Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this tutorial I'll be briefly explaining and demonstrating all 28 tools in the Designer Persona of Affinity Designer V2 for desktop.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:17 Select Tool
01:02 Artboards Tool
01:23 Nodes Tool
01:49 Point Transform Tool
02:10 Contour Tool
02:33 Corners Tool
02:48 Pen Tool
03:06 Pencil Tool
03:22 Vector Brush
03:39 Stroke Width Tool
03:54 Knife Tool
04:12 Gradient Tool
04:44 Transparency Tool
05:06 Place Tool
05:22 Vector Crop Tool
05:43 Rectangle Tool
05:56 Ellipse Tool
06:11 Rounded Rectangle Tool
06:39 Shape Builder Tool
07:00 Artistic Text
07:22 Frame Text
07:41 Color Picker Tool
07:56 Measure Tool
08:11 Style Picker Tool
08:31 Area Tool
08:45 Move Tool
09:02 Zoom Tool
09:21 Flood Fill Tool
09:43 Conclusion