How to Create a Text Portrait in Affinity Photo

Posted on 21st June 2023

How to Create a Text Portrait in Affinity Photo

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to create a text portrait using the power and versatility of Affinity Photo. We’ll start by creating a basic text portrait, and then we’ll explore some of the more advanced features that Affinity Photo has to offer. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to create your own text portraits with ease.

Creating a New Document

To get started, we’ll need to create a new document. For this tutorial, we’ll be using a canvas size of 1000×1000 pixels. You can use whatever size you like, but this size will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have your document created, go ahead and add some text to it. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “Lorem Ipsum” placeholder text. You can use whatever text you like, but this text will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have your text added to the document, it’s time to start playing around with the text. First, we’ll need to select the text. To do this, simply click on the “Text” tool in the toolbar, and then click on the text in the document.

Once the text is selected, you’ll notice that there are a few options in the “Text” toolbar that weren’t there before. These options will let us change the font, the size of the font, the color of the font, and the alignment of the text.

For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “Arial” font, and we’ll be setting the size to 72pt. You can use whatever font and size you like, but this will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have the font and size set, it’s time to start playing around with the text itself. First, we’ll need to select the “Text” tool in the toolbar. Then, click on the “Text” tab in the toolbar, and click on the “Warp” option.

This will bring up the “Warp” options in the toolbar. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “Arc” warp. You can play around with the other warp options to see what they do, but we’ll be using the “Arc” warp for this tutorial.

Once you have the “Arc” warp selected, you’ll notice that there are a few options in the “Warp” toolbar. These options will let us change the amount of the warp, the warp direction, and the warp style.

For this tutorial, we’ll be setting the amount of the warp to 100%, the warp direction to “Up”, and the warp style to “Rigid”. You can play around with these options to see what they do, but this will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have the warp options set, it’s time to start playing around with the text itself. First, we’ll need to select the “Text” tool in the toolbar. Then, click on the “Text” tab in the toolbar, and click on the “Transform” option.

This will bring up the “Transform” options in the toolbar. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “Rotate” transform. You can play around with the other transform options to see what they do, but we’ll be using the “Rotate” transform for this tutorial.

Once you have the “Rotate” transform selected, you’ll notice that there are a few options in the “Transform” toolbar. These options will let us change the amount of the rotation, the rotation axis, and the rotation center.

For this tutorial, we’ll be setting the amount of the rotation to 90 degrees, the rotation axis to “X”, and the rotation center to “50%”. You can play around with these options to see what they do, but this will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have the rotation options set, it’s time to start playing around with the text itself. First, we’ll need to select the “Text” tool in the toolbar. Then, click on the “Text” tab in the toolbar, and click on the “Shear” option.

This will bring up the “Shear” options in the toolbar. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “X” shear. You can play around with the other shear options to see what they do, but we’ll be using the “X” shear for this tutorial.

Once you have the “X” shear selected, you’ll notice that there are a few options in the “Shear” toolbar. These options will let us change the amount of the shear, the shear axis, and the shear center.

For this tutorial, we’ll be setting the amount of the shear to 50%, the shear axis to “X”, and the shear center to “50%”. You can play around with these options to see what they do, but this will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have the shear options set, it’s time to start playing around with the text itself. First, we’ll need to select the “Text” tool in the toolbar. Then, click on the “Text” tab in the toolbar, and click on the “Skew” option.

This will bring up the “Skew” options in the toolbar. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “X” skew. You can play around with the other skew options to see what they do, but we’ll be using the “X” skew for this tutorial.

Once you have the “X” skew selected, you’ll notice that there are a few options in the “Skew” toolbar. These options will let us change the amount of the skew, the skew axis, and the skew center.

For this tutorial, we’ll be setting the amount of the skew to 50%, the skew axis to “X”, and the skew center to “50%”. You can play around with these options to see what they do, but this will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have the skew options set, it’s time to start playing around with the text itself. First, we’ll need to select the “Text” tool in the toolbar. Then, click on the “Text” tab in the toolbar, and click on the “Stretch” option.

This will bring up the “Stretch” options in the toolbar. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “X” stretch. You can play around with the other stretch options to see what they do, but we’ll be using the “X” stretch for this tutorial.

Once you have the “X” stretch selected, you’ll notice that there are a few options in the “Stretch” toolbar. These options will let us change the amount of the stretch, the stretch axis, and the stretch center.

For this tutorial, we’ll be setting the amount of the stretch to 50%, the stretch axis to “X”, and the stretch center to “50%”. You can play around with these options to see what they do, but this will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have the stretch options set, it’s time to start playing around with the text itself. First, we’ll need to select the “Text” tool in the toolbar. Then, click on the “Text” tab in the toolbar, and click on the “Font” option.

This will bring up the “Font” options in the toolbar. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “Arial” font. You can play around with the other font options to see what they do, but we’ll be using the “Arial” font for this tutorial.

Once you have the “Arial” font selected, you’ll notice that there are a few options in the “Font” toolbar. These options will let us change the size of the font, the color of the font, and the alignment of the text.

For this tutorial, we’ll be setting the size of the font to 72pt, the color of the font to black, and the alignment of the text to “Center”. You can play around with these options to see what they do, but this will work well for the purposes of this tutorial.

Once you have the font options set, it’s time to start playing around with the text itself. First, we’ll need to select the “Text” tool in the toolbar. Then, click on the “Text” tab in the toolbar, and click on the “Paragraph” option.

This will bring up the “Paragraph” options in the toolbar. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the “Left” alignment. You can play around with the other alignment options to see what they do, but we’ll be using the “Left” alignment for this tutorial.

Once you have the “Left” alignment selected, you’ll notice that there are a few options in the “Paragraph” toolbar. These options will let us change the spacing of the text, the indent of the text, and the alignment of the text.

For this tutorial, we’ll be setting the spacing of the text to “Single”, the indent of the text to “0.5in”, and the alignment of the text to “Left”. You can play around with these options to see what they do, but this will work well for the purposes