Learn the Entire Affinity Suite: Photo, Designer & Publisher (Udemy.com)
Master the Affinity Suite & Create: Logos, Books, Brochures, Posters, Brushes, Thumbnails, Learn Photo Editing and More!
Created by: Jeremy Hazel
Last updated September 2022
Our take
Based on the ratings of 2,204 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in September 2022. No course pays to be reviewed.
This is a two-instructor tour of all three Affinity desktop apps plus the iPad versions, taught through projects rather than tool-by-tool lectures. Jeremy Hazel handles Affinity Photo and the mobile apps, building ad recreations, YouTube thumbnails and a movie poster. Lindsay Marsh covers Designer and Publisher with a logo, business card, trifold brochure and a cookbook layout. Across 113 lectures and about 13 hours, it is aimed at complete beginners who want to finish with a small portfolio.
Reviewers mostly like the project-first approach. Lindsay Marsh gets the warmest comments: students say she explains slowly, points out the Adobe equivalents, and walks through steps thoughtfully. Jeremy's Photo sections draw the complaints. Several three-star reviews say his pace is too fast, steps get skipped early on, and it is hard to see where he is clicking. Questions in the Q&A reportedly go unanswered. The bigger issue is age. The course was last updated in September 2022 and was recorded on version 1, so the interface and a few features (one reviewer notes the stock panel is gone) no longer match Affinity 2 or the current release.
With 4.3 stars from about 2,200 reviews and 15,000 students, it remains the broadest Affinity course we list, and nothing sitting beside it covers Designer, Photo, Publisher and the iPad apps in one purchase. If you only want Photo, the version 2 specific courses on this page are a safer bet. If you want the whole suite and can live with some menu hunting, the Designer and Publisher halves alone justify the price.
Pros
- Covers Designer, Photo, Publisher and both iPad apps, which no neighbouring course does
- Lindsay Marsh's Designer and Publisher sections are slow, clear and note the Adobe equivalents
- Most sections end in a real deliverable: logo, business card, trifold brochure, cookbook spread, poster
- Downloadable project files and a tracing worksheet for pen tool practice
Cons
- Recorded on version 1 and last updated in 2022, so menus and a few panels differ from Affinity 2 and 3
- Jeremy Hazel's Photo sections move fast and skip steps; reviewers say they rewind constantly
- Student questions reportedly go unanswered, and the iPad sections are dead weight if you work on desktop
The lessons are very easy to follow, and I can master not only the key Affinity individual skills, but can apply them in real projects.
Genuinely beginner-friendly for Designer and Publisher; the Photo sections assume you can keep up without much hand-holding.
What you will learn
- You will master the Affinity Designer, Photo, Publisher and Mobile Apps - The Full Suite of Affinity Software
- Master Photo Editing Techniques - Layers, masking, lighting, blending modes, effects and more
- Get comfortable using the Pen tool and other vector tools to create logos, icons and graphics of all kinds
- Create multiple page books and layouts
- Know how to export and work with digital and print files
- Create a wide variety of projects including logo designs, brochures, books, Instagram posts, posters, business cards, create brushes, digital graphics, advertisements and more!
- Learn design basics like layout, color and working with fonts and type, and mastering Grids
- You will be able to create your own custom brushes in multiple programs
- Learn how to work with your own photos to create awesome compositions
Course content
17 sections · 113 lectures · 13 hours of video 8 articles
- 1The Course Introduction, Outline and Guide 1 free preview2 lectures · 7 min
- 2The basics of Affinity Photo- Getting started quick7 lectures · 42 min
- 3Affinity Photo - Recreating popular ads in Affinity Photo 1 free preview7 lectures · 32 min
- 4Creating a twisted Clown cover and making your first pixel brushes6 lectures · 35 min
- 5Creating Youtube Thumbnails in Affinity Photo9 lectures · 50 min
- 6Creating the Titan Poster in Affinity Photo11 lectures · 1.4 hours
- 7UPDATE: 1.97 lectures · 29 min
- 8Affinity Designer - Introduction, Basic Tools and Worksheet Challenge 1 free preview8 lectures · 1.3 hours
- 9Affinity Designer - Logo Design Project6 lectures · 1.1 hours
- 10Type Poster Design Project4 lectures · 31 min
- 11Business Card Project3 lectures · 25 min
- 12Trifold Brochure Project4 lectures · 30 min
- 13UPDATE: 1.9 For Affinity Designer5 lectures · 24 min
- 14Pixel art in Affinity Designer- Creating a space scene9 lectures · 51 min
- 15The Affinity Publisher Section - Learn Publisher and Create a Cookbook 1 free preview9 lectures · 1.3 hours
- 16Affinity Designer for ipad section9 lectures · 1.2 hours
- 17Affinity Photo for the ipad7 lectures · 47 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- Anyone interested in learning the Affinity Suite of Products (Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher, Affinity Designer and Mobile apps too!))
