Affinity Photo Training Courses
Affinity Photo Training Courses with Greta Powell Training
Our Affinity Photo Training Courses run from introduction, advanced through to tailored Photo workshops which focus on content you need to cover.
For example our Affinity Photo Course for beginners covers all the basic tools, features and techniques involved in photo manipulation such as resizing, cropping and transforming whilst on the Advanced Affinity Photo Course you’d look at masking, adjustments and image enhancement.
Short Affinity Photo Training Sessions – Bitesized
Have you got a specific problem in Affinity Photo? Unsharp mask not working properly, RAW files misbehaving, not sure how to correct colour, adjust light or add shading?
Get in touch with us to find out about our short Affinity Photo training sessions designed to help with specific problems.
Depending on the included content bitesized Training is available in both 2 hour sessions or half day training Affinity Photo workshops.
Online Affinity Photo Training Courses
Online Affinity Photo Courses run on most video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams and Google. These are available on a 24 /7 basis including weekends and evenings for all timezones.
Onsite Affinity Photo Training Courses
Onsite Affinity Photo Courses are hosted on your premises at times and dates to suit you and are delivered for one to one sessions or small groups.
Introduction to Affinity Photo Training Course
On an Introduction to Affinity Photo Course you learn the basics of the software, image tools and image enhancement for print and digital.
We cover a large range of tools, techniques and features including:
- Affinity Personas /Photo and Develop
- Affinity Tools /Crop, Transfer, Brushes
- Selection Tools with Affinity Photo
- Context Tool Bar / Tool Properties
- Quick Masks
- Layers and Adjustments
- Sharpening Images
- Exporting for print and digital
Advanced Affinity Photo Training Course
On an Advanced Affinity Photo Course you’d learn the to work with the more complex side of Photo including working with RAW files and understanding the importance of non-destructive workflows.
- Advanced Selections & Masking, Refine selection edges, luminosity and nested masking
- Advanced Retouching, Frequency separation, dodge & burn, clone and heal tools
- Non-Destructive Workflow, Indepth adjustment layers, live filter layers
- The RAW Workflow, Develop Persona, focus stacking, panorama stitching, tone mapping, enhancing images
- Color Management & Grading, Lab color, LUTs, curves, advanced blend modes, soft proofing for print.
- Layer FX & Compositing, Complex composites, advanced blending, displacement maps, perspective live filters
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Affinity Photo Training FAQs
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.
It is extremely popular with small businesses, independent photographers and home users.
How long does the Affinity Photo course take?
Because our Affinity Courses are flexible about the amount of delegates sitting on the course and the content itself these tend to take between one or two days.
One to one sessions are one day.
What would you learn on this Affinity Photo Training Course?
Affinity Photo Introduction Course
- Work with the Affinity Tools, Panels, Persona’s and Interface
- Select Tools,
- Layers /Layer Masking
- None Destructive Filters & Lighting Effects
- Work Retouch Tools including Clone, Healing and Inpainting Brushes
- Quick Masks /Quick Mask Adjustments
- File Formats /Working with PSD (Photoshop files)
- Export & Print
Affinity Photo Advanced Course
- Advanced Selections & Masking, Refine selection edges, luminosity and nested masking
- Advanced Retouching, Frequency separation, dodge & burn, clone and heal tools
- Non-Destructive Workflow, Indepth adjustment layers, live filter layers
- The RAW Workflow, Develop Persona, focus stacking, panorama stitching, tone mapping, enhancing images
- Color Management & Grading, Lab color, LUTs, curves, advanced blend modes, soft proofing for print.
- Layer FX & Compositing, Complex composites, advanced blending, displacement maps, perspective live filters
What are the benefits of an Online Affinity Photo Training Course?
Our Online Affinity Photo Training Course is held virtually with a live instructor and run in video conferencing software of your choice including Zoom, Teams, Google or WebEx.
Throughout your Affinity training course you will have direct contact with your trainer via audio, video and screen sharing, everything is in real-time.
With live online courses you can learn from anywhere on the planet and speaking of planets one great big plus of an online Affinity Photo Course is to learn without travelling.
Saving both climate footprints, money and time.. Because you’re not travelling any where your climate footprint is less.
We are happy to record your training session for you to refer back to after the training.
All our digital design courses are now available online.
