Affinity Designer

Avantages

I fell in love with the software at first use! It is very easy to use even without their awesome video tutorials and very handy workbook.

Inconvénients

Probably because the software is technically quite new, it does not have the features yet of popular vector software Illustrator from Adobe or its open source counterpart Inkscape.

Avantages

Affinity Designer is easy and straightforward to use, and has a smaller front print and is lighter on system resources than alternatives like Adobe Illustrator. It's also much cheaper. All of the essential features that I use web design are still present in the software. It's improved routinely and the makers clearly care about the product.

Inconvénients

Affinity Designer isn't as full featured as Adobe Illustrator, but for just using it to create assets for web design, etc., there isn't really anything that I found missing. If you don't use a lot of Illustrator's more complicated functionality, there isn't really a big reason to not give Affinity a shot.

Avantages

It has lots of vector and pixel tools features for vector graphics for a great price. It also has a great iPad app that doesn't compromise features and streamlines a lot of tools.

Inconvénients

There are some features that would be great that are found in other premium programs.

Avantages

Ease of use. Not as cumbersome as some other programs that we also utilize.

Inconvénients

Updates. Having to download the entire software package and reinstall. Export to some vector formats that we utilize not available.

Avantages

Excellent price
Feature loaded
Tons of learning materials online

Inconvénients

Steep learning curve - but gets easy once you learn the product.

Avantages

I ended up here because other companies' subscriptions are too expensive. It goes up surprisingly cheaply in terms of features. It's very convenient that it can handle all the popular file formats from other companies.

Inconvénients

There are other open-source, free apps with similar features, but they don't make much difference in use. I can't shake the feeling that something is going on. I wish it were easier to use. Maybe it's because it doesn't feel like an iPad when you want to use the pen in Windows.

Avantages

I've been a user of Affinity since it first launched mostly because it's revolutionary grid systems.

Inconvénients

Been waiting for two features, mesh warps and gradients.

Avantages

Honestly can’t say enough about this program. Absolutely love it! I’ve never used something that was so user friendly. I’m not very familiar with vector graphics and needed a program to edit vector images in. It’s super user friendly for newbies and has a lot of amazing features for the price!

Inconvénients

Truthfully I can’t think of any cons. It takes a bit to really get into it but that’s just part of learning a new program.

Avantages

- Low Cost
- High Polish
- Smooth Performance
- Buy-to-Own

Inconvénients

- Limited features, compared to Illustrator

Avantages

This is a great (almost better) alternative to the more commercially known graphics products. Transition is seamless.

Inconvénients

Although easily purchased, there was not an all inclusive offering of all the developer had to offer.

Avantages

Affinity Designer is a capable and reliable piece of software

Inconvénients

As a business, this is an unwanted cost. but still worth the investment

Avantages

Affinity Designer is a great alternative for the much more expensive industry standard, Adobe Illustrator. I like it for the ease of use and it's wide ranging capability in vector illustration. The illustration can be easily exported and modified by other software also.

Inconvénients

Could be a bit more user friendly; a bit of a steep learning curve once you start using.

Avantages

Affinity Designer helps you editing your images, it has well features to use.

Inconvénients

Affinity Designer should be cheaper than its competitors.

Avantages

Affinity Designer lets us do all that​ Illustrator does for a fraction of the costs.

Inconvénients

There is not much not to like about Affinity Designer. Yes, some things are in a different location than in Illustrator.​ Not a big deal.

Avantages

The cost is for sure a big selling point for this program, but it is pretty good overall too. I have a coworker who loves it and so I have some experience with it through him. There are things with it that seem a little off, but things that also seem a lot better than other programs. It overall seems pretty comparable to Illustrator.

Inconvénients

To me, some of it seems a little less intuitive than Illustrator, and although it has a lot of great stuff, I just don't like it quite as much because of those things. I know that if I spent some more time getting to know it better, I may not feel that way as much, but it definitely just feels a little lower quality and user-friendly than Illustrator.

Avantages

I have basic photo editing skills and every once in a while, it comes in handy for random tasks and projects I have for our church. I had been looking for a software that I could use and though I was skeptical at first, I was blown away by how much Affinity is able to do at such an affordable price. For any beginner-level photo editors, Affinity Designer has all that you need at a price that is much more affordable than buying Photoshop.

Inconvénients

I've got nothing! I really like what Affinity Designer can do and it works great on my computer. I have had no issues using it.