- Those wanting to learn software but create stunning looking projects like logos, brochures, posters, ads, business cards and more!
- Those wanting to know about basic design principles while learning the software doing creating practical projects
- Those intersted in Graphic Design, Illustration and most creative fields and are wanting to add the Affinity suite to your software tool belt
What you need before you start
- Access to the Affinity Products - Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher. If you are intersted in going through the mobile apps, access to those are suggested although not required to enjoy most of course.
Course Description
Are you ready to learn the entire suite of Affinity products and up your design game? This course guides through learning the many tools in Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher and the Affinity mobile apps.
In Affinity photo, Jermey Hazel will build 3 popular advertisements using the Affinity Photo program, as well as 3 separate Youtube thumbnails….an essential skill for any creator using the software. Lastly we will be building a complete movie poster using custom made brushes ...so you learn everything you need to build the poster.
In Affinity Designer Lindsay Marsh will work through all of the major tools and work on an engaging downloadable tracing worksheet, so you can master that pen tool, shapes tool and create a series of icons in your very first hour! We then conquer a bright and colorful logo design as we work with typography and learn how gradients work. Next, we will focus on layout design as we create a front and back of a business card. Want to create a cool type only poster? We will do this and learn how to work with layers and textures. Lastly, we will create a practical tri-fold brochure and learn how to prepare and export files for print.
There is even a section where you learn the Pixel persona option in Affinity designer and create brushes that help you build a complete Sci-fi space scene like you would find in a professionally illustrated children’s book.
In Affinity Publisher, Lindsay Marsh will teach you a wide variety of tools like master pages, character styles, photo frames and how to work with large blocks of copy and content to create a beautifully styled front cover of a cookbook and several inside spreads. We will talk about exporting both digital and print files.
Lastly, Jeremey Hazel will cover the mobile Affinity apps - Both Designer and Photo where you will build out a complete Tshirt mock-up for use in multiple projects. We will show you how to do a digital illustration in both vector and pixel personas. In photo we will take 6 photos and create a cohesive themed portfolio for placement and display on instagram from a trip he recently took to Chicago and Milwaukee.
This class is HUGE! With well over 10+ hours of video content, downloadable project files, software instruction and practical fun projects, Jeremey and I are both proud to present this course to you today. Not only will you learn and feel comfortable with all of the software taught in this course you will also be able to create a wide variety of awesome practical projects. I will see you in the first lesson of the course!
Instructor Details
- 4.2 Rating
2,204 Reviews
Jeremy Hazel
With over 20 years tattooing , and almost 40 of being a creative I have been into art since I got something I can draw with in my hand. Starting out in more traditional mediums I cut my teeth in pencil, charcoal, and acrylic painting until discovering tattooing. This began a love affair with art and lead me to open 7th seasons studios. Nothing inspires a higher level of perfection than knowing the client will walk around with my art for the rest of their lives.
After completing a masters in business and having to manage the marketing of a successful shop I quickly realized that the future of art is digital and I began making my own show banners and managing my own website. This sealed the deal and digital art has replaced the traditional pen an ink for me.
Furthermore the industry has changed to such a degree that more and more clients and artists are demanding digital skills i the design and application of art, and so I saw a significantly under served market in people with existing talent, but lacking digital
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Reviews
By Yahnae'ah Baht-Yehudah on 12/21/2025
Course was very informative and easy to follow. Having it on one device/monitor as you work on each practice lesson makes it easier to reference and figure out what you need to do next. I used this course to practice on both PC and iPad, and it teaches you everything you need to know (even if your iPad doesn't have access to all Affinity Photo functions like mine). I used this course to create a Graphic Design portfolio – Zero regrets in having done so! I do personally believe that the iPad sections should be switched, however, since the Affinity Designer section does not mention how to use the Undo/Redo shortcuts.
