I use Illustrator heavily every day, but I bought this just to help affinity get better and become a threat to Adobe's monopoly

@HCforLife1

4 жыл бұрын

@Veldey Photos depend what you need. For vector animation I cant imagine give up Illustrator and After Effects. Especially latest update makes AI superior over AD. I have both, year ago AD was better now AI is better choice for complex and Rich illustrations

@thosearepinklemons

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I still definitely prefer Illustrator, but I also have like 15 years of experience with it. Affinity is a great tool to add to the toolbox though.

@sirajdey

4 жыл бұрын

adobe should think of their monopoly. Its not fair for his competitors.

@markuskopter

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirajdey Adobe: Our monopoly isn't fair to our competitors. Also Adobe: THAT'S AWESOME!

@elrumi6341

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

Honestly I can't wait for affinity to truely threaten adobe, adobe has been getting away with so much when t comes to prices because it knows theres nothing that can threaten it, theres no programs that are as good

Finally adobe has competition

@m.jamilrahman4971

5 жыл бұрын

We as the consument have more benefit

@PumperWolf

5 жыл бұрын

And is awesome, a young app competing very close

@vegali

5 жыл бұрын

Adobe has always had competition. Corel is the main one, BTW “serif” the company who produces affinity is like 20 years old... is not a “young” app

@MaddieMaddocks

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@aymanhazim4639

4 жыл бұрын

its Affinity softwares own competition but not for Adobe

- For copying the style, it's much easier just to hit Copy on one object and then Paste Style on the other! - Also, for selection, in the Preferences, under TOOLS, you can actually turn on "Select object when they intersect the marquee" Keep up the great vids!

@thebradcolbow

6 жыл бұрын

Nice! I had a hunch there might have been a couple things I missed when I was using it. Thanks!

@jayrinaldi

6 жыл бұрын

You, sir, are a hero. The problem of the first tip bothered me big time in Affinity. Now it's gone. Thanks a lot!

@toast9128

6 жыл бұрын

Toma Alexandru Official Be on the lookout for the IPad Pro x that’s gonna be live at WWDC 2018 today!! Edit: Never mind nothing on the iPad

@xvanegas89

6 жыл бұрын

Toma Alexandru Official transcript

@xvanegas89

6 жыл бұрын

That was atypo lol

I picked up Affinity Designer last year, because I took on a new client who hired me to create a ton of web assets (web ads, banners, and templates) and he needed source files in Affinity Designer format. Coming from Photoshop and Illustrator, it was a bit daunting at first not finding some things and having some tools behave differently, but I really ***loved*** the pixel profile for quick edits and don't get me started on the interface profiles and the slicing and exporting workflow! (It runs laps around Adobe's approach and it's so easy to work with that now I hate Adobe's even more than I used to...) I just picked up a copy of your Affinity for Zombies course on Udemy, just to support your work (True fan here, since The Brads web comic. Keep cranking them out and I'll keep buyin' them). I'm sure that I'll pick up some useful info, as well.

@thebradcolbow

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! you've been here a while, glad to hear not everyone here is 17 years old :D

I use Affinity Designer for my every day job. I'm a graphic designer at a screen printing shop. In terms of stagnant designs for shirts, flyers, and stuff like that, I think it works great. Yeah I'm still used to Illustrator because I was taught on it, but I'm not minding needing to take a couple small extra steps to get where I need to in AD. Obviously for designs that go beyond what I just mentioned AI would be better, but for what I do I prefer using AD.

I learned CorelDraw first so I never really got into Illustrator. Some of these Affinity items make me think of Corel. The 'layers' behaviour though takes me right back to college in 1988 and the Createx system which was one of the earliest vector systems. This program is just incredible. Thanks for another superb review video.

in the first point, just press SHIFT before clicking and you'll take the color only and not the entire style :)

@thebradcolbow

6 жыл бұрын

Great advice. Thanks!

@AyanaSioux

6 жыл бұрын

You just saved my life.

