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Day 6 ....Thank You Carole for the brush set they will come in very handy.

Day 6. Thank you ever so much for the link Carole. I can now play with Affinity designer through the trial. For the tag I duplicated it. Erasing the part I didn't need, enabling me to have to 2 tubes on the tag. I was trying to get 2 layers of beads, one without the stroke, and one with a large stroke. I don't how I did it, but this was the result, which I thought was rather nice.

Day 6 On my trip I fleetingly saw a rattlesnake but sadly was too late to make a photo. I never have seen one before in the wild, but luckily my son in law had a photo of a rattlesnake and shared it with me. When I saw the spiral shape I thought immediately of this photo and here he is with the spiral shape with the rope brush. Of course I had to use the letter R with the beads brush. As I was playing around I gave the R an outer glow and the rest of the letters have a bevel. I was not totally happy with my R, so here is another example.

Day 7. It has been interesting to see the differences in the programs while achieving the same or similar results. @Cassel Thank you for explaining the brushes. I understood it, but a more in-depth discussion in a Q&A session would be great. I didn't realize there were different types of brushes, image vs. vector. I look forward to learning more. THANKS!

Lesson 7 I didn't save the first project that was in the video. This is the 2nd from the video. I explored the different brushes and found the "stippling light" in the patterns brushes funny, so I used that for the right part of the initial. 🙂

Lesson 6: Chain link around a letter and the banner. Must say I did have problem with the letter, the chain when applied was huge 96pt! I had to keep resizing it. It went awry but I kept at it. Here are my attempts... Now the letter is shown here, I can see I still need to practice closing the gaps.

Lesson 5: Text in a Circle and Text on a path. Must admit I'm finding Affinity a bit odd. Whereas you could insert a picture from one layer into another separate layer when working on two things and then bring them together, it doesn't always resize well. I get a square box with x on each corner instead of the o. and it just seems a lot of faffing about to save as a jpeg and then bring the item into place. Also the resizing: there is no scale or perspective button - Im really new to Affinity so I probably need real back to basic training session. Anyway here is my take on this exercise...

Day 7 Again, it’s the same logo, but this time I used all the brushes provided by Carole, just as they are, or changed the colors… just for fun. 😊 As Linda, I also created everything in Designer. Carole, I really enjoyed this workshop and, as always, learned a lot from you. Thank you for all the effort you put into creating it.

Day 6. I started using Affinity Designer before I used Photo because I wanted to do vectors. That being said, and this is just my choice, I did all of this in Designer. The chain brush is one I made a few years ago and the rose is all vector that I drew. Thank You Carole for the brushes! You can never have too many brushes!!

Day 7 For this last day I managed to make a simple layout as well. I used the cloud shape with the silver bead on the bottom which gave me the idea to use a photo with some clouds. Text around that cloud shape is way too difficult to read therefore I draw a circle and put my text there. I cut my C in two and one part has recolored beads and a fitting color for the stroke and my K has 4 colors in the beads. I was tempted to use the spiral shape for that but because I have done so, I think 2 times in the PSP Vector workshop, I went with the cloud shape. Making the cuts in Affinity is so simple and for me that is great, no problem with my hands! Thank you Carole for a very interesting Affinity Vector Workshop and a thank you to everybody for the lovely, divers and inspiring contributions!

Lesson 3 complete

Day 7.

Lesson 6 I did the same as Carole for the rectangle shape and I changed the colour of the beads around the letter G and added a paper for the fill.

My lesson 7

For sure they will! 😄 --------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the logo I created while practicing a tutorial from Affinity Revolution for Affinity Designer. The logo Ally created was inspired by a Logo Template from the site “Heritage Type,” which offers graphic supplies for designers. There is a free downloads section, “Free Vintage Illustrations,” from which I got the PDF flower illustration.

Day 6. This is a nice workaround for tubes. The gap is a minor annoyance, but manageable. @Cassel Are brushes program specific? I first installed the ones you provided using Photo. When they didn't show up, I followed the instructions and installed them using Designer, where they do appear. I also notice that other brushes from my stash that I installed using Photo do not appear in Designer.

@Corrie Kinkel Bedankt voor het opmerken van de typo. Gefixed 🙂

Lesson 7: Partial path elements the bracelet and my initial K. I used an emboss with the special effects on the K.

Day 6

Thank you so much! I don't know why I didn't think to group them! That little cat shape is so cute! 🙂

Lesson 4: cutting out a hole in a vector - Cups. Here is my cup and mug. Looks like an angry leaf asking when is he getting his cuppa!!

Lesson 7 Thank you Carole for another great workshop in Vectors using Affinity everyone has had some amazing results, it's all a learning curve no matter if you are a novice or experienced . Here are my efforts for lesson 7, the letter B on the inside has a photo of my begonia from my hanging baskets which I have just hung up outside. The last one is me playing around with the pencil tool in desinger and making this flower, I added a gradient to it and an elipse in the middle which I bevelled. Thought I would add this one to my post I had been working on it earlier and forgot to add it, unfortunately when I added my shadow I didn't notice that it showed up the line underneath the beads until I posted it dah😁

Yeah, this is a bummer.

Carole, converting some of the Picture tubes would be a great idea! I do agree with you that I wish the brushes all worked the same way. It can be confusing! I do like being able to create brushes and tweak ones that are already there.

what I have done, Krystyna, is I created a 600x600 preset with transparent background and hit the + sign, down bottom left of the new file dialogue box, which created a new file to use each time. I also have a 12x12 file.

