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Affinity Designer 2

Affinity's second-generation vector design app for illustration and graphic design.

Get the appOpen

Common

cancel operation

⎋

help

F1

toggle UI

⇥

cycle split view

,

reset selection box

.

set fill or stroke to none

/

switch view

⌘⇥

close

⌘W

rulers

⌘R

character / character panel (advanced text)

⌘T

redo

⌘Y

open

⌘O

print

⌘P

back one

⌘[

forward one

⌘30

convert to curves

⌘36

select all

⌘A

save

⌘S

group

⌘G

duplicate

⌘J

lock

⌘L

show guides

⌘;

show grid

⌘39

undo

⌘Z

cut

⌘X

copy

⌘C

paste

⌘V

new

⌘N

curves

⌘M

preferences

⌘,

hold for view tool

Space

selection brush (pixel persona)

W

erase brush (pixel persona)

E

cycle dodge or burn brushes (pixel persona)

O

freehand selection tool (pixel persona)

L

Shape Builder Tool

S

Knife Tool

K

Contour Tool

O

Tools

cycle text tools

T

transparency tool

Y

color picker tool

I

pen tool

P

decrease brush size

[

increase brush size

30

Node Tool

A

point transform tool

F

Gradient 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 / cycle marquees (pixel persona)

M

Advanced Text

typography dialog (advanced text)

⌘⇧T

bold (advanced text)

⌘B

italic (advanced text)

⌘I

Underline

⌘U

Align left

⌘⌥L

Align center

⌘⌥C

Align right

⌘⌥R

Tighten spacing more

⇧⌥←

Loosen spacing more

⇧⌥→

Precise raise baseline

⌘⇧⌥↑

Precise lower baseline

⌘⇧⌥↓

Precise increase leading

⌘⌥↓

Precise decrease leading

⌘⌥↑

Opacity

change opacity (100%)

0

change opacity (10%)

1

change opacity (20%)

2

change opacity (30%)

3

change opacity (40%)

4

change opacity (50%)

5

change opacity (60%)

6

change opacity (70%)

7

change opacity (80%)

8

change opacity (90%)

9

Zoom

zoom to 100%

⌘1

zoom to 200%

⌘2

zoom to 400%

⌘3

zoom to 800%

⌘4

zoom to actual size

⌘8

zoom to pixel size

⌘9

zoom to fit

⌘0

zoom out

⌘-

zoom in

⌘=