Hi everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by and watching my tutorial on how to create your own greeting card mockup in Affinity Designer V2! The video is a bit on the longer side but I've included chapter markers so that you can easily move throughout the video! If you have any questions, or suggestions for a tutorial, please don't hesitate to let me know below! Thanks again for watching!
This is such a useful video. I will create even more mock ups moving forward. Tracey makes the best AD videos that go from basic to advanced, all of which I have been able to use in my projects.
Thank you so much, Kathy! I'm so happy to hear your found this tutorial helpful and I truly appreciate the wonderful compliment! Thank you so much for watching!
Hi Tracey - nice video as always Would love if your next Skillshare class was:- export say a group of pattern motifs from Affinity Designer into Illustrator - and make it work in Illustrator Reason : I love Affinity - but also know Illustrator and a lot of us might ditch Illustrator - however - we need to be able to export the files (deliverable) to licensing clients that only work in Adobe thanks so much 😊
Thank you very much for watching, and taking the time to comment! Thanks so much for the suggestion as well! I might consider a quick tip class or tutorial, though there isn't much I can offer given limitations. Unfortunately, as Adobe has made Illustrator's .ai format proprietary, you can't export from Designer in .ai format, so export options are limited (PDF, PSD, EPS). You'd still have to bring it in to Illustrator, make sure your layers are all set, and save it in .ai format, if that's the format your client needs. I could definitely put a quick tip class together on setting up your file so it can be opened in Illustrator using a different format though!
@@Tracey-CreatorCollage thanks Tracey :) I would love to see that class - fyi - my experiments on the ipad - that worked … - what I found - exporting as svg format - bunch of pattern motifs works best - as long as 1. you have no artboard in AD export 2. the motifs have scale with stroke turned on (wish it were at the app level) 3. expanding all gets better results (not always necessary though 👇 4 - saved out to the iCloud I did manage to do just this - export a group of motifs (no texture - or I stippled it with the pencil) in svg format; rasterize nothing; 100% quality - and it came out fairly ok in Ai on the iPad (I live on the ipad ;) I was also able to use the pattern grid feature in Ai on the ipad 😅 - limited - but hey - not bad I even a preview half drop out of it (yes - I know its not a real pattern maker - but fun to mess with) it does work sometimes - in one case I exported a simply motif in AD - a butterfly - svg format - tons of layers - most strokes expanded (also often helps to expand) - I left one part - the antennae as strokes - not expanded - and it was fine sooooo - it depends … ;) Feel free to try out the above :) I would still love to see your take - especially on save in Ai format thanks much :)
Hi everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by and watching my tutorial on how to create your own greeting card mockup in Affinity Designer V2! The video is a bit on the longer side but I've included chapter markers so that you can easily move throughout the video! If you have any questions, or suggestions for a tutorial, please don't hesitate to let me know below! Thanks again for watching!
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Thank you very much @MTLizzy! I truly appreciate the super thanks!
Another excellent tutorial Tracey! Thanks again!
Thank you @yukoncornelium! I appreciate you watching, and taking the time to comment!
Superb. I never fail to learn new things about the Affinity tools in all of your videos! Thankyou.
I'm so happy to hear that you found it helpful, @MTLizzy! I truly appreciate you watching, and taking the time to comment!
This is such a useful video. I will create even more mock ups moving forward. Tracey makes the best AD videos that go from basic to advanced, all of which I have been able to use in my projects.
Thank you so much, Kathy! I'm so happy to hear your found this tutorial helpful and I truly appreciate the wonderful compliment! Thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for sharing, Tracey! I always learn a lot from your videos. Besides the mockup, I learned a lot about shadows and layering of shadows.
Thank you Julie! I'm so happy you found the video, and my others, helpful! Thank you so much for watching, and commenting!
Another wonderful tutorial, thank you so much!
Glad you liked it, Gill! Thank you for watching, and taking the time to comment!
Great Video Tracey Thank you x
Thank you so much for watching, and for the kind comment, Tracey!
Thank you! Love your vids.
Thank you so much for watching, and leaving such a lovely comment!
Hi Tracey - nice video as always
Would love if your next Skillshare class was:- export say a group of pattern motifs from Affinity Designer into Illustrator - and make it work in Illustrator
Reason : I love Affinity - but also know Illustrator and a lot of us might ditch Illustrator - however - we need to be able to export the files (deliverable) to licensing clients that only work in Adobe
thanks so much 😊
Thank you very much for watching, and taking the time to comment! Thanks so much for the suggestion as well! I might consider a quick tip class or tutorial, though there isn't much I can offer given limitations. Unfortunately, as Adobe has made Illustrator's .ai format proprietary, you can't export from Designer in .ai format, so export options are limited (PDF, PSD, EPS). You'd still have to bring it in to Illustrator, make sure your layers are all set, and save it in .ai format, if that's the format your client needs. I could definitely put a quick tip class together on setting up your file so it can be opened in Illustrator using a different format though!
@@Tracey-CreatorCollage thanks Tracey :)
I would love to see that class
- fyi - my experiments on the ipad - that worked …
- what I found - exporting as svg format - bunch of pattern motifs works best
- as long as
1. you have no artboard in AD export
2. the motifs have scale with stroke turned on (wish it were at the app level)
3. expanding all gets better results (not always necessary though 👇
4 - saved out to the iCloud
I did manage to do just this - export a group of motifs (no texture - or I stippled it with the pencil)
in svg format; rasterize nothing; 100% quality - and it came out fairly ok in Ai on the iPad (I live on the ipad ;)
I was also able to use the pattern grid feature in Ai on the ipad 😅 - limited - but hey - not bad
I even a preview half drop out of it (yes - I know its not a real pattern maker - but fun to mess with)
it does work sometimes
- in one case I exported a simply motif in AD - a butterfly - svg format - tons of layers - most strokes expanded (also often helps to expand) - I left one part - the antennae as strokes - not expanded - and it was fine
sooooo - it depends … ;)
Feel free to try out the above :)
I would still love to see your take - especially on save in Ai format
thanks much :)