Template Workshop 2025

[Jeni Simpson]

3 minutes ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

Last weekend 8 of us went to the beach (brrr) for a ladies weekend. While there we competed in a pickleball tournament. 

Bonnie, I am curious, what is Pickleball?

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Just now, Jeni Simpson said:

Bonnie, I am curious, what is Pickleball?

Pickleball is a realativly new sport...just a little over 50 years old. It is a paddle sport, similar to tennis and badminton, played on a smaller court with a plastic ball and paddles. It's a fun and social game that's easy to learn but can be fast-paced and competitive. It  involves hitting the ball over a net until one side fails to return it or commits a rule infraction. Google it...it is very popular...fastest growing sport in the world...or at least, the US.

[Jeni Simpson]

Template 1 extra, the Facebook Header
I have used another photograph from Maple Glen gardens.
One time I was there, a Black Swan stomped across this bridge, angry that I had ventured too close to his mate's nest with her cygnets.
Luckily, this wasn't the case when I took this photograph

For this template, I have used the papers of Marisa Lerin's blog train kit for DSA February 2014, suggested by Carole, and re-coloured the scattered blobs to suit.

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[Jeni Simpson]

9 minutes ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

Pickleball is a realativly new sport...just a little over 50 years old. It is a paddle sport, similar to tennis and badminton, played on a smaller court with a plastic ball and paddles. It's a fun and social game that's easy to learn but can be fast-paced and competitive. It  involves hitting the ball over a net until one side fails to return it or commits a rule infraction. Google it...it is very popular...fastest growing sport in the world...or at least, the US.

Oh, yes, I watched a video on YouTube. I had not heard of this sport before you mentioned it in these forums. Sounds like fun   
I see we have a pickleball association in New Zealand, probably in the North Island.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

1 hour ago, Jeni Simpson said:

Oh, yes, I watched a video on YouTube. I had not heard of this sport before you mentioned it in these forums. Sounds like fun   
I see we have a pickleball association in New Zealand, probably in the North Island.

Yes, pickleball is pretty much everywhere.

[Anja Pelzer]

my template filled with Affinity , Kit Ilonka Designs - it had to be you - my Mom

[Cassel]

I am glad to see you all. We have almost 100 registrants. Based on this thread alone, I see that we will have both PSP users and Affinity users. For those who will be using Affinity, if you find any issues with the tutorials, things that are unclear, etc., let me know. It is the first time the Affinity tutorials will be in use.

@Anne Lamp Even if you don't use templates typically, you will hopefully still gather some tips along the way.

@Corrie Kinkel We will be looking forward to your projects upon your return. In the meantime, you can chime in.

@Sue Thomas You will see that templates can be easy to use with Affinity.

@MoniqueN. Are you referring to another Affinity Bootcamp? If so, yes, I am planning one for September.

@Jacques I hope we will see more photos of your grandson!!!

@fiona cook There is a basic template, used in the tutorial, and another one for DIAMOND members. Did you download the extra?

@Hank Sobah Did you apply a pencil effect to the photo? It looks interesting! I would suggest that you check your drop shadows. It looks like they are even all around, which would not be the case if the light source is on the top left.

@Donna Sillia Did you duplicate the dots layer to get the different colors? That is an interesting idea.

@Bonnie Ballentine That layout made me smile. Looking at the "Bokeh" dots that you replaced with stars and pickleballs. It is so you!!!!

@Jeni Simpson Great start. Are you new to Affinity or already familiar with it?

@Anja Pelzer You tweaked that layout beautifully by adding lace and a cluster.

For anyone participating in this workshop, make sure you add your program version in your profile so we can help you if you ever have any issue. You can follow this tutorial to update your profile.

See you tomorrow!

[Linda Rexford]

I'm using Affinity for these tutorials.  The papers are all from Creative Fabrica and the font is Comic Sans (seems appropriate for kittens).

This pic was from 2009 and Camo was the best momma cat!!

[Jeni Simpson]

45 minutes ago, Cassel said:

I am glad to see you all. We have almost 100 registrants. Based on this thread alone, I see that we will have both PSP users and Affinity users. For those who will be using Affinity, if you find any issues with the tutorials, things that are unclear, etc., let me know. It is the first time the Affinity tutorials will be in use.

@Jeni Simpson Great start. Are you new to Affinity or already familiar with it?

See you tomorrow!

Carole, I did the Affinity Bootcamp, and have followed a few Affinity tutorials. I am finding the Bootcamp tutorials helpful here, also there are Serif Affinity and YouTube tutorials and I joined Affinity Revolution. If I'm unsure what to do, I research, hence opening those Bootcamp tutorials again, and opened Serif's manual for Affinity.

[Jeni Simpson]

Template 1 Diamond
Using Serif Affinity 2.6

This photograph shows our village taken from a nearby hill with about as much snow cover as we would ever get.
We are heading towards Winter down here. I left the white dots as would be snow.

Kit is Jessica Dunn - Snow Place Like Home from Curio Pantry, I used 3 of her papers, the other two were recoloured, to match the papers used.
Fonts are Cute Rita and Magical Feather.

[AprilDawn]

This is a photo  that my sister in-law took a few years ago of Derby a town in the Kimberly region of Western Australia. i have used it before  but  thought to use it again for this workshop. Not toally happy with how the text ended up but it is my first go and hopefully will improve. Carole thank you for a well explained video i will have to keep practising  on the text part.

best wishes to everyone,

Dawn.

