Final product image — What You'll Be Creating

Affinity Publisher can wrap text around an image and automatically factor in transparency in the image. Learn how to break up boring, blocky layouts by enabling text wrapping in Affinity Publisher.

Download the assets used in this tutorial on Envato Elements:

1. Open Your Image in Affinity Publisher

Ensure your image has a transparent background, and import it into Affinity Publisher with File > Place. I have a PNG file prepared, but you can also edit the photo in the Affinity Photo persona. The wrap text settings will respect any layer mask created in the Photo persona.

2. Wrap Text Around the Image in Affinity Publisher

Select the image, (not the text) and click the Show text wrap settings button at the top. Select Tight to have Affinity Publisher wrap text as close to the opaque part of the image as possible.

tight text wrap in affinity publisher text wrap settings

3. Adjust the Wrapped Text Around the Image

With the Text Wrap Settings still open, fine-tune the position of the image and use the Distance from text settings to ensure there are no awkward islands of text. Then close the Text Wrap Settings menu when you're happy with the result

affinity publisher text wrap settings: distance from text

Now You Know How to Wrap Text Around an Image in Affinity Publisher!

Now you know how easy it is. Simply move the image or the text box as needed, and the wrap will continue to automatically reformat the text so that it wraps around the image.

affinity publisher: text around image final result

Discover More Affinity Publisher Tutorials

Here are more awesome resources and videos if you'd like to learn more about Affinity Publisher. From a complete course to specific tutorials, you'll find plenty of resources on Tuts+: