ™ll have to buy a new book.

The two versions that I received for review were already both updated to the latest version of the Affinity apps (1.7). And they may be perfect bound, but they are also perfectly bound, meaning the spine wonвЂ™t loosen any pages if you do lay the books open flat. At the very least, you should seriously consider them as they contain invaluable information and tear-out cheat sheets.Д«oth books are hard cover perfect bound, but due to the weight of the thick semi-glossy paper you can lay them completely flat. Did you know the people at Serif have written, edited and published their own books for learning Affinity Designer and Photo? Well, they have and theyвЂ™re both excellent books for learning the two apps.