Keyboard shortcuts are one of the main ways you can boost your productivity and build a more fluid way of working. In this short article, you’ll be able to display, download, customise and print out the very latest keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher, on macOS, iPad and Windows platforms.
All in all, Affinity Publisher is shaping up to be a serious rival for InDesign, competing on both value for money and functionality. With Affinity Publisher for iPad in the late-development stages, the potential for Affinity to transition publishing design into the tablet market is really exciting. Watch this space! Just as feature-packed as the desktop version, Affinity Designer for iPad is a professional graphic design app with everything you need to create stunning illustrations, branding, icons, UI/UX designs, print projects, typography, concept art and much more — all completely free from the confines of your desk! No subscription and 50% off. IPad Pro 12.9' (2018) Wi-Fi. Original Poster. Affinity Designer and Photo for iPad have been updated to handle Affinity Publisher documents so you’ll be able to open, edit and export Publisher documents on the move. The actual Publisher app will come out sometime next year. We hope you enjoy this practical guide to getting a great start with Affinity Designer.Overview.Affinity Designer is a vector graphics editor developed by Serif for macOS, iOS, and Microsoft Windows. It is part of the 'Affinity trinity' alongside Affinity Photo and the yet-to-be-released Affinity Publisher.Affinity Designer has been described.
Affinity Designer keyboard shortcuts
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- macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- iPad keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
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- macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- iPad keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
Affinity Photo keyboard shortcuts
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- macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- iPad keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
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- macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- iPad keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
Affinity Publisher keyboard shortcuts
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- macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
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- macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
- Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
Customisable cheat sheets
If you like creating your own personalised shortcuts but maybe need a helping hand to remember your key assignments, feel free to customise our original Designer files to suit you. Why not print out or create PDFs of your own sheets?
Remember that you can open the files and edit them in Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher too! To navigate between pages, use the Page Locator at the bottom left of the app.
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- macOS Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
- Windows Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
- iPad Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
- macOS Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
- Windows Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
- iPad Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
- macOS Publisher shortcuts (.afdesign)
- Windows Publisher shortcuts (.afdesign)
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- macOS Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
- Windows Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
- iPad Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
- macOS Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
- Windows Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
- iPad Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
- macOS Publisher shortcuts (.afdesign)
- Windows Publisher shortcuts (.afdesign)
Other shortcut resources
The printed Affinity Workbooks offer the same shortcuts as above as tearout inserts at the back of the book. As they’re printed on card, you can place them on a document holder or on your wall for easy reference.
If you prefer the keyboard shortcuts in traditional table format instead, please visit the app help accessible via the app’s Help Menu, then search for keyboard shortcuts.
**Article updated for iPad cheat sheets (PDF and .afdesign) (26 Feb 2020)
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As a way to lend support to the creative community during these difficult times, we’re once again offering a 90-day free trial of the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite, for anyone who wants to use them (even those who have previously completed a free trial). We’re also bringing back the 50% discount for those who would prefer to buy and keep the apps, including our iPad versions.
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