Is affinity actually a good replacement for what it advertises? I don't mind paying for software so long as it's a perpetual license. I don't wanna give any money to adobe nor do I wanna pirate their software and risk getting fucked.
>>461716Solo designer? It's fine.No client would care what software you used to make their item.It's really when you work with other people that you want to stay within the industry standards (ie. PS, Illus, Avid, Corel)
>>461717>It's really when you work with other people that you want to stay within the industry standardsAccurate. I work for a book publisher, and I was just told to move back to Illustrator and InDesign's shitty UX because they had to redo some stuff I had made on Publisher when I was on leave.
>>461717I sometimes make business cards and flyers for businesses and the local printer here demands InDesign files because they have to make the "final touches". One place still uses Quark.
>>461717I assume you can export the files into .psd and .ai files like how CSP can do the same?
>>461716>>461717My honest review after 3 years of repeated use:Affinity Designer > IllustratorAffinity Photo < PhotoshopAffinity Publisher >= InDesign Shared observations:- All 3 take a little time to learn if youre used to Adobe. They have some different terms and methods to achieve similar features in their respective programs. Might feel like "xyz with extra steps" at times. But very customizable interface. If you know your needs, you'll be just fine.- I like Designer a lot :)Exceptions:I like Photoshop more than Affinity Photo (AP). AP feels more like Lightroom if it had a bit more of photoshops freedom around the time I was using it.Worth it if you want something you pay once for with a consistent ecosystem.
>>461992what makes designer better than illustrator?
i had to move from pc to mac and i couldnt pirate photoshop in here so i bought the lifetime thing of affinity and it takes a learning curve, but its quite great now
>>461716No. It's the better option for non-professionals, but they have some serious work to do before they can fight Adobe on its home turf. E.g. Affinity don't support RTL text. At all.>>461995MSJ forum.
I love it, it is fantastic. It SHOULD be the standard. Much easier to learn than adobe stuff. Feels better to use.
It can do the basics but you will eventually run into stumbling blocks. Designer has no vector brushes. There are also no filters for manipulating vectors or vector tracing. It's getting better though with the recent pathfinder tool integration. There were no major updates this year so Canva might not be heavily invested in it.