@kubagornowicz

6 жыл бұрын

And if you choose eyedropper tool and press enter, you can select what you want to copy from a list that pops up

@micha4431

3 жыл бұрын

Same like in AI. U guys know it?

2:21 4. Red line preview for shape parameters 5:55 7. Fx 6:50 8. Personas 8:37 9. Snap Settings 9:28 Force Pixel Alignment

For those of you that never had a chance to play with it, Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks was just like this. You could edit vectors alongside editing images, and the interface was very intuitive to let you work with both at the same time. I've been waiting 6 years for a similar tool since Adobe killed Fireworks. Affinity Designer follows along Firework's footsteps quite nicely. This type of workflow is lighting fast for web graphics. I hope more people adopt it so that we can see this tool continue to grow.

It's like Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw had a baby.

@CreativeTutorials7

6 жыл бұрын

mljarmin I agree 😂😆

@bsigns1935

5 жыл бұрын

I agree and confirmed by me, user of both programs

@TheSeoshnek

5 жыл бұрын

Babe's name is Xara

@metallov3r893

5 жыл бұрын

Children are often born more beautiful than their parents.

@Ne3ek1t

5 жыл бұрын

More like Xara had a baby

This is a godsend!😫🙌I've been using Affinity Designer for a few months, which hasn't been too bad. The transition from Illustrator, though has been a little wonky. This Affinity list has most of the tools I'm used to using, but I just needed to know how to find them lol Thanks for this!😆

I just wanted to say thank you for your videos on Affinity's line, it was just what I was looking for and I actually enjoy them more. This video was great and I've saved it for later as there's some great tips here. Thanks again!

Oh I'm currently using Affinity Designer but I miss a lot of things coming from Illustrator such as the Warp tool... deform text into predefined shapes is so useful... another tool I miss is the "Shape builder tool" is such a nice shortcut for the pathfinder panel... and the last thing is the power of the text edition in Illustrator... Sometimes I need to work with texts and be able to link multiple text boxes and just put the text distributed on those is a must have in my opinion.

@smol5601

4 жыл бұрын

No shape builder tool Ouch, that's a deal-breaker!

This is the best video I’ve found on Designer! I also started with Illustrator and have been confused with some of the differences. I only do it for fun, but I’ve purchased EVERYTHING from this company because it’s such a great deal. I have Designer and Photo for my computer and my iPad. I just started playing with Designer to help with some painting ideas. (I wish you’d write a book.)

Thanks for excellent tips! I bought Affinity Designer a few weeks back and have been loving it :) I definitely learned a few new tricks from this video :)

Thanks so much for this - gave me a lot of great information to know if Affinity Designer will work for me.

I just wanted to say that I got your Udemy course for Affinity Designer, and it’s fantastic! I know how to use Illustrator, but was having a hard time figuring out some things in Designer. You cover a lot of information in a way that’s easy to follow and very entertaining! There are so many videos I can’t watch because they’re too dry and it takes forever to get to the actual “how to.” I’ve subscribed here, and I’m already looking at some of the other Udemy videos created by you. I wish all of them were this good!

Great info... thank you a lot. Using Illustrator for work for ages. This was exactly what I needed to make me try it.. thanks again

as a 23 year user of many vector programs, I am definitely going to purchase this! All the things you describe used to be available on this old cad software I used to use in the large format industry and really missed those functions when I had to switch to illustrator back in 2003. edit: the cad software I had to use for this flat bed printer was really cool but....$5000 that is why I had to switch to illustrator.

Great presentation! You're really good at showing affinity power over illustrator. I should checkout your course soon!

I started using affinity designer today. And I just loved it. It's so easy to grasp. And above all it's so snappy. Photoshop lags in my i5 machine but affinity just killed it. Loved using it. Hope to be happy with it forever.

bought the Affinity package when they were on sale last year, got to admit it was such a troublesome for an adobe user for 20 years, but for that price I'm willing to learn. as a freelance designer, times are pretty tough here and can't afford to subscribe for adobe anymore, thank you affinity for this great app!

