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# Affinity Designer Cheatsheet ## Overview Affinity Designer is a vector graphics editor developed by Serif. It is a professional-grade tool for creating graphics, illustrations, and designs. Some of its features include: - A powerful pen tool for precise vector drawing - A wide range of vector brushes for adding texture and depth - Advanced layer management for organizing your work - Support for importing and exporting a variety of file formats - A pixel persona for creating and editing raster graphics - Non-destructive editing with adjustment layers and live filters ## Basic Tools ### Move Tool - Shortcut: V - Used for moving, scaling, rotating, or shearing objects. ### Artboard Tool - Shortcut: A - Used for creating and manipulating artboards. ### Rectangle Tool - Shortcut: M - Used for drawing rectangles and squares. ### Ellipse Tool - Shortcut: M - Used for drawing circles and ellipses. ### Pen Tool - Shortcut: P - Used for creating precise vector paths. ### Node Tool - Shortcut: A - Used for manipulating vector nodes. ### Text Tool - Shortcut: T - Used for creating and editing text objects. ## Panels ### Layers Panel - Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + L - Used for organizing objects and applying effects to them. ### Swatches Panel - Shortcut: Ctrl + 3 - Used for selecting colors and creating color palettes. ### Effects Panel - Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + F - Used for applying and modifying live effects. ### Stroke Panel - Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + O - Used for setting the stroke properties of objects. ### Appearance Panel - Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + F - Used for modifying the appearance of objects. ## Advanced Tools ### Vector Brush Tool - Shortcut: B - Used for creating textured and natural-looking vector strokes. ### Pencil Tool - Shortcut: N - Used for creating freehand vector drawings. ### Gradient Tool - Shortcut: G - Used for applying and editing gradients. ### Symbols - Used for creating reusable vector objects. ## Shortcuts - Ctrl + Shift + L: Show/hide Layers Panel - Ctrl + Shift + O: Show/hide Stroke Panel - Ctrl + Shift + F: Show/hide Effects Panel - Ctrl + 3: Show/hide Swatches Panel - Ctrl + Alt + C: Copy selected object(s) with style - Ctrl + Alt + V: Paste object(s) with style ## Resources - [Official Affinity Designer Tutorials](https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/tutorials/designer/) - [Affinity Designer Workbook](https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/store/product/affinity-designer-workbook/) - [Affinity Designer Forum](https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-designer-on-mac-and-windows/)