You can also log in to see all the purchases you have made. Your account page is where you can see how many days you have left in your free trial. When you are just starting out, this is a great reference! This is a section you should take note of! It walks you through using all the tools, toolbars, and panels. Feel free to open them and take a look at trying out the different tools. The Samples are provided as learning tools in Affinity Designer. This will probably not be used much by the beginner, but might come in handy for those creating or editing patterns frequently. Import from Photos will not really be used for sewing. It will import a copy into Affinity Designer. Importing a document from cloud storage will not make changes to the original file. If you are working on making changes to a pattern, you can “open the document” to keep working. The open button has three choices: open document, import document, and import from Photos. For sewing, you can use this to open a blank document. You can think of these as “Tabs”.Ĭome to the home screen at any time to switch between documents. The “Live Docs” are the documents that you currently have open. The home screen is the main screen that will open every time you start Affinity Designer iPad. This will help the projector to mirror in real-time what is happening on your screen. Under the general settings turn “Present on External Displays” OFF. The preferences is a gear at the bottom of the home screen. When you first open Affinity Designer iPad, you will want to change some preferences. Affinity Designer iPad Settings for Sewing You can access iCloud documents directly from Affinity Designer. If you store patterns in iCloud, you do not need to download another app. Make sure to download the Google Drive app or Dropbox. To be able to access your patterns, you will need to have them accessible on your iPad. I store all of my pattern files in Google Drive. This will help the iPad not turn off while you are projecting a pattern. You can change this setting to 15 minutes or “never”. On the iPad go to Settings>Display and Brightness>Auto-lock

Changing the sleep timer/auto lock will help you enjoy the experience of projecting from an iPad better. While using Affinity Designer iPad for sewing, you don’t want your tablet to keep going to sleep while working.

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