By Sarah S on 8/7/2025
If you have some experience of photo softwares you will gain a few interesting tricks, but you will still require patience for the photo lessons as steps are missed out in a lot of the first section. I would say from there on in the lessons become more 'follow along' friendly. The designer and publisher lessons are more suited to beginners. Also questions seem to go unanswered so am assuming the creators are onto new projects and are no longer interested in supporting this course.
By Joshua Brandstetter on 1/3/2025
I'm definitely learning, but the instructors seem as if they are just doing their own projects and commenting on it as they go. They frequently don't clarify what they are doing and often jump from step to step rapidly without telling me what they are changing, leaving me constantly rewinding and repeating. It is improving as I get faster, but I am nowhere near fast enough to keep up with them. Still, I like the project-based learning. I am learning a lot! I've enjoyed the lady's instructions more than the guy's, as she has been walking me through things a little more thoughtfully.
By Rebecca zisk on 6/1/2023
I learned SO MUCH in this course. I recently decided that the 9-5 was draining the life out of me and I have ventured into the worlf of web design & graphic design. Because of this course, I have been able to make amazing logos and graphics for my website and portfolio. Learning skills such as making business cards, trifold, cookbooks, magazines etc makes me feel like I have a real chance of success as a freelancer. It's all thanks to this course. Thank you Jeremy & Lindsay! I'm signed up for Jeremy's t-shirt course and I couldn't be more excited!
By Peter Williamson on 2/19/2021
As a total novice in the Photo & Pixel arenas, I did find the challenge of the Titan to be rather overwhelming. It was a good thing this was an on line video instead of a tape as I'm sure it would have snapped, because of the number of times I ended up rewinding to see where I'd gone wrong and why mine didn't look like Jeremy's. To be fair, I have 1.9, on a Mac, whereas he was on 1.7 (and on a PC) I have to say that I preferred Lindsays mode of teaching (show, explain, do) but both tutors have extensive knowledge and experience - mine has grown over the course and overall, I enjoyed it. It was bought as a Christmas present to tie in with the purchase of the Affinity Suite (I've used PagePlus for over a decade) however this is a whole new level, right across the board with the full integration. I do have more Udemy modules on standby (these were purchased as a Valentines present so onward and upward!)
By Michael Gregoire on 9/11/2020
I learned a lot in this course but felt rushed at times by the way the instructors covered the material. Another issue was that the software updated several times during the course of this course so things covered in some of the lessons no longer matched changes made by the folks at Infinity software. Since there is lifetime access to the course it will be a good referral reference for refreshing as required.
By Jennifer Link on 8/12/2020
Great course I learned a lot and feel more comfortable using the Affinity software for my own projects. Both Jeremy and Lindsay are great teachers. It was worth the money and time I spent on it. I appreciate you both taking the time to put this together it is hard to learn software from a bunch of Youtube videos. This covered a lot of helpful things I especially liked the Designer and Publisher lessons because that is more the type of projects I see myself working on.
By Marco Antonio on 6/15/2020
The main thing about this course is that you do several small projects. And in the end you have your own work as a reference. I bought the 3 apps because of this course and I recommend it to beginners and people who are migrating from Adobe. The teachers complement each other: Jeremy Hazel is more intuitive, he tests effects, talks about the result, encourages the student to create freely. In addition to the use of tools, he demonstrates well the creative process of a mixed media artist. Lindsay Marsh is more technical. She teaches how to organize content for a more professional presentation and things related to design and harmony, with many practical tips. The notes I made worked for all the programs in the course. When I forget something specific, I just open one of the projects and study. This course is really amazing.
By Patrick Warncke on 12/18/2019
Very detailed. I learned A LOT on how to use this suite and how each piece of software accomplishes different things. Take notes, it is very helpful to refer back to what you've done and how you accomplished it. The iPad lessons are very helpful regarding navigation and tool use. Once you have the gestures and tools down it is basically the same as the desktop version. Great course!
By Anthony Schuyler on 11/23/2019
Yes! Taking these tutorials was a great and essential way of understanding and using the many great features and tools available when using the Affinity trilogy of Designer, Photo, and Publisher. I learned a lot, and I found the material presented in this course to be clear and comprehensive. If a person wants to learn and gain confidence in using this suite of Affinity products, this is the way to go. The course will clarify his or her understanding of the tools available and how to use them when designing and producing a project. Most importantly, it will accelerate their learning process and give them the confidence to explore new possibilities on their own. It certainly did that and more for me
Quality Score
Overall Score : 84 / 100








