Change the size of the fill by clicking one of the outer color stops and dragging in any direction. Reposition the fill by clicking and dragging the center color stop. The bitmap fill will be automatically applied. Locate your background fill and click Open. Select Bitmap from the options and a new window will open. With the gradient still selected, click Type at the top left of the screen. Don't worry about the color for now as we will be changing this next. We have a great tutorial on creating gradients in Affinity designer if you need some extra help.Ĭlick on the Fill Tool on the left hand side then click + drag a gradient fill over the one circle. Use the red and green guidelines to center the circle.įor this step we will use the Fill Tool to add a gradient then change it to a bitmap. Press Ctrl + J to duplicate then hold Shift + click and drag the duplicate to the second artboard.

When these two lines cross the circle will be centered. With the Snapping Tool activated, when you move the circle, a green and red line will appear. Position the circle in the middle of the artboard. Add a color fill for now so that you can see the circle. Click on the Ellipse Tool on the left side panel and draw out a circle on one of the artboards. You will see the rectangle snap to the corners because the Snapping Tool is turned on. Change the color to white by using the Color fill option on the top right or top left. Start at one corner and click + drag the rectangle out. Add a rectangle background by clicking on the Rectangle tool on the left side panel. For this tutorial we want to create a textured circle with wording on a white background. The artboards will be our Instagram Highlight Covers. Step 2 - Add and adjust shapes for highlight covers

The name of the artboard will be the document name when batch saving. Rename the artboards by clicking on the layer name under the Layers Panel. Click on the duplicate artboard to select, then drag it to the right. This will help in aligning the designs on artboards. At the top of the screen click on the Snapping Tool. Under the Layers Panel click the artboard layer then right click and Duplicate. Tick the box next to Create Artboard and under Color tick the box next to Transparent background. Be sure that the Document Units is set to Pixels. For Instagram Highlight covers the recommended size is 1080 x 1920 px. Under the New Document settings, adjust Width and Height. Open Affinity Designer and click on New Document. Step 1 - Set up the Artboards for the designsĪs we want to create multiple designs we will use the Artboards feature and batch export. This is a more efficient way of quickly creating designs. We will be using abstract highlight covers and an elegant font duo called Fadelyn. We also have a tutorial on making highlight covers in Canva if that is your preferred program.

In this tutorial we will be making Instagram highlight covers in Affinity Designer. Artboards in Affinity Designer are a great way to create multiple highlight covers. Custom highlight covers can also boost the look of your brand. Creating your own Instagram Highlight covers adds a touch of flare to your story line.

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