Where do you deliver Onsite Affinity Photo Training Courses?
This is onsite Affinity Photo training meaning dates and times are totally flexible and at your convenience.
We deliver onsite Affinity Courses UK wide including most cities and their surrounding areas including Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, Coventry, Lincoln, Chester, Liverpool, Stoke on Trent, Oxford, Northampton, Sheffield, Peterborough, Oxford, Worcester, Harrogate, Shropshire.
What are the benefits of Onsite Affinity Photo Training?
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
Just in case you didn’t notice earlier – did you know that …?
We offer 24 /7 training including evenings and weekends for our clients who keep odd hours and our international ones that pop in to learn with us.
We travel UK wide including all major towns and cities, Liverpool, Cheltenham, Nottingham, Worcester.
Popular Courses – Tailored Affinity Publisher and Affinity Photo Training
Affinity Publisher is also very popular and often purchased with the Affinity suite including Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer.
We run a tailored Affinity Publisher and Photo course combining the strength of Photo’s image editing capabilities and Publisher’s layout strength.
Affinity Publisher is used for the creation and design of marketing materials, social media posts, newsletters, infographics and more
Introduction to Affinity Photo Training Course - Overviews
The Affinity Workspace
Tools
Workspace
Window Menu
View Menu
Destructive v None Destructive Workflows
New Setup /Print /Photo /Digital
Affinity Photo & Layers
New, Edit, Shuffle and Delete Layers
Layer Menu /Fill Layer /Pixel Layer / Live Mask Layer
Adjustment Layers
Levels Adjustment Layer
Brightness & Contrast Adjustment Layer
Adjustment Layers and non-destructive edits
Quick Masks
Creating a Quick Mask
Context Tool Bar Options
Selection Tool /Selection Tools Properties
Toggle Quick Mask in Context Bar
Add /Remove to Quick Mask
Save Selection as a Channel
Selection Tools
Marquee Tools
Freehand Selection Tool
Flood Selection Tool
Selection Brush Tool
Select Menu
Affinity Photo Brushes
New Brushes /Brush Tips
Brush Controls
Brush Colour Replacement Tool
> Hardness, Opacity & Blend
> Tolerance, Contiguous
Brush Dialogue Box
Masks & Mask Layers
Creating /Editing a Mask
New Mask Layer
Foreground /Background Options
Edit Mask Layer Content
Add /Remove to Mask
Adjusting Opacity /Blends
Image Adjustments
Image Size /Resolution
Exposure
Contrast
Transform
Crop
Affinity Photo Colour Adjustment
Colour Panel
Swatches Panel
RGB /CMYK
Gradient /Fill Tools
Clipping Layers
Creating Shapes
Placing Images
Create a Clipping
Move /Edit Content
Image Sharpening
Unsharp Mask
>Radius, Factor, Tolerance
Selective Sharpening
Clone & Content Aware Tools
Inpainting Brush
Inpainting Fill Tool
Clone Stamp Tool
Frequency Separations
Import /Export Images
PSD Images
Other Formats
Print /Photo /Web
Advanced Affinity Photo Training Course - Overview
Develop Persona and RAW
Using the Develop Persona for full control of RAW workflow
Tone curves & advanced exposure correction
Colour Grading with HSL, LUTs & split toning
Sharpening & Noise Reduction
32-bit RAW files & HDR pipelines
Advanced Retouching
Frequency separation (skin smoothing, texture & tone adjustments)
Dodge & burn techniques
Healing brush vs inpainting vs clone
Removing complex objects & background cleanup
Restoring old photos (scratches, fading, discoloration)
Advanced Selections
Advanced selection refinement
Layer masks vs vector masks
Blend ranges for precision masking
Compositing multiple images seamlessly (lighting & color matching)
Complex cut-outs
Creative Effects & Non-Destructive Edits
Live filter layers for flexible adjustments
Deep dive into Blend Mode
Lighting effects, bokeh, and depth simulations
- Create cinematics & styled photo effects
Advanced Colour Management
Print Soft Proofs (ICC profiles, CMYK conversions)
Spot colours, Pantone libraries for brand consistency
Preparing images for large-format printing
Exporting for digital, print, and cross-platform publishing
Colour calibration & monitor workflows
Affinity Photo & Automation
Recording macros for workflow
Batch processing
Custom assets & brushes
Optimising workspace