The thing I love most in Affinity Designer is Grids/Axis Manager. I am in love with isometric grids etc.

Brilliant - I was just learning about the Designer tools, thanks for sharing.

I like how this video cleared up some Illustration frustration for me. But at the same time, I just find that Designer's approach to the same tools makes a bunch more sense

You talked about the anchor point tool in adobe like it was a positive thing, haha, the drawing tools are so simplified and more powerful Affinity. Adobe needs an anchor point tool, white arrow tool, add and delete anchor point tools to equal just the node tool in Affinity. And let’s not forget the simplest but greatest innovation Affinity brought to the table... pressing delete on a node doesn’t leave an open shape... really, adobe? It’s 2018, time to fix that.

There are still some features I miss in Affinity Designer, for example Offsetting Paths and Optical Margin Alignment. What I absolutely love is the export function: really handy when designing assets for mobile applications.

@micha4431

3 жыл бұрын

Actually i miss many automatization options. Offset is one of these. Good Point.

Awesome video, I'm barely jumping into Affinity and you touched on some points that were getting on my nerves. Understanding the pixel persona was plus! Thank you :)

Affinity is such a great tool. I think it's easier than Illustrator if you're a beginner.

@thebradcolbow

6 жыл бұрын

I agree, if you've never touched a vector tool it seems more intuitive, probably because there just isn't as much extra edge case type features in there.

@ajinasawor

6 жыл бұрын

That's why I use Affinity Designer in the first place. I was too overwhelmed by the tools that is in Adobe Illustrator that I only staring the blank workspace because I don't know where to start

@joshystation

6 жыл бұрын

Same here. I started with vector because of affinity. I wish illustrator would have been like affinity years ago. However, because of lack of competition Adobe has gotten away for years with small updates every year yet high prices.

@user-sh9uk2hx3d

5 жыл бұрын

i agree, affinity designer is an awesome program but It lacks some tools as shape builder tool,smooth tool and the knife tool, but that's ain't a problem because affinity team promesed that they will add all this stuff very soon.

@mrmachine5632

4 жыл бұрын

@@ajinasawor you start by earning the software

Affinity Designer is great but users have requested many simple features for years now, and these changes have not been implemented yet. One example is offset paths which for me is needed to create logos and mascots. It's a great app, with an affordable price and no subscription, but lacks the necessary features that Illustrator has. This is why Illustrator will be my main software for the work I do. However, with that said, I love the feel and look of Affinity and use it to create more simple things like UI mockups and Icons. If you are just starting out in vector art, this is definitely a great application to choose to help build the fundamental knowledge.

@timbigger1731

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, offset paths is a real pain in the onions in AD, I struggled, watched tutorials, struggled again then gave up and did it in AI in seconds...

Great video - a good mixture of the right Information, succinctness, tempo, Zest and enthusiasm without being in-your-face like a lot of KZread presentations are. A few things occurred to me though, while watching:

I've been having a proem and watched so many videos for how to basically mask a shape into another in designer. I can't believe I didn't think about the layers thing, I was trying different geometry. I just happen to watch this for entertainment and I slowed down to 0.25 speed and you taught me at 0:25

For anyone that wants to know - Affinity works flawlessly and really smooth on the M1 Macbook Pro with the new Affinity 1.9 update. I noticed in the vid it was a bit 'glitchy' looking but it runs very smooth for me. I would highly recommend making the purchase especially with 50% off at the mo! Great vid Brad - cheers from the UK 🇬🇧✌️

Affinity gives me such confidence. With illustrator I have to pump myself up. I mean that zombie composition in the beginning of this vid, i SEE that abd feel pretty confident i can that on the fly, AND I'm filled with so many ideas. God I love Affinity

