Per Wiki: Affinity Designer is a vector graphics editor developed by Serif for macOS, iPad OS, and Microsoft Windows. It is part of the "Affinity trinity" alongside Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher. Affinity Designer is available for purchase directly from the company website and in the Mac App Store, iOS App Store, and the Microsoft Store.
Designer Persona | |
Cancel operation | Esc |
Help | F1 |
Change opacity | 0-9 |
Toggle UI | Tab |
Cycle text tools | T |
Transparency tool | Y |
Color picker tool | I |
Pen tool | P |
Decrease brush size | [ |
Increase brush size | ] |
Node tool | A |
Point transform tool | F |
Fill tool | G |
View tool | H |
Toggle snapping | ; |
Clip to canvas | \ |
Zoom tool | Z |
Toggle active selector | X |
Corner tool | C |
Move tool | V |
Vector brush tool | B |
Pencil tool | N |
Cycle shape tool | M |
Cycle split view | , |
Reset selection box | . |
Set fill or stroke to none | / |
Zoom to 100% | Ctrl+1 |
Zoom to 200% | Ctrl+2 |
Zoom to 400% | Ctrl+3 |
Zoom to 800% | Ctrl+4 |
Zoom to actual size | Ctrl+5 |
Zoom to pixel size | Ctrl+6 |
Zoom to fit | Ctrl+7 |
Zoom out | Ctrl+8 |
Zoom in | Ctrl+9 |
Switch view | Ctrl+ 0 |
Close | Ctrl+ - |
Rulers | Ctrl+ = |
Character | Ctrl+ Tab |
Redo | Ctrl+W |
Open | Ctrl+R |
Ctrl+T | |
Back one | Ctrl+Y |
Forward one | Ctrl+O |
Convert to curves | Ctrl+P |
Select all | Ctrl+A |
Save | Ctrl+S |
Group | Ctrl+G |
Duplicate | Ctrl+J |
Lock | Ctrl+L |
Show guides | Ctrl+; |
Show grid | Ctrl+' |
Undo | Ctrl+Z |
Cut | Ctrl+X |
Copy | Ctrl+C |
Paste | Ctrl+V |
New | Ctrl+N |
Curves | Ctrl+M |
Preferences | Ctrl+, |
Hold for view tool | Space |
Pixel Persona | |
Selection brush | W |
Erase brush | E |
Color picker tool | I |
Cycle dodge or burn brushes | O |
Decrease brush size | [ |
Increase brush size | ] |
Flood fill tool | G |
Freehand selection tool | L |
Toggle active selector | X |
Move tool | V |
Cycle brush or pixel tools | B |
Cycle marquees | M |
Cycle split view | , |
Reset selection box | . |
Advanced Text | |
Character panel | Ctrl+T |
Typography dialog | Ctrl+Shift+T |
Bold | Ctrl+B |
Italic | Ctrl+I |
Underline | Ctrl+U |
Align left | Ctrl+Alt+L |
Align center | Ctrl+Alt+C |
Align right | Ctrl+Alt+R |
Tighten spacing more | Alt+Shift+left |
Loosen spacing more | Alt+Shift+Right |
Precise raise baseline | Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Up |
Precise lower baseline | Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Down |
Precise increase leading | Ctrl+Alt+Down |
Precise decrease leading | Ctrl+Alt+Up |
Modifiers and Layer Control | |
Drawing and painting - temporarily switches to the color picker tool | Alt |
Freehand selection tools - connects clicked points with straight lines | Shift |
Reverses aspect ratio constraint on scaling | Shift |
Scales from the center of the selection | Ctrl |
Ignores snapping during an operation | Alt |
Geometric shapes - moves red handles symmetrically | Ctrl |
Path text - maintains a distance between red handles | Shift |
Path text - moves red handles symmetrically | Ctrl |
Pixel brush painting - draws a straight line connecting two strokes | Shift |
Pixel selections - constrains marquee to square or circle | Shift |
Pixel selection - moves underlying layer rather than selection | Ctrl |
Pixel selection - removes from selection | Alt |
Pixel tool - erases from current layer or projects | Ctrl |
Rotating - constrains rotations to 15-degree intervals | Shift |
Selecting - scales multiple objects and layers | Shift |
Selecting - selects object or layer behind a current selection | Alt |
Shearing - mirrors shear around the center of an object | Ctrl |
Vector drawing tools - constrains handle angles to 15 degrees | Shift |
Vector drawing tools - sets node to sharp for creating cusps | Alt |
Vector drawing tools - temporarily switches to node editing from pen | Ctrl |
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