TST 001: Affinity Gradients and Multiple Fills: Ultimate Control Workflow
Channel: Blureo
Date: 2024-01-27

Welcome to Tech Stack Tutorials!

In today’s episode we are embarking on a journey to use the granular controls the Affinity suite offers for gradients, in order to create an effective web graphic for a website building platform.

Get your creative juices flowing and start experimenting with gradients as multiple fills, gradient maps and much more.


Resources in Video:

Affinity Publisher File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lJLNTCEDlJRqMzKKkFqP7Es2-TiWN8sL/view?usp=sharing 
Texture: https://www.pexels.com/photo/gray-rock-8892/ 
Subject: https://www.pexels.com/photo/portrait-photo-of-smiling-man-with-his-arms-crossed-standing-in-front-of-white-wall-2379004/

More about us:

Check out our presentation: https://deck.blureo.com. For a deeper dive, how about a quick, informal chat https://when.zunego.com? No strings, just exploring new horizons in design collaboration.

Socials:

Website: https://www.blureo.com 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blureogroup 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blureogroup

Tags:

#AffinitySuite #AffinityPublisher #AffinityGradients #AffinityMultipleFills #AffinityGradientMap #LuminarNeo #GraphicDesign #GraphicsForWeb #DesignEducation

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Background Shape
2:53 - Conical Gradient, Adding Noise
4:23 - Linear Gradient, Adding Fills, Fill Blend Modes
6:11 - Elliptical Gradient
8:23 - Radial Gradient
9:48 - Corner Tool
10:41 - Applying Texture
12:20 - Subject Selection in Luminar Neo
13:53 - Clipping to Shapes
15:05 - Gradient Shadow
17:35 - Gradient Map
18:39 - Importance of Subtle Adjustments
19:35 - Subject Drop Shadow
21:19 - Adding Text
23:47 - Text Effects
25:23 - Text Shape Highlight
26:43 - Wrapping Up

Music:

"Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/