Hi Brad, great video on what to expect when leaving Adobe Illustrator for Affinity Designer. However, you missed two HUGE points that really should be addressed and with Affinity Designer for iPad being just released, it would be nice to pressure the developers into correcting. Your coverage of the geometry tools missed the fact that there is no “Trim” tool like there is in Illustrator. Trim basically allows for objects to cut other objects without the object, being used to cut, to be deleted. This is was a huge miss in Affinity Designer and lets hope everyone catches on here and emails the developers for an immediate update. The next bit is pretty significant....there is no auto-trace or bitmap/raster to vector conversation. What makes this a significantly strange miss is that in Affinity designer there is the raster or pixel persona/mode. Wouldn’t it make sense to have a way to convert all of these cool drawings you do in pixel persona into vector? What if the cool texture you just added to your Zombie were to be converted to vector, that would be nice, right? Again a really odd miss by Affinity and a point many users should be driving home to the Affinity developers through email. Now that Affinity Designer is on iPad its time that the developers get onto having an auto-trace. Affinitys direct competition on iPad Graphic for iPad is working on a bitmap to vector conversion to be added to their next update. Anyhow actual Trim and Auto-Trace is missing, needs to be added. Start writing emails to these developers to show them this is needed in both Affinity Designer on iPad and Desktop.

I used to hate drawing bezier curves in Illustrator and avoided them like the plague; it just did not feel natural. But in Affinity Designer, the interactions in the bezier tool just feels so intuitive and natural, and now I LOVE drawing free form bezier curves! I do wish Blender could take a cue from Affinity in their bezier tool,

Thank you for highlighting some tips. Your udemy course seems interesting as well. May have to check it out after I get AD.

2. You can actually change this in the settings. I have it changed to where I only have to highlight a tiny part of the object for it to be selected

@MyVidMix

4 жыл бұрын

wot'n tarnation - Wow, really. That’s awesome. Mmmmmm. Maybe I should at least buy it to try.

I think it's important to know that Affinity Software is multi-threaded unlike Adobe's.

@the11thhour44

6 жыл бұрын

What does that mean?

@tonyjohnson5669

6 жыл бұрын

Dimas Aditjondro it uses more than one core of the cpu which means that it utilizes more of the cpu and can run faster and do more in theory than a program that uses only one core.

@JimJansen91

5 жыл бұрын

Wait what? For real? AI has no multi-thread support? What is this 2005? And here I was always wondering why AI is so fucking sluggish. Just tried Affinity today and the first thing you notice is just how smooth simply moving around on your artboard is, compared to the jittery performance in Adobe. Night and day.

@RocketVet

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonyjohnson5669 That explains a lot! Affinity Designer has always ran better on my Mac than Adobe AI. Now we know!

Also also, Gradient and Transparency can be applied to the same object. They are independent of each other.

@thebradcolbow

6 жыл бұрын

oh yeah, great point!

Thanks for taking the time to create this great video. Will he taking your course soon

I love Affinity designer I have almost completely moved to work on it but there’s still some little things that only illustrator has

@scribbles1440

4 жыл бұрын

Majo C Like what? I’m thinking of switching.

@Lingatsu

4 жыл бұрын

@@scribbles1440 Like the automatic vectorisation and the shape conceptor

@muhammadghifardan2259

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lingatsu How about Mesh Tool

@Lingatsu

4 жыл бұрын

@@muhammadghifardan2259 didn't know this tool

Great video - I am thinking of swapping over but it’s hard to know how much time it’s going to take and if it’s going to be worth the learning time when you don’t know if a show-stopper is going to suddenly appear! So this was really helpful.

Great! The concept of these tools work like the tools in my old Freehand. :)

0:55 You can copy+paste the style of an object on to a new layer with Paste Style (Go to Edit -> Paste Style to find it or use a shortcut for it). Just ctrl+C a regular object and then paste the style. Pretty much what the Colour Picker Tool does in Illustrator, but without needing a tool to do it. I honestly prefer it this way, since I always preferred how colour picking worked in Photoshop than in Illustrator (I just want one colour darn it! :P).

Thanks for this super clear review! The workflow reminds me a lot of CorelDraw. Have always been turned off by AI's workflow, so I'm glad to see a good alternative on Mac.

