Wacom Affinity Photo



  • You can find it in the Wacom Tablet Properties, select the pen, then under 'Calibrate' there is the toggle in the bottom left corner. I know, where else would You look for that toggle? However I stopped painting in Photo because the brush engine in Affinity seemed a bit wonky compared to, say, Photoshop on the same machine.
  • In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use your Wacom tablet with Affinity Photo. Link to the Wacom Intous from amazon US: https://amzn.to/3gb05.
Download the very latest keyboard shortcuts for Affinity apps to view, print or customise.

With your photo opened in Affinity Photo, we’ll duplicate the photo layer by pressing Command J (Mac) or Control J (PC). Duplicating the layer will make it easy to see our before and after in the end. With the photo duplicated, press on the Adjustment icon. Apply an HSL adjustment.

Keyboard shortcuts are one of the main ways you can boost your productivity and build a more fluid way of working. In this short article, you’ll be able to display, download, customise and print out the very latest keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher, on macOS, iPad and Windows platforms.

Affinity Designer keyboard shortcuts

English

  • macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • iPad keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)

German

  • macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • iPad keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)

Affinity Photo keyboard shortcuts

English

  • macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • iPad keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)

German

  • macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • iPad keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)

Affinity Publisher keyboard shortcuts

English

  • macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)

German

  • macOS keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)
  • Windows keyboard shortcuts (.pdf)

Customisable cheat sheets

If you like creating your own personalised shortcuts but maybe need a helping hand to remember your key assignments, feel free to customise our original Designer files to suit you. Why not print out or create PDFs of your own sheets?

Remember that you can open the files and edit them in Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher too! To navigate between pages, use the Page Locator at the bottom left of the app.

English

Wacom Intuos Pro Affinity Photo

  • macOS Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • Windows Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • iPad Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • macOS Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • Windows Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • iPad Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • macOS Publisher shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • Windows Publisher shortcuts (.afdesign)

Affinity Photo Wacom Bamboo

German

  • macOS Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • Windows Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • iPad Designer shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • macOS Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • Windows Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • iPad Photo shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • macOS Publisher shortcuts (.afdesign)
  • Windows Publisher shortcuts (.afdesign)

Other shortcut resources

The printed Affinity Workbooks offer the same shortcuts as above as tearout inserts at the back of the book. As they’re printed on card, you can place them on a document holder or on your wall for easy reference.

Wacom Intuos Pro Medium Affinity Photo

Wacom

Wacom Cintiq 16 Affinity Photo

If you prefer the keyboard shortcuts in traditional table format instead, please visit the app help accessible via the app’s Help Menu, then search for keyboard shortcuts.

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**Article updated for iPad cheat sheets (PDF and .afdesign) (26 Feb 2020)