Making a Magazine Cover with Affinity Photo and Designer

Steve Caplin
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CreativePro Magazine issue 16 coverThis article appeared in Issue 16 of CreativePro Magazine.

Are you suffering from SSS: Subscription Software Syndrome? Symptoms include chafing from one-size-fits-all offerings, a feeling of lethargy due to stagnant feature sets, and a sense of déjà vu as the same charges appear on your credit card month after month. Whether you’re actively looking at alternatives to Adobe’s Creative Cloud, or simply curious to see what the Affinity tools can do, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll look at how to make a magazine cover by enhancing a portrait in Affinity Photo before taking it into Designer to add headlines and a background with vector graphics.

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Steve Caplin
Steve Caplin is a freelance photomontage artist based in London, whose satirical illustrations have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world. He is the author of the best-selling How to Cheat in Photoshop, as well as 100% Photoshop, Art & Design in Photoshop and 3D Photoshop. He writes regularly for CreativePro and is an instructor at LinkedIn Learning. His YouTube channel 2 Minute Photoshop is a library of over 100 Photoshop tutorials, each just two minutes long, hosted at photoshop.london. When he’s not at his computer Steve builds improbable furniture, which can be seen at curieaux.com.
  • TechFalcon says:
    January 31, 2023 at 11:54 am

    Hi Steve Caplin, Thank you so much for sharing magazine cover making tutorial.

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