Hi, Awesome video !!!! new subscriber here. I jusst bought this software last week and I love it. Im an amateur on this field. I am not familiar with illustrator either. But I bought this to create designs for tshirts. I hope to learn this software up and down and not only use it for that purpose. I saw that you can use it for E-commerce as-well. a lot to learn. Cheers

This video actually makes me want to try out the Affinity, it looks so user-friendly.

love your videos man, also love the intro music! :)

Hi, For No. 01: in illustrator, holding shift while picking a color from a gradient or text or any other styles, will pick only the color like what u show in Affinity.

Wow, an addition material to the course. Thanks.

Great tutorial. Well paced, delivered and edited. 👍

OK, I didn't know about the edit all layers/edit current layer toggle, so this video was worth it, just for that little tip!

To Nr 10: Geometry tools (aka Pathfinder): You can Shift-Click the Icons. With that you can edit (for example move around) the initial objects. Very handy!

Which one is most cpu efficient and snappy in performance?

@rivergrrrl1256

4 жыл бұрын

Someone earlier in the posts said that affinity uses more than one core so it is faster than ai which uses only one and is said to be much slower.

@salahdhen1958

3 жыл бұрын

Affinity Designer runs better than Adobe Illustrator

@g4meboy13

3 жыл бұрын

Affinity is very very optimized even for a old computer I sometimes do some quick edits on

No Autotrace, No text warp tools like Perspective, bulge, etc... I do t-shirt design and i have to use Inkscape to do the more advanced text effects! Inkscape is free and allows the same controls over shapes.

Hi Brad Colbow, thanks for sharing. Have been using adobe illustrator for decades as a professional, so i decided to try out affinity designer and affinity painter, after spending about an hour on this program i found it to be very basic when it comes to advanced illustration, a lot of tools that are needed in the pipeline of advanced illustrations are not included, the clipping of object within the program can get annoying when it comes to multiple clipping between different element, also the layers panel is also a bit stressful scrolling up and down because i can't easily modify my layout like in illustrator. In illustrator when am working on lots of layers i usually set my layers panel to take the right side of my screen ( having a long list of my path without having to scroll a lot. the color picker is also not time effective and it creates styles which i put back on my shape, that is really not needed. exporting lots of artwork is also a long process. there is no mush different between Affinity Designer and Affinity Painter, the core development of the programs are the same, which is not great ( a professional will ask "what is the different" and not just saying one is pixel base and the other is vector base. digital art using affinity Painter is a headache ( i hate repeated tasks ) and affinity Designer and Painter does not help with repeated task. switching between Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop while working on a project is perfectly fine, because i am getting limitless power from both ends. Overall Affinity Designer and Affinity Painter are easy to use program for people who are looking to create cool arts and not having to spend hours learning the program, both programs, but if you want to create advanced and professional works go for Adobe illustrator and Photoshop, the learning curve is perfectly alright for someone looking to be a pro ( what really makes the learning curve long is the amount of advanced tools, tricks and tips. If you are a professional artist or you love creating your own world and setting things as you like, Affinity is not for you. One major reason, you can't modify your work space to your taste. Loool

@evtonic3

6 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say that it isn't for professionals. There are lots of artists that are professionals that use this software. What is a professional? Some of the issues may be because not understanding the program maybe? Oh and there is no such thing as Affinity Painter lol

@MSVClan

6 жыл бұрын

evtonic3 exactly. This guys is clueless on clarifying his point. There are professionals much experienced in using Affinity Designer than AI. Also lots of people don’t have the time to figure out the new application. So they come up with excuses.

I am almost 70% through the course on here and its very good, while i have used Vector drawing before, I did learn a lot about Affinity Designer. I would say that Affinity Designer works more like Corel Draw that Illustrator, and I used Corel for a long time, so found Affinity quite easy to convert to.

Is there a tool that equivalent to Illustrator's Shape Builder tool?

Thanks for this vid, I am starting to learn this...