Question please: how do I get a bespoke template saved to AFFINITY PHOTO? I would like to have 600 x 600 transparent ready for these workshops. At the moment I have saved a blank version in my file. Many thanks.

Lesson 6 Pansy on an M 😉 (Forgot to add shadows)

Leason 3: Leaves vectors saved into assets file

Lesson 1: OK, seems I posted under the wrong thread, so here it is. My first attempt with AFFINITY PHOTO on the 90 day trial.

Seeing as I don't have Affinity Designer, I am unable to participate in the last two days. Instead, I improvised by playing around with the eraser tool, which I accidently discovered, and the break curve tool, demonstrated in day 7.

Lesson 6:

I Love the layout. I hope you don't mind. May I make a suggestion? The brush you used is a little on the wide side. If you narrow it to match the width of the beads it will blend better with the beads, making them look as one.

Thank you Jeni, that's really useful to know. I will give it a try. Kx

@CristinaGreat work on the text. I like your "logo" too. I like that quote too! I see those beads will stay in your toolbox, right? @Carolyn RyeYes, some things are easier in PSP, others easier in Affinity. I guess it will be the advantage of knowing both programs. @AprilDawnI wish I could paint like that. Is it painted on canvas or digitally? Your assignments are great too. It is fun to see them in a little project like that. It makes this thread more colorful! @JacquesGreat stitching. Once you use it in a project, you will likely add some shadows, right? @Sue ThomasThose thick curves look fantastic! I can see adding short quotes or other details in a project. @Krystyna NichollsGood start. I am sure you will catch up. Showing as a screenshot is a good way to go. Your leaf looks like it was just chewed by caterpillars! @Cindy SheetsThe Asset panel does not include any shape by default. It is a little like the Organizer in PSP except that you have to add the Assets yourself (or import them). Do you see the three lines on the top right corner of the Asset panel? That is where you should get the option to add a Category. @MoniqueN.Lovely design with the extracted image. @Corrie KinkelIf you want the 90-day trial, you can do it even if you purchased the Photo app. Drop me an email if you want it. Good work on the assignment with the Vector brushes. @Gerry LandrethI am not sure what happened as I responded to you earlier but my post disappeared. To answer your question, yes and no. The brushes can be Raster or Vector. The Raster brushes are like the regular basic ones, and the Image brushes. They work in both AP and AD BUT, in AD they will show only if you are using the Pixel Persona (that is the icon to the right of the blue icon for AD on the top left of your workspace - it looks a bit like the pixels from the Campus logo). If you are using that persona, it will use the RASTER brushes. However, the Vector brushes are ONLY available in AD, in the Designer Persona. Does that make sense? I might have to go over that during the Q&A next week? @Linda RexfordI have considered converting some of the Picture tubes from the store into brushes for Affinity. I am just annoyed that there are Image brushes and Vector brushes and they have to be created differently AND will have different applications (not all of them can be used the same way as they are in PSP). @Raymond I love that quote! Isn't that right!?? You are all doing fantastic work. I love how you are all applying the assignments to create something when you can. It is so much fun to browse through.

Gerry lovely and your circle with the hummingbird is fantastic

Sharon don't be embarrassed, we all are here to learn and you did very well!

lesson 2 affinity question My assets panel does not show any preset shapes and I did not find an option to add my own category.

Lesson 1: here is my first attempt at the heart and arrow in AFFINITY PHOTO on the 90 day trial. Just played around with the colour settings.

For this layout I used a rather large stroke, which was intentional, in order for me to add the text. Using 3 stroked cirlces, I used the break curve tool. When I parted the break I was left with these lovely rounded edges, which I really wasn't expecting. As I was expecting clean breaks. Oh well a lesson for another day. Meanwhile I had fun experimenting with these 2 tools today.

I then used these silhouettes in the foreground for a photo I took. Since the screenshots were not very large files I wasn't sure how they would work on a fairly large photo (4600 x 3600)

You can just save the whole page as an asset, I think, by selecting everything you want to save, and dragging it in the Assets panel. Check this week's article about Saving Assets: https://scrapbookcampus.com/2025/05/saving-assets-in-affinity/

I bought Affinity photo too, but I just activated a 7 day trial for Designer. Now I can do day 6 and 7 and get a feel for designer. Maybe an idea for those who doesn't have designer at the moment!

Can you post this in the Affinity thread here? https://scrapbookcampus.com/invision/forums/topic/2318-vector-workshop-2025-for-affinity

Day 6 Affinity doesn’t have Picture Tubes, but the brushes Carole has created are great! Dawn posted some examples of using the Shape Tool for Lesson 2, including the Spiral Tool. So, I used the Spiral Tool to place the cass-GoldRope brush. For the letter “S”, I placed cass-SeedBeads3-GoldB.

Day 5... The Folk Art Rose i painted many years ago at the beginning of my painting journey and I will use this result with the text along path and the circles on a card I intend to make. Everyone is doing great creative work and a pleasure to view. best wishes to all,

Lesson 5 Affinity. This was very different to PSP. Some parts better with Affinity, some maybe PSP better. Anyway, it doesn't matter because it is all learning. I did have a bit of fun doing the image below

Day 5 This technique is more user-friendly to do in Affinity. The word "Success" could have had a smoother path, but I was practicing the technique to press the ALT key to change the direction of the next node, and I didn’t want to redo it. Some time ago, I created a logo based on a video from Affinity Revolution. This logo is inspired by that tutorial. AI illustration from Pixabay

Mocha wasn't really grumpy, he just woke up. He was a great cat!