Avantages

We've used Affinity Designer to create and edit graphics for our client reviews. The software works well and is updated on the regular.

Inconvénients

Some things aren't laid out in the way that you may expect. It takes some time getting adjusted to the layout and learning where certain tools are located.

Avantages

Affinity is feature packed! I was recommended to it by a content creator that I watch and I now see why he recommended it. You can do pretty much anything that Adobe can for a fraction of the cost.

Inconvénients

The learning curve means lots of practice. Nothing hard work and determination can't fix!

Avantages

Open compatibility, Export features, lightspeed interface, smooth and beautiful artwork display, Corner tool, Constraints to containers and a lot more

Inconvénients

Some features are still missing like Blending, Select by attributes, Anchor points alignment, Pixel persona lacks some basic tools like Clone stamp

Avantages

The great fact is that I can just paid once and forget it. I don't have to be concerned about paid upgrades for in the future. And this is the most important factor that I had considered before investing on AD.

Modern and simple user interface to work with. It has got almost all the basic functions that Adobe Illustrator offers. Simple workflows and tools (and colourful icons as well) are readily found within the menu and tool sets. Also, in terms of certain workflows in designing graphics, it is actually more intuitive and I can achieve the same result with fewer steps.

AD had gained popularity and mass appeal users from notorious Adobe Illustrator and other graphic tools. It can do almost all kinds of design within the software.

Inconvénients

What I found lacking is that it does not support plugins like Adobe Illustrator does. Also, it is not updated as frequent as Adobe Illustrator does. Certain complex design workflows may be not easily achievable within AD with a few steps. There is still room for improvement though for the software to be as powerful and even better than Illustrator.

Avantages

It's a very software for designer. Affinity Designer is a great option to vectorize and graph.
On the other hand, this software has a single payment and doesn't require updating a license

Inconvénients

Affinity Designer is a not popular software because it was exclusive to Mac, therefore, few people know how used . On the other hand, it's a complete software to work for vectorization and graphics, but still lacks new tools that allow to do things that other design softwares already do, such a powerful web design sections

Avantages

It's quite cheap, there are more interesting and easy to use features and with the tutorials it's very easy to use

Inconvénients

No drawbacks but more development would be nice

Avantages

I'm so happy to have discovered Affinity Designer and the entire Affinity suite. A much more cost effective solution compared to Adobe products, and in my opinion, with far better features! More intuitive to use than Adobe, and also love that there's an iPad version.

Inconvénients

I honestly can't think of anything that I don't like about Affinity Designer.

Avantages

I use Affinity Designer for my photo editing, I find it so much easier to use than other photo editors.

Inconvénients

Though Affinity Designer is great, I am often left wanting more from the software, I wish sometimes there were more features.

Avantages

UI/UX affinity is friendly for user beginner or profesional, clean, and the precision is perfect

Inconvénients

iam just sad in document file feature, its like make me anoying when tu use DPI, preview sample, and another.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Affinity Designer

Avantages

Affinity Designer a cheap, easy to use software for making design beautyful webistes.
It is really cheap.

Inconvénients

It has less functions than PhotoShop but it is more cheaper.

Avantages

Great program and same usability as the Adobe Illustrator for way less.

Inconvénients

No cons, great for my business and personal uses.

Avantages

Just as easy to use as Illustrator at a small fraction of the price

Inconvénients

I wish there was a native tool for offset paths

Avantages

From its manipulation the interface is easy to use, because it has become very fast.

Inconvénients

I did not have any inconveniences through this software

Avantages

It has all possible capabilities for professional designers, usable intuitively once the procedures are learned. Above all, the price is very low, perfect for freelancers and small businesses.

Inconvénients

It does have a learning curve because it can do so much, but it ends up handling fairly intuitively. Professionals need all those capabilities, so that's the price you pay for being able to do what you want.

Avantages

First of all, the cost is very low, if compared with Adobe softwares. Affinity is a very good design software, very intuitive and beautiful. One of the best features is the possibility of editing bitmaps and vector at the same time, in the same workspace. That's just great.

Inconvénients

There's only one thing I missed: support to touch workspace. For people who work with illustration, it's a great function.

Avantages

I have used Affinity since it first came out. I instantly loved it but in the beginning it was not as robust as adobe. It has slowly add more features and now I like it more than adobe. It is great

Inconvénients

The only thing I don't like is that some of the hot keys are not as familiar as they are to me in adobe.