Is there a "shape builder" equivalent in Designer? I love being able to have multiple overlapping shapes in Illustrator and select section by section what to remove, or combine with other shapes. I use Illustrator on the desktop, but recently picked up Designer for ipad and couldnt find that feature anywhere. Wondering if its in the desktop app. Also, it seems like you cant warp text in Designer on the iPad. Is it in the desktop version?

In point 2, in Affinity Designer, we can also select the objects as in AI, simply by touching them, you only must go change that in preferences. I have both apps in my computer, but I prefer Ai for my work. I tell you why: I sell my work on a big free-royalty vectors company, and they want the illustration only in a EPS10 version. Unfortunately, Affinity its not a good EPS exporter. You don't have the option to choose a version of the EPS. It converts gradients and shadows to a embedded images not editable. :-/

@lovemadeinjapan

2 жыл бұрын

Or sell it as bitmap. 99% of current Illustrator files are nowhere vector and render in bitmap. Just throw one in InDesign, and you can see most show up as raster image in the linked image list. One hint of transparancy or a single effect make the images turn rasterized.

I used affinity designer when it was in beta for windows. Biggest flaw for me as a logo/icon designer is the lack of a shape builder tool and offset path. Really kills my workflow and makes everything slower due to having to copy/paste everything when using path finder

@BorisJohnsonMayor

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly my point! I use Illustrator for all my mascot logos simply because of the Offset Path feature. This has been requested from many users of Affinity for years now and they haven't implemented it yet. I now just use Affinity to make Twitch Panels, UI mockups and so on.

@thebradcolbow

6 жыл бұрын

This is good to know. It's not something I use much so I didn't notice its absence.

@deathbydesire9832

6 жыл бұрын

The shapebuilder tool is one of the most crucial worksafers. Never would want p give it up

@jjaycallejas

6 жыл бұрын

PAdenmark well, I guess I’m not getting into AD! I rely on those features every 5 seconds.

@smallred40

5 жыл бұрын

forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/54699-creating-offset-paths-in-affinity-designer/ I use Illustrator at work, and AD at home as I can't afford Illustrator. AD is more clunky and funky, but some of its features I like more than Illustrator, working in both is a lot of fun, for the price of AD its a gem.

Thank you for explaining this thoroughly!

I think $50 is well worth the adjusting. Thanks for making this video.

I have been a CorelDraw user since version 2. I found it easier than Illustrator. I've been curious about Infinity for a while. All these tips seem to work the same way Corel does. I'm going to have to take a serious look at Infinity now. Thank you.

I have been a graphic artist since the days of xacto knives, stat cameras and waxing machines. My whole professional workflow since computers came along has been using Adobe products (except for the long period of QuarkXpress dominance in page layout). I just became aware of the Affinity graphics programs and they look like interesting alternatives. The reason I am looking to bail from the Adobe lineup is solely due to their subscription model. They have a "locked in" user base, given the pro-world runs on Adobe products. So what do they do to these loyal customers? They are ream 'em a new one-every month! Sure, big design firms can afford these prices, but for little shops like mine their subscription costs are just one more drain on my income. They are more like a utility company now. Don't pay your bills and your way of making a living is cut off. In regards to feature sets between the individual products I remember when Pshop added non-destructive editing and adjustments. WOW! What a game changer! So what if the Affinity products lack some of the features of their adobe counter parts? Compared to what we were using back when Illustrator 8 and Photoshop 2 were kings of the hill, the Affinity products are feature-packed. I have not left Adobe's CS products.They are still great tools. But I am REALLY turned off by their subscription model. I guess when my beast of a 2012 Mac Pro finally dies I will have to cross that bridge. But until then I will stick with what I paid for and OWN and pocket the extra that would otherwise be going to a giant tech company. Meanwhile, I am going to start messin' around with Affinity's products and see if I can wean myself from the Adobe teats.

switching to....

Affinity is beautiful and very user friendly, I so wanna be friends with it, however I still use illustrator because of the shape builder tool and isolation mode (why is there no proper isolation mode in Affinity?), I'd looove to break Adobe's shackles though!

