Quickstart Guide
The perfect place to start if you’re brand-new to Affinity Photo, our Quickstart Guide gives you an overview of the software, its user interface and main features. It also explains how to complete essential tasks, such as creating a new project, navigating the workspace, using key tools and eventually exporting your final masterpiece.
In addition to the Quickstart Guide, our Learning Portal also houses a variety of other instructive materials, including handy keyboard shortcut cheat-sheets and resources for iPad users.
Interface Overview
Before you dive in, it’s worth watching this video, which gives you a quick tour of the Affinity Photo user interface, covering the various tools and panels as well as the context toolbar.
Beginner tutorials
Our team has also produced series of video tutorials to help make the jump into Affinity Photo even less daunting:
The Basics – Learn how to use Photo’s basic functions
All About Layers – Gain a better understanding of working with layers
Filters & Adjustments – Explore the many filter and adjustment options you can experiment with
Corrective & Retouching – Perfect your photos with these powerful features
Tutorials for iPad users – Learn more about using Photo for iPad
User-created Content
In addition to our own resources, there’s a world of amazing tutorials from some incredibly talented and passionate members of our user community. Here’s some of our favourites:
Affinity Photo for Beginners | Your Complete Affinity Photo Tutorial! (Video by Envato Tuts+)
Affinity Photo for Beginners – Complete Course (Video by Design Method)
Affinity Revolution’s Photo Tutorials
Help & Support
If you’re having trouble, don’t forget that a built-in help system is included in each Affinity app, providing a huge library of information about all aspects of the software. Conveniently located in the Help menu, it’s a great place to learn and get explanations fast. You can also access this resource via your browser here: Affinity Photo – Online Help.
Additionally, we have a thriving Online Forum, where our developers, support staff and other app users are happy to help with any hurdles you come across.
Our Community
Our Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok pages are also rich sources of information and inspiration. We frequently share amazing work created by Affinity users, along with news, third-party reviews and tutorials. In addition to our own social channels, Affinity users have created their own communities on Discord and Reddit, so be sure to check those out well.
And when you’re ready to take things to the next level…
Our YouTube channel plays host to a wide range of video tutorials, covering not just the basics, but advanced functionalities to help you master the app. You’ll also find our popular, user-led Affinity Creative Sessions where professional photographers and other incredible artists show you how they use Affinity Photo to complete real-world projects.
Advanced Tutorials – Get to grips with some of Affinity Photo’s more advanced functionality including panorama stitching, non-destructive RAW, blending options, power duplication, LAB editing and more
Workflows & Techniques – From basic image editing to HDR and beyond, learn how to combine several tools and functions to take your creations to the next level
Learn from the Pros – Follow along as top photographers and artists show you their Affinity Photo workflows
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This is just a sample of what’s available on our free online resource, Affinity Spotlight, where we not only post learning content but also artist interviews and other insightful pieces from the Affinity team and leading creatives who use the apps. Browse more articles here.