Affinity Photo Advanced Training Course
Master advanced photo editing and compositing techniques in Affinity Photo, working with professional tools for masking, retouching, colour grading and non‑destructive workflows. Available as live online training through Zoom, Teams or Google Meet, or delivered onsite UK‑wide.
What you’ll learn on the Advanced Affinity Photo course
This advanced Affinity Photo course takes you deeper into professional editing and compositing techniques. You’ll work with precision masking, blend ranges, luminosity selections and non‑destructive workflows to control complex imagery with accuracy and confidence. The session explores Affinity’s more powerful tools, including advanced retouching, frequency separation, tone mapping and detailed RAW adjustments.
Across the day you’ll build multi‑layer composites, refine difficult selections, enhance lighting and colour, and work with live filters to create polished, high‑impact results. You’ll also explore creative workflows such as texture building, advanced brush techniques, controlled lighting effects and macro automation for time‑saving, repeatable edits.
Who is this course for
This advanced Affinity Photo course is designed for users who already understand the fundamentals and want to work at a more controlled, professional level. It suits people who need deeper retouching skills, stronger colour workflows and more confident use of Pixel Studio tools.
It’s ideal for:
Users who already work comfortably with layers, masks and selections
Teams producing campaign imagery, product photos or high‑quality visuals
People moving from Photoshop who want to master Affinity’s advanced tools
Anyone needing reliable, repeatable high‑end editing workflows
The day focuses on precision, control and real‑world production techniques.
Affinity Course Delivery
This intro course is delivered virtually online with a live instructor making it easy to fit around busy schedules and ideal for individuals, small teams and organisations. Sessions are practical, interactive and taught step‑by‑step, with plenty of time for questions and real‑world examples. If you prefer, we can also work directly with your own images so the training feels immediately relevant to your day‑to‑day work.
Before your training day, you’ll have a pre‑course meeting with your trainer to discuss your goals, experience level and any specific challenges you’d like to focus on. This ensures the session is tailored, perfectly aligned with what you need with not a minute wasted
Short Sprints (2‑hour sessions) only available online
Ideal if you’re short on time or want to focus on a single advanced topic. Perfect for charities, not‑for‑profits and busy teams who need quick, practical support without committing to a full day of training.
*Available for Online training only
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Half‑Day Training
A concentrated advanced session designed to fit neatly into your schedule. Ideal for improvers and confident users who want a creative approach in a shorter format. Half‑day training can be booked individually or delivered as two sessions that make up a full day. It’s also a great option for organisations transitioning from Adobe and needing a clear, streamlined introduction to Affinity Photo’s advanced workflows.
Full‑Day Training
A complete, in‑depth advanced Affinity Photo training day with time for demonstrations, guided practice and tailored examples. Suitable for individuals or teams who want a full, uninterrupted session focused on higher‑level tools, controlled workflows and real‑world production techniques.
Live Online Delivery
Delivered live via Zoom or Teams, with flexible scheduling to suit your diary. Online sessions work beautifully for advanced Affinity Photo training, giving you clear demonstrations, guided practice and real‑time support wherever you’re based. Many organisations choose online delivery for its convenience, especially when booking Greta Powells advanced Affinity Photo courses.
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Bespoke Affinity Training
Fully tailored to your images, workflows and skill level. Ideal for organisations transitioning from Adobe, teams with specific production requirements, or individuals who need advanced Affinity Photo training shaped around their own projects.
Lifetime Affinity Training Support
All Affinity Photo courses include full lifetime support, giving you ongoing help long after your training day. You can get in touch at any time by:
Email for quick questions and guidance
Recorded video walkthroughs when something needs showing clearly
Live online meetings for particularly tricky or complex issues
This ensures you always have reliable, friendly support as you continue developing your editing skills. Every session is designed to be practical, easy to follow and confidence‑building, giving you a clear workflow you can use straight away.
Affinity Photo Advanced Course Content
This advanced Affinity Photo course builds on your existing skills and takes you deeper into modern editing workflows, precision tools and real‑world production techniques. You’ll work with Affinity’s latest improvements, including enhanced Object Selection, refined masking behaviour, advanced Live Filters, Pixel‑to‑Curve conversion and streamlined brush controls for faster, more accurate editing.
Across the day you’ll explore layers, masks, selections, retouching tools, Develop Studio adjustments, Pixel Studio workflows and advanced export techniques — all applied to your own images and practical tasks.
You’ll learn how to:
Enhance and refine images with advanced adjustments Using Develop Studio for controlled tonal work, colour refinement, targeted HSL adjustments, White Balance correction and precision contrast tools.
Work with complex layer structures Advanced blend modes, nested layers, non‑destructive workflows and Live Filters for clarity, sharpening, vignette and noise reduction.
Create precise, professional masks Soft and hard masks, edge refinement, matte edges, luminosity masking and clean transitions for high‑quality composites.
Retouch with accuracy and control Using Inpainting, Blemish Removal, Clone and advanced healing workflows to tidy images, remove distractions and maintain natural texture.
Make accurate selections for complex subjects Using improved Object Selection, Quick Selection, Remove Background (Auto) and Refine Edge with Affinity’s newer refinement algorithms.
Use Pixel Studio tools effectively Brushes, adjustments, advanced Live Filters, streamlined brush controls and controlled painting/masking workflows.
Convert pixel selections into editable vector curves Using Pixel‑to‑Curve conversion for silhouettes, cut‑outs, graphic elements and hybrid pixel/vector workflows.
Work in a clearer, more efficient interface Using Light UI Mode, custom accent colours and workspace adjustments for a calmer, more productive editing environment.
