Template Workshop 2025

[Marie-Claire]

I made it 🙂, the 7 lessons with Affinity Photo.
Day 7
Papers : aimeeharrisondesigns Burst Forth Mini Kit
Photos : Belinda Fewings (flowers) and Nick Fewings, on Unsplash
Fonts : Al Sandra, Gyparody

[Jacques]

Here are my projects from days 2, 3 and 4 with "Affinity". Although the "Look" is very similar to those made with PSP, I admit that Affinity offers useful tools (Place, move a photo on a mask, etc.).

It's a shame that Corel no longer makes modifications to PSP 😞

 

Edited May 3 by Jacques

[Harmony Birch]

21 hours ago, Cassel said:

That is a great way to work around the limitation, but I thought you had to have purchased it to be allowed as a beta-tester???

Do we know if there is a 90 day trial for designer at all.

[Cassel]

5 minutes ago, Harmony Birch said:

Do we know if there is a 90 day trial for designer at all.

The 90-day trial I can offer applies to the whole suite "at once" so yes, you could then download all the app for that trial.

[Jacques]

1 hour ago, Harmony Birch said:

Do we know if there is a 90 day trial for designer at all.

With the beta version, I was able to download all three modules (for all environments) but I only installed Affinity Photo for Windows

Edited May 3 by Jacques

[Jeni Simpson]

6 hours ago, Jacques said:

With the beta version, I was able to download all three modules (for all environments) but I only installed Affinity Photo for Windows

Jacques, I would download the others as well, you may not use them, but you could have a play, at least. Some scrapbookers use Designer rather than Photo. I admit I am using Photo and have yet to try the others. I'm like Susan, not enough time in the day, I probably need 48/7 instead of 24/7, or, as Susan said, to live to 150!

[Jeni Simpson]

Template 3 extra
Affinity Photo 2.6 and PSPx8
I tried and tried to work out how to export and maintain the aspect ratio, and couldn't find anything helpful, so I used PSP to resize.
I found this ram in a paddock in Waipiata, he was wild and woolly, he had lived in the hills for years, so wouldn't have been shorn for a long time.

The kit used is Winter Repose from Jessica Dunn. The font is Smith Family Script Bold from CreativeFabrica.

 

Edited May 4 by Jeni Simpson
Kit was Jessica Dunn, not Marisa Lerin.

[AprilDawn]

hello everyone!... finally got to do lesson 3 after having to get new computer.  Beige painterly stroked paper free from Rita at the Coffe Shop Blog,  recoloured the original. Plaid pattern paper free from Chantahlia Design. Heart shape created in PSP from a shape preset and glow, 3D and shadow effect done in Affinity Photo. Font is the same as Carole used in the lesson. Now on to lesson 4.. i will get to finish eventually.

best wishes to all,

Dawn.

 

 

[Jeni Simpson]

1 hour ago, AprilDawn said:

hello everyone!... finally got to do lesson 3 after having to get new computer.  Beige painterly stroked paper free from Rita at the Coffe Shop Blog,  recoloured the original. Plaid pattern paper free from Chantahlia Design. Heart shape created in PSP from a shape preset and glow, 3D and shadow effect done in Affinity Photo. Font is the same as Carole used in the lesson. Now on to lesson 4.. i will get to finish eventually.

best wishes to all,

Dawn.

 

 

Good for you, Dawn. You will get them done. It might feel lonely, yet some of us are still here rooting for you.

[Cristina]

Lovely work, Dawn. And you are not alone; I'm behind, too! As Jeni said, some of us are still here rooting for you! 🙂 

[Cristina]

Here is Day 6 - Affinity

Finding a kit with the papers/colors I thought would fit the photos took me a long time.

Of course, I could create my own paper with the colors and textures I wanted, but why do I get the kits I ike if I do not use them? 😄 

So, for this page, I used papers and elements from Lynn Grieveson's Happy Place kit.

Cassel's DateStamp#12 script, done in PSP.

Font: Bungee Outline

Now, for Day 7,  I still have to look for photos I feel like scrapping and suitable for the template.

