Beyond Photoshop: Design Tools Designers Love

Cecilia Kim explains where Figma, Procreate and Framer fit into her own design process, from wireframes to hand-drawn assets and websites. Start with the design-tools section at 0:39; later chapters branch into coding, productivity and inspiration.

▶every tool I use as a designer in 2026Tap to play

Affinity educator James builds a flag, a badge and a wordmark with shapes, Boolean operations and the Pen Tool. This official lesson is a practical next stop if you want to see how vector artwork is constructed, rather than just hear a list of features.

▶02 Master Vector Design in AffinityTap to play

LYH Studio rebuilds two of his InDesign layouts in Affinity, showing masks, text wrapping and spiral lettering along the way. He points out where the results differ and which controls feel awkward, making this a useful workflow comparison rather than a promise of identical output. Includes a Luma AI sponsor segment.

▶Affinity vs Adobe: Recreating My Best LayoutsTap to play

Bring Your Own Laptop uses Blender’s Geometry Nodes to build a dot grid that responds to animated text. It is a concrete introduction to procedural motion graphics; the instructor recommends learning Blender’s basic navigation first if the interface is new to you.

▶How to Build After Effects-Style Motion Graphics in BlenderTap to play