Prepare images for professional output Social media presets, print presets, rule‑of‑thirds overlays and controlled cropping workflows.
Export with confidence Web‑ready, print‑ready and social media graphics using the Export Persona and advanced export settings.
This advanced course is designed for improvers, confident users, charities, not‑for‑profits, marketing teams and Photoshop users transitioning to Affinity Photo who want to work at a higher level with modern tools and real‑world workflows.
Related Affinity Courses
Introduction to Affinity Photo Course
Affinity Photo is the image‑editing part of the Affinity suite. If you work with photographs, graphics or marketing visuals, it gives you the tools to edit, enhance and retouch images with modern, non‑destructive workflows. From everyday adjustments to clean, professional edits, Affinity Photo offers a calm, intuitive workspace with full control over layers, masks, selections and retouching tools.
This introductory course is ideal for beginners, self‑taught users and anyone moving from Photoshop or Canva who wants a clear, practical start. You’ll learn how to work confidently with layers, masks, selections, retouching tools, Develop Studio adjustments and essential export settings everything you need to produce clean, consistent edits for print, web and social media.
Introduction to Affinity Publisher Course
Affinity Publisher is the layout and document‑design part of the Affinity suite. If you create brochures, worksheets, reports, booklets or any multi‑page documents, Publisher gives you the tools to design clean, professional layouts with full control over text, images, styles and structure.
This introductory course is ideal for anyone moving from Word, Canva or InDesign, or for teams who need a practical, step‑by‑step approach to building real‑world documents. You’ll learn how to work confidently with text frames, picture frames, master pages, typography, grids and professional export settings — everything you need to produce polished, consistent layouts.
Advanced Affinity Publisher Course
rIf you need deeper control over long‑document workflows, professional publishing, templates or advanced styles, you may be interested in the ⟶ Advanced Affinity Publisher Course
This optional course is ideal for organisations producing complex documents, authors working on long‑form content, or anyone who needs more advanced layout and publishing skills.
Affinity Designer Course
Ideal for creating graphics, icons, diagrams and artwork used in Publisher documents.
Greta Powell Training Verified Reviews
Cheers Greta, as always, clearly explained, professionally delivered and every query answered, especially the crossover ones from Photoshop to Affinity.
Tom J, Professional Photographer
Booking and Availability
If you’d like to book this Affinity Photo Intro Course, check dates or arrange a pre‑course meeting, you’re very welcome to get in touch. Training is available for individuals, teams, charities and not‑for‑profits, with flexible scheduling across short sprints, half‑days and full‑day sessions.
You can book or enquire using any of the options below:
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Affinity Photo Training FAQ
How do Virtual Online Affinity Photo Courses work?
This Online Affinity Photo Course is delivered virtually with a live instructor.
All our digital design courses are available online virtually in video editing software such as Zoom, Teams, WebEX and Google.
24 /7 Online Affinity Photo Training
Because of the flexibility of virtual online courses training can be run on a 24 /7 basis including evenings, overnight and weekends.
1 /2 Day Bite Sized Virtual Online Training Sessions
Lots of people prefer to learn in shorter sessions so because online training is so flexible we can break this down into half day training chunkies.
Please note we can only offer half days for online Photo training
How does Onsite Affinity Photo Training work?
- The training is focused entirely on your and your company requirements
- No traveling involved for you or your team saving travel & expenses
- Cheaper than traditional training
- The approach is focused specifically on you and your specific needs
- Prior to the training you chat with the trainer about the content and delegates
- The Affinity Photo course is tailored to suit you /your team
- Flexible dates & times to suit you
What will you learn on this Affinity Photo course?
Being an Introduction to Affinity Photo Course we cover all the basic tools, features and techniques involved in photo manipulation. You will learn how to improve and enhance your existing photos, if necessary repair or remove parts of the photo using the Retouching tools (Clone, Healing & Inpainting brushes amongst others).
The Affinity course will show you how to manipulate your photo’s for print or digital output and give you the skills to create professional images quickly and easily.
Who is the Affinity Photo course for?
This is for anyone with no skills or little knowledge and is ideal for those would want to touch up or manipulate their photo’s for their own use or on a professional level. Lots of small business and private individuals prefer it because unlike Adobe’s subscription based software once purchased this belongs to the user forever. No more monthly or annual charges to the software.
How long does the Affinity Photo course take?
For a one to one session this would take one day for larger groups you would be looking at two. We can split full days into half day sessions.
Visit our Short Sprints page to see how it works
How to Book an Affinity Photo Course
Booking with us
Please get in touch with us via the online booking form or click to:
We will then get in touch and send the details of booking reservation and find out your timeframe for training.
We will then send across dates.
Once the booking is confirmed we then organise a pre-course call /meeting to discuss the course and any logistics around the day.
Payment
Payment for training is via BACS or Credit Card
Credit Card payment is via Stripe
*Greta Powell Training Ltd does not collect or store your card details.
Purchase Orders
We accept purchase orders from UK registered companies and the public sector.
Tailored and Bespoke Affinity Training
If you need a more customised session, we also offer tailored Affinity training combining Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher and Affinity Studio. This is ideal for photographers, designers, charities and not‑for‑profits who want to create complete visual projects from start to finish.
You can learn how to:
Edit and retouch your images in Affinity Photo
Design photobooks, zines and long‑form text layouts in Affinity Publisher
Create your own print‑ready or web‑ready publications
Prepare and upload books for Print on Demand, including Amazon KDP and IngramSpark
If you’re working on a specific project, we can tailor the training around your images, your layout style and your publishing goals.