Is this any easier or harder to use on the Surface Pro for touchsreens and pens?

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

wow thank you! This guide is very helpful and fun to watch! This video makes me want to buy Affinity Designer xD

You can adjust the color picker in illustrator to only choose the color. Just hit enter while on the color picker tool.

Wow, thanks tis was unbelievably helpful. More than you would know.

Warp and/or distort tools! - are there any, or a decent work around?

Awesome piece of software - I downloaded the trial. because I don't know what to get; illustrator or designer... guess ill try them both out and pick for myself. thx for the vid and the insight!

Hi - love your videos - question: What version of AD are you using in your crash course? Thanks!

Are these also available on the Designer for iPad? Obviously not the same layout but the options themselves.

Still an Inkscape aficionado ;) Still loving the vector + raster combo though!

@bloodymirpoutin3825

3 жыл бұрын

THe only problem with Inkscape is that cmyk thingy..

What text it that in the begining?

good work king, love you

Best video for Affinity! Thank you

Very well explained. Great job

I love, love, LOVE Affinity Designer. Just wish it had blend. Definitely worth it, though. While it can't do some things as good as Illustrator, the things that does it does extremely well. There are so many things that it does better than illustrator as well.

your second 'need to do' have solution: in preferences/default have to check option for 'select object when intersects with selection marquee' - the you can select in illustrator fashion

I love affinity designers. Amazing.

Great tips. Designer looks great. Thank you.

The only thing I can't seem to do in affinity is WARP the text... other then that, this is a killer deal!

@Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh

2 жыл бұрын

I have to use Inkscape then bring it over.

I create a lot of logos and title fonts for my projects. Illustrator has a set of Text Envelope icons that instantly transform the outline of a word into specific shapes, i.e. Inflare, Squeeze, Twist, Arc, etc. This doesn't seem possible in Designer without first creating a shape and then applying it to the words. In CorelDraw, I have a page of shapes that I can bring up, copy and paste into my document until I'm done with it. Is this my only option in Designer?

So you can use this for art like photoshop and then use for logo designed like illustrator ?

I’m curious if current users will continue to favor Affinity’s products when-not if-it too switches to a subscription model.

I think my primary question would be the export capabilities. I want to do things like pins, patches and stamps. The companies that do this always ask for .ai or vector .pdf I've tried to look for the information but I can't find if the .pdf is a vector pdf of if things get exported as a raster image. Does anyone have info about this particular issue??

Wanna know how blending and stroke works, and does the gradient tool provide angle and dimension

loving affinity!!!

Brad, will you consider doing a full tutorial on affinity designer for iPad? I've just purchased it and I'm very exited to know I I may not have to purchase a wacom cintiq mobile studio just so I can do vector logos on the go. An iPad tutorial that teaches the gestures and the similarities of adobe illustrator would be extremely helpful. Things like turning texts into outlines, the shape builder tool, and so on. Please consider this. You'd be doing an extreme favor to the creative community. As of right now most tutorials are dealing with the desk top version and the commands are obviously different. Thank you.

@thebradcolbow

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, if all goes well the Affinity Design iPad tutorial will be ready next week.

@1233ISRAEL

6 жыл бұрын

Brad Colbow wowwwww, be blessed in all you do.

Cool tips bro! Thank you!

regarding selections, for iOS AD, i found a pref setting "select object when intersects selection marquee", that will select a shape when you barely overlap it. (i'm and AI user since the late 80s, and am trying to be as good in AD as i am in AI).

nice review,, im a trial user of affinity, still learning,, trying to move from my coreldraw x7,, i think i like affinity, but still cant found similiar feature "fillet tool" and "blend tool" here, use this things a lot

@keyboardemperor3540

6 жыл бұрын

Deri Kurnia to be fair most designing programs have a little of something but not always everything. I have used Illustrator, Corel Draw & Inkscape but I can tell u that Illustrator definitely has more features than most. You could always try switching between programmes if its possible..

Wow, this is very helpful. Affinity Designer right now is at 50% discount because of COVID-19.