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Affinity Training for Teams

Affinity is a fast, modern alternative to Adobe Creative Cloud, ideal for charities, small businesses and creative teams who want powerful design tools without ongoing subscription costs. Affinity Publisher, Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer courses tailored to your projects and experience.

Training is available onsite UK wide or virtually online via Zoom, Teams or Google Meet.

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What is Affinity?

Affinity is a modern, creative design suite made up of Affinity Publisher, Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer and a very popular choice for charities, small businesses and teams wanting professional design tools without ongoing subscription costs.

The apps are easy to learn, work beautifully together and cover everything from layout and photo editing to vector graphics and digital content creation. Many teams choose Affinity because it’s simple, budget‑friendly and ideal for mixed‑ability groups who need practical tools for everyday design work.

Who is this Affinity Training for?

Affinity training is ideal for charities, small organisations and marketing teams who need professional design tools but without the cost or complexity of other software. It’s suitable for mixed‑ability groups, volunteers, admin staff and anyone who creates newsletters, posters, social media graphics or print materials as part of their role.

It’s also a great fit for teams moving from Adobe to Affinity and wanting a simpler, faster and more affordable workflow. Sessions are tailored to your projects, whether you’re working with the classic Serif V2 apps or transitioning to the new Affinity 3 Studio environment.

  • Charities and non-profit organisations
  • Small business owners
  • In-house marketing teams
  • Social media managers
  • Design students and educators
  • Canva users scaling up to advanced pixel, vector, and layout workflows

How does Affinity Training work?

Affinity training is delivered in a clear, step‑by‑step format designed for teams and individuals. Each session can be tailored to your organisation’s projects, whether you’re creating newsletters, posters, social media graphics or print materials. You can choose a single app, Publisher, Photo or Designer or combine all three into a full Affinity Masterclass course which are extremely popular.

Training can be delivered onsite UK-wide or online via Zoom /Teams and can be tailored to your specific work or on one of our set courses using practical exercises, real‑world examples with plenty of time for design questions. If your moving from Adobe to Affinity, the training can also include guidance on converting files, rebuilding templates and setting up a smooth new workflow.

Flexible Affinity Courses

Don’t work normal hours? Having problems getting multiple people together on multiple timezones together? 

Greta’s online courses offer full flexibility time wise as they can be booked on a 24 /7 basis including overnight and weekends at very short notice.

Half day and short sprint training sessions

Short of time or prefer your day broken into shorter sessions? Not a problem, for our virtual online training session half days and short sprint sessions for specific topics are bookable at flexible times.

Find out about Greta’s Short Sprint Training

Affinity Training Courses

We cover all the studios Layout, Pixel and Vector each being designed for a different part of the creative workflow. You can choose a single Studio or combine them for a complete Affinity training session.

Layout Studio (Affinity Publisher)

Create, design and publish multi‑page spreads, brochures, flyers, marketing kits and annual impact reports. Ideal for charities and organisations producing regular print or digital publications.

Specialist Book Design Course in Affinity Publisher

This boutique, standalone training course is designed specifically for authors, independent publishers, and self-publishing charities looking to bring books to market. It covers the entire production pipeline, from raw manuscript formatting to the final distribution-ready files.

The training is deeply practical, focusing on the strict requirements for physical print alongside the major eBook export upgrades introduced in the version 3 update.

Pixel Studio (Affinity Photo)

Repair, retouch and enhance photography, manage complex layers and optimise graphics for print or digital campaigns. Perfect for teams handling marketing imagery or social content.

Vector Studio (Affinity Designer)

Design clean, scalable vector artwork including brand logos, statistics‑driven infographics and high‑impact social media assets. Suitable for organisations needing professional, consistent graphics.

Booking and Payment

To book Affinity training, just get in touch with your preferred dates and the apps your team uses. I’ll send a quick quote and confirm the session details. Training can be paid by invoice or purchase order, with payment arranged before the course date.

That’s all you need.

Get in touch

At Greta Powell Training we don’t believe in over complication so if you prefer skipping the long form filling faff connect with us directly to check availability, discuss custom Affinity training courses, or get a quick quote.

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Where are onsite Affinity Courses available?

More to the point, where don’t we run them?

We deliver onsite Affinity training right across the UK. All onsite sessions are fully customised, meaning your team gets hands‑on training using their own desk setups, office computers and real‑world production files, without the hassle or expense of travel. It’s the simplest way for charities and organisations to train staff in a familiar environment and keep workflows consistent.