 

[Jeni Simpson]

20 minutes ago, Cristina said:

Here is Day 6 - Affinity

Finding a kit with the papers/colors I thought would fit the photos took me a long time.

Of course, I could create my own paper with the colors and textures I wanted, but why do I get the kits I ike if I do not use them? 😄 

So, for this page, I used papers and elements from Lynn Grieveson's Happy Place kit.

Cassel's DateStamp#12 script, done in PSP.

Font: Bungee Outline

Now, for Day 7,  I still have to look for photos I feel like scrapping and suitable for the template.

 

Olivia has such a beautiful smile, she is so photogenic.

[MoniqueN.]

30 minutes ago, Cristina said:

Here is Day 6 - Affinity

Finding a kit with the papers/colors I thought would fit the photos took me a long time.

Of course, I could create my own paper with the colors and textures I wanted, but why do I get the kits I ike if I do not use them? 😄 

So, for this page, I used papers and elements from Lynn Grieveson's Happy Place kit.

Cassel's DateStamp#12 script, done in PSP.

Font: Bungee Outline

Now, for Day 7,  I still have to look for photos I feel like scrapping and suitable for the template.

 

 

It takes me ages to find the right kit/colors for a project too 🙂 Sometimes it takes more time finding the kit than making the project 🙂

[Cristina]

1 hour ago, Jeni Simpson said:

Olivia has such a beautiful smile, she is so photogenic.

Yes, Jeni, she has a lovely smile,  but like every child, she sometimes makes funny faces for the photos. 😄 But those can also be used for the right layout!

[Cristina]

1 hour ago, MoniqueN. said:

It takes me ages to find the right kit/colors for a project too 🙂 Sometimes it takes more time finding the kit than making the project 🙂

Same here, Monique. 🙂  I am sure we are not alone!

[Jacques]

@Cassel Question about Affinity: After opening a "template (psd file), do we get the same effect if we do a "File|Save As..." as the steps you take to get our copy?

[Ann Seeber]

12 minutes ago, Jacques said:

@Cassel Question about Affinity: After opening a "template (psd file), do we get the same effect if we do a "File|Save As..." as the steps you take to get our copy?

Affinity works with .psd just like PSP works with .pspimage files. In other words; it displays all layers. The only hitch is that Affinity can't "see" .pspimage files whereas PSP can see both .psd and .pspimage. I do recall that there are some features of .psd files that PSP can't parse, so it ignores them. I've run into problems with bounded text since .psd can't see that.

Edited May 4 by Ann Seeber

[Cassel]

37 minutes ago, Jacques said:

@Cassel Question about Affinity: After opening a "template (psd file), do we get the same effect if we do a "File|Save As..." as the steps you take to get our copy?

If you use "save as...", it will only save in the native .afphoto format. If you want any other format (including .psd), you have to use the Export... command.

[Sue Thomas]

26 minutes ago, Cassel said:

If you use "save as...", it will only save in the native .afphoto format. If you want any other format (including .psd), you have to use the Export... command.

I couldn't save a file as a png in export.   

[Cassel]

16 minutes ago, Sue Thomas said:

I couldn't save a file as a png in export. 

What do you get? Do you just not have the option or do you get an error message?

[Sue Thomas]

4 minutes ago, Cassel said:

What do you get? Do you just not have the option or do you get an error message?

I don't  get the option. 

[Sue Thomas]

I can open SVG  files  in affinity. After editing the layers, I wanted to save it as a png, in order for me to open  it in psp.

[Cassel]

15 minutes ago, Sue Thomas said:

I don't  get the option. 

What do you have in the dropdown list? Here is mine:

[Sue Thomas]

7 minutes ago, Cassel said:

What do you have in the dropdown list? Here is mine:

I'm currently on a train, when I arrive at my daughter's  I  will check. I don't  recall seeing such an extensive  drop down list.

[Jacques]

1 hour ago, Cassel said:

If you use "save as...", it will only save in the native .afphoto format. If you want any other format (including .psd), you have to use the Export... command.

the format "afphoto" is similar to ".pspimage" with layers and everything right?