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Affinity Publisher for Beginners | Updated for Version 2 (Udemy.com)

Everything you need to master Affinity Publisher!

Created by: Affinity Revolution

Last updated December 2022

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What you will learn

  • You will learn the foundational skills of Affinity Publisher
  • You will learn how to use the most important tools in digital publishing
  • You will gain real world experience as you complete the course projects
  • You will feel confident working in Affinity Publisher

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Overall Score : 96 / 100

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Course Description

If you are new to Affinity Publisher, then this course is for you!

I've been teaching Affinity Publisher for over 3 years. During that time, I've learned the best ways to help people learn Affinity. Now in this course, I've brought together all of my Affinity knowledge to give you the ultimate learning experience.

This course has been designed for complete beginners. So even if you are brand new to Affinity, you will be able to easily follow along with these tutorials. We will start at the very beginning, and gradually build your skills.

All of the course exercise files are available to download, so that you can follow along with all of the videos. We will complete lots of projects together, so that you can see how everything you've learned can be used in the real world.

I want to help you maximize your time in Affinity Publisher. So in this course, I will teach you the best techniques that require the least effort. You will learn simple, effective ways to create beautiful designs.

I know you're going to love this course. The tutorials are a lot of fun, and I know you will learn a lot. So if you've struggled with Affinity Publisher in the past, but you still want to learn how to use this amazing program, then please join me in the course! :)

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Instructor Details

Affinity Revolution

Hi there! I'm Ally Anderson, the girl behind Affinity Revolution. I've been teaching people how to use the Affinity programs since 2016. Over these years, I've made hundreds of video tutorials for Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher. I love the whole Affinity suite, and am excited to share what I've learned with you! :)

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Reviews

4.8

539 ratings on Udemy

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By Rocio Aviles on 8/16/2026

This is a really great course. Ally's explanations are excellent. Lesson by lesson, she explains everything we need to start using Affinity Publisher immediately after finishing the course. During the course, she encountered a few errors, which was great because she demonstrated how to fix them. I enjoyed doing all the exercises, and the final project was super fun. This course was totally worth my time.

By Tim Wickenden on 5/21/2026

A great course. Easy to followww - all the worked examples and resources worked as they should and were well organised. I particularly like that Ally leaves in common errors you're likely to make such as not running picture in to the bleed, etc. so that you can learn how to spot and fix these issues. Although Affinity Publisher is now contained inside the new Affinity 3 most of this is still the same, so an good cross over course.

By Rob Catlin on 9/4/2025

I'm really impressed with this short course as it covers all the basic skills I need to know to expedite my learning and has a nice amount of practical projects and bug fixing to cement what I have been learning in my mind. I have already bought the advanced course as I am sure it will be just as good, if not better.

By Rachel Schmiedel on 2/28/2025

The instructor is friendly and has carefully arranged lessons to build upon the previous instructions. I learned so much, and this was exactly what I was looking for! I purchased this class after the original course I purchased was spoken in English but the instructor's Affinity workspace was in another language, making it difficult for me to quickly learn. This course was perfect and I'd take another from her!

By Carlos Alvarez on 7/28/2024

An excellent course. This is specially designed for those of us who are beginners and who do not know anything about this software. Without a doubt, it will be very useful for my design projects. Congratulations to the instructor since she explains very well and in a simple way. I think this course could reach 5 stars if it was updated with Publisher version 2.5. Cheers!

By LA Dahlmann on 1/9/2024

Ally is the most inspiring instructor that I have seen in a very long time! This is a GREAT course - with well-proportioned and well-paced chapters. And best of all: no annoying background music - and none of the eternal self-promotion that so many instructors seem to think that they have to add to be relevant and cool.

By A Q on 11/2/2023

I haven't learnt anything concrete in years. I was a bit apprehensive about paying for this course, but I just felt like I needed to learn something. I used to play around with Photoshop 7 years ago which was released in 2002, so it has been over two decades since I've felt confident enough to use a publishing program and boy things have changed. I've tried Adobe, but they turned me off with their predatory subscriptions so bought the Affinity suite a while back but got overwhelmed. I tried Youtube tutorials for Affinity, but didn't find anything specifically for version 2 (V2). After reading that the interface was quite different, I was surprised there were no updates online. I even tried looking up to buy a physical guide book like the Dummies brand, but didn't see anything legit. By chance, I found this course, and so far, I'm really impressed with the tutor and interface. While I'm still only halfway, I've learnt things that will definitely make it easier to create documents in the future. I can't wait to actually start making things again and maybe even the project that I've been humming and harring about for far too long...

By MementoMori on 10/16/2023

Hi ! I want to be clear with this formation. I bought Beginners & Advanced formation too. Well for me at 75% of the course it was too "cute and fancy" ! I took a long time to appreciate the teacher's method but I have to confess that the last lessons with concrete cases was in the tone I expect to learn something. Many little tips are now acquired so it's productive. Now If you know Affinity Designer, Microsoft Publisher or Microsoft Word I'm not sure that you have to access the beginner's course. Well thanks for your work that I respect. Will go to the advanced course ;) See Ya

By Michelle Midkiff on 3/18/2023

Being a newbie and having very little knowledge of the Affinity courses, this was a great place to start for the Publisher 2 software. There are many exercises that have resources you download, so you can practice what you are being taught and shown throughout the course. Ms. Anderson does a very good job teaching how to use Affinity Publisher 2. I was impressed that by the end of the course, I was able to create a complete publication that looked really nice.

By Carlos Caniguante on 2/24/2023

Excellent course! I am not a native English speaker, but you speak clearly and with a good rhythm, I was able to understand everything you said. I really appreciate that you have left the videos where you found errors because that way you help us understand how to solve problems with Affinity designer. Thank you so much!

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