Affinity Designer is a graphic design and illustration software. It was created for professional graphic designers, which makes it incredibly powerful, meaning you have a ton of tools, functions and special effects. The program is easy to use and you only buy it once. There are no recurring costs. The price includes frequent free updates.

I find it easier to use and MUCH more powerful than Canva. The caveat here is that I have never tried Canva Pro which might have the same or at least most of the same tools, functions and special effects. Adobe's Photoshop is photo editor. Adobe's equivalent for Affinity Designer is Illustrator, which only available with a monthly subscription.

Affinity's version of Photoshop is Affinity Photo. I have the entire software package, including Publisher which is a layout program, and consider it the best investment I made in 2024. I can highly recommend all three but you do not need Photo for this course because Designer already has some photo editing abilities which I am also showing you in the course.

No, you don't need any experience creating covers. The course is for beginners and I explain everything from scratch.

I will show you how I created the course cover for this course. The skills you learn, like shapes, gradients, text, special effects, alignment, basic design rules and so much more, apply to any cover you create in the future. There are also bonus sections to show you how to adapt your cover to a range of formats for promotional materials. In another bonus, I take you along on a book cover design, including tips and tricks for branding and consistency in a product series.

Absolutely! In fact, I will show you how you create one cover and then turn it into different formats to share on any social media site you want to post on. The skills you learn are transferable, meaning you can use them to create any graphic you want, even if it isn't a cover.

The videos are in total 2h44min long. Depending on how you like to learn, you might want to work along with me or watch a video first and then repeat what you learned with your own project. My personal recommendation is to spend an hour with each video. Watch it and then try out what you learned. If you do this, you'll need at least ten days.

Of course! Just send me an e-mail and I'll answer any questions you might have.

You have 14 days after purchase to change your mind. Should the course not suit you, please contact us at [email protected] for a refund. Thanks!