 

[Carolyn Rye]

Day 1.  I used Affinity Photo 2 to do this one.  My friend and her husband just completed an amazing trip down to South Australia, through Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. This is one of the many art pieces that she photographed.  This was taken in Cummins in South Australia.  Some of the art photos that she has taken are just so beautiful.

[Cristina]

Day 1 – Affinity
I used papers and one element from the kit “Tastes_like_Summer” by Lynn Grieveson.
I tweaked the color of the Edge Border using HSL Layer Adjustment (Hue-Saturation-Luminosity).
I created the page, and only almost at the end did I notice a mistake I had made from the start.
So, I decided to start from scratch since the layout was not complicated.   At a certain point, I wondered if copying the layers from one document to another would be possible, as it does in PSP. 
I tried it, and it was even better!
I copied the elements and the texts, and they were placed in the same spots I had in the first layout, rather than in the center of the page as they do in PSP.
Font: Caneletter Script & Clumsy Blink

 

 

Edited April 22 by Cristina

[Sharla]

Day 1: 'All things Japanese’ is my theme for this workshop – the images will be downloaded or created by AI. The photo in this image is one I created with AI. The font is Iskoola Pota. The papers are from a kit by Jessica Dunn called Winter Solstice. Project completed in Affinity.

 

Edited April 22 by Sharla

[Leslie Pugs]

There is a botanical garden and animal sanctuary  near me where I took this picture of one of the Flamingos.

[Euka]

Using Affinity Photo 2.2 - the photo is mine and the papers from a Gemini kit  called Out of the Blue - the font is Mistic. 

[Ann Seeber]

20 minutes ago, Euka said:

Using Affinity Photo 2.2 - the photo is mine and the papers from a Gemini kit  called Out of the Blue - the font is Mistic. 

Beautiful, I have always loved that building. I have a layout showing a new rival opera house in Kosovo.

[Ann Seeber]

Here is the new Opera & Ballet Theatre of Kosovo featured on My Modern Met. The designer is BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group. No papers used, just colors and textures. The font is Eras. There are several spectacular photos featured so I will continue with this theme.

[Donna Sillia]

11 hours ago, Cassel said:

I am glad to see you all. We have almost 100 registrants. Based on this thread alone, I see that we will have both PSP users and Affinity users. For those who will be using Affinity, if you find any issues with the tutorials, things that are unclear, etc., let me know. It is the first time the Affinity tutorials will be in use.

@Anne Lamp Even if you don't use templates typically, you will hopefully still gather some tips along the way.

@Corrie Kinkel We will be looking forward to your projects upon your return. In the meantime, you can chime in.

@Sue Thomas You will see that templates can be easy to use with Affinity.

@MoniqueN. Are you referring to another Affinity Bootcamp? If so, yes, I am planning one for September.

@Jacques I hope we will see more photos of your grandson!!!

@fiona cook There is a basic template, used in the tutorial, and another one for DIAMOND members. Did you download the extra?

@Hank Sobah Did you apply a pencil effect to the photo? It looks interesting! I would suggest that you check your drop shadows. It looks like they are even all around, which would not be the case if the light source is on the top left.

@Donna Sillia Did you duplicate the dots layer to get the different colors? That is an interesting idea.

@Bonnie Ballentine That layout made me smile. Looking at the "Bokeh" dots that you replaced with stars and pickleballs. It is so you!!!!

@Jeni Simpson Great start. Are you new to Affinity or already familiar with it?

@Anja Pelzer You tweaked that layout beautifully by adding lace and a cluster.

For anyone participating in this workshop, make sure you add your program version in your profile so we can help you if you ever have any issue. You can follow this tutorial to update your profile.

See you tomorrow!

I didn't duplicate the dots layer. I have a bokeh brush from AE that I imported into PSP.

[DianeM]

You asked for feed back on different versions of Affinity. I'm using 2.6.2 and I do not see the option to float window of new document in the settings interface. Maybe it was moved?

And I have a question about adding the various papers into the project file. I see that you open the paper file then copy and paste into the project file. I have gotten lazy and drag them directly from the Finder window into the Affinity project. Is there a difference in the end result of doing it my lazy way? 

These tutorials have been really easy to follow along. Thank you for creating and sharing them.

[Susan Ewart]

4 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Here is the new Opera & Ballet Theatre of Kosovo featured on My Modern Met. The designer is BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group. No papers used, just colors and textures. The font is Eras. There are several spectacular photos featured so I will continue with this theme.

I love the clean lines in this layout and the circles look great against it.  

[Jacques]

A family story

 

Edited April 22 by Jacques

[Susan Ewart]

Lesson 1 Template1b- PSP

papers from Creative Fabrica and Digital Scrapbook.  Font is Keshiki (CF).  The dots have a very low opacity.  The rectangle is a blend of a paper and a fill color.  the photo is mine and a re-hash from the Magazine workshop (I'm almost done!).  No time for new photos right now 😢.

[Ann Seeber]

1 hour ago, Jacques said:

A family story

 

Jacques - could I bother you for a translation to English for your colorful creation?

[bina greene]

Hello Carole, hello eevryone! Thanks for hosting this workshop, Carole. 

Here is my go at the 1st template, I just duplicated the circle twice and adjsuted the size a bit, but now I am thinking I want to have a second go with the template as is.