Online Affinity Training

Online training is ideal for teams who prefer shorter, focused sessions. Alongside full‑day courses, you can book half‑day sessions or short sprints, making it easy for staff and volunteers to fit training around busy schedules.

Sessions are delivered live via Zoom or Teams, with screen‑sharing, guided exercises and plenty of time for questions. Your team can train from anywhere in the UK without travel, using their own computers and real‑world project files.

Affinity Training Courses FAQ

In short, the new Affinity 3 Studio is a single, all-in-one creative app combining photo editing, graphic design and page layout into one workspace. 
 
All the apps are found in the main workspace and instantly accessible with a single click, there’s no longer any need to flick between the three apps anymore.
 
  • One App, No Switching: Think of it as having Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign under one roof. You can edit a photo, design a logo, and lay out a brochure in the same file without switching applications.
  • “Studios” (Workspaces): You toggle between “Pixel” (photo editing), “Vector” (design), and “Layout” (publishing) modes instantly, allowing for a seamless workflow.
  • It’s Free (mostly): The core professional software is now completely free to use forever. It is a major, non-subscription alternative to Adobe.
  • What’s the Catch? Advanced AI tools (like magic object removal or auto-expanding images) are part of a premium tier that requires a paid Canva subscription, but the core tools are free.
  • Updated Features: It includes new tools like Image Trace (turning photos into editable vectors), mesh gradients, and faster, high-performance rendering for large files.

Onsite Affinity Courses are hosted on your premises UK wide hosted by Greta Powell at times and dates to suit you.. 

  • The course is focused entirely on you and your individual company requirements
  • There is no travelling involved for you or your team because the trainer comes directly to you. 
  • This is not a generic one size fits all course as training can be tailored to suit you
  • Dates and times are arranged to suit your schedule.

Greta runs live online Affinity Training sessions via Zoom, Teams and Google meets. During these virtual training sessios you’ll have contact with her throughout via video plus chat and screen sharing

Online Affinity Courses are delivered virtually to you by Zoom, Teams or Google at a time and date to suit your diary. 

  • 100% Trainer-Run & Managed: You deal directly with your expert software trainer from your very first enquiry all the way through to course delivery, ensuring zero corporate middle-men and a completely seamless, personalised experience.

  • Global 24/7 Booking Flexibility: We deliver training across multiple international time zones, making our sessions available for booking on a flexible, 24/7 basis to suit your team’s schedule including weekends and overnight.

  • Bespoke Content Consultation: Once your course is booked, we always arrange a dedicated pre-course meeting to review your specific workflows and firm up the exact syllabus content before the session.

  • True Software Specialism: You learn directly from a dedicated design specialist who lives in the software, rather than a corporate agency generalist who splits their time across dozens of unrelated IT programs.

  • Live Production-Ready Workflow: We don’t use rigid, out-of-the-box classroom tutorials. Your team works live on your own actual project files, marketing campaigns, or charity reports.
  • Customised Pre-Course Consultations: A dedicated pre-course chat to review your team’s design files, assess current skill levels, and tailor the syllabus directly to your daily production goals.

  • Lifetime Post-Course Support: Continuous, lifetime access to support via video or Zoom after your session ends. If your team hits a roadblock or gets stuck on a complex file weeks later, we are here to help you solve it.

  • Bespoke, Hands-On Projects: Practical learning built entirely around your own live marketing collateral, publishing layouts, or charity campaigns instead of rigid textbook examples.

  • Flexible Delivery & Recording Options: Choice of a live online virtual classroom or interactive onsite training at your offices, with options to record sessions for your team’s future internal reference.
Following Canva’s acquisition of Serif, the workflows between both platforms are evolving rapidly. While Canva is excellent for rapid social media graphics, professional print layout, precision vector asset creation, and advanced photo retouching require the heavy-duty power of the Affinity suite. [1, 2, 3]
Our specialized integration training shows your team how to bridge the gap between both platforms seamlessly:
  • Asset Pipeline Setup: Learn how to design complex logos, vector graphics, and brand assets inside Affinity Designer, and export them cleanly into your team’s shared Canva brand kits. [1, 2]
  • Professional Layout Overrides: Discover how to migrate basic Canva concepts into Affinity Publisher when you need to handle advanced long-document automation, folded booklet structures, and high-end CMYK print requirements. [1, 2]
  • Canva for Nonprofits Activation: We help registered charities navigate the Canva ecosystem to unlock their completely free commercial licenses for the full Affinity 3 desktop suite.
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Booking with us

Please get in touch with us via the online booking form.

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

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Purchase Orders

We accept purchase orders from UK registered companies and the public sector.