Avantages

I really like how it interacts with other company programs, as well as being light and easy to use.

Inconvénients

Not having good integration with Adobe products.

Avantages

I'm personally user of several SERIF products so I was very happy to get a new generation software solution. And is very good. This is a fantastic media editor/designer for some serious work. There are plenty of options for all type of design needs. My personal is light tool that can make very interesting effects.

Inconvénients

Some time, with bigger files, work becomes slow, for no reasons. Also, in very rare options, program can froze. Learning curve for some options is slightly problematic.

Avantages

Great suite of tools. Reliably performance. Good UI, reasonably customizable workflow. Single purchase with free updates is great compared to subscription.

Inconvénients

Limited toolset compared to Illustrator. Slightly less customizable compared to Illustrator. Some limitations with using native files on other programs, but this is the case with all vector programs.

Avantages

Affinity Designer is high-class software. It has every feature that you would ever need for designing vector-based artwork. Unlike Illustrator, Affinity Designer *also* has a powerful raster-art mode (called a "persona") that allows you to mix vector and raster art effortlessly. It's really a joy to use.

Inconvénients

As with any complex software, there is a learning curve. Affinity makes it easier to learn Designer by way of several videos that you may watch. They also have a workbook that you can buy, if you'd like to follow along with a project-based approach to learning. Lynda.com also has a nice video series on Affinity Designer.

Avantages

This application will help you blend in photos like as if thats how it was photographed ,you edit ,cut and past like you want.you are able to undo what you dont like and re-edit, it has some tools for facial touch to give you the effect you need,the color quality is nice

Inconvénients

I downloaded it with out a tutorial and so it was hard for me to key in quickly,but then,with a tutorial you're sure to just love the application

Avantages

Easy enough for a beginner. Inexpensive to buy, with all of the features of more expensive software.

Inconvénients

Searching for tutorials on you tube. The Affinity designer book the developer sells is NOT for beginners.

Avantages

What I like the most in Affinity Designer is that it's a lot more cheaper (one time payment) alternative for old Illustrator with monthly subscriptions.

Inconvénients

You know, I get used to work in illustrator so it's not that easy switch for me as it's a bit different UI.

Avantages

It allows you to complete projects using minimal features on portable devices. So you can basically design on the go.

Inconvénients

The features although it allows you to work on the go are not easy to figure out. Therefore the program has a learning curve that takes longer than others which is a little off-putting.

Avantages

It is MUCH more affordable than its counterpart, Adobe Illustrator with almost the same functionality.

Inconvénients

The platform looks different from Illustrator, making it difficult to navigate at times. There are some issues related to how recent the program is as well. For example, there is limited customer support online, particularly for custom ideas; important tools, such as the knife tool, that have not yet been incorporated. In the future, I expect the program will be much more complete than it is currently.

Avantages

If you compare Affinity Designer to its competitors, you'll see that it's really cheap. You only need to pay once and then you own the software for life.

Inconvénients

The program is definitely missing some collaboration features for teams or freelancers.

Avantages

Works extremely fluently on mac and the interface is well adopted.
After checking different alternatives (free and paid ones) I've found this one to have the best balance of functionality and price. Hope that the company will keep the no-subscription pricing model as well as reasonable price tag in future.

Inconvénients

The most annoying thing is the default save in the own format. As a programmer I can understand the reasons for that, but still if I'm making minor changes to a file, it makes sense to keep the original format. At least try proposing to save in different one, but keep the original one with default selection. The 'save' hotkey is usually used automatically and here you need to go through export...

Avantages

I think the price is the most appealing part, which is then only a close second to the fact that this runs on iOS, macOS and Windows. The software is capable and seems to do everything it says it does.

Inconvénients

However, that's where the praise stops. I found it to be laggy and unresponsive, lacking feature parity with apps from the Adobe suite and with an interface that someone manages to make even Adobe's apps look clean and polished. For the record, my review is of the macOS version, I have not tried the Windows or iOS versions, which may be better.

Avantages

Designer is pretty easy to self-learn and get started with. It’s also a one-time purchase, so there is no need to worry if you are getting your monthly licensing fees out of it.

Inconvénients

Although it’s easier to learn than illustrator, it’s still full of things to figure out. Luckily, there are lots of great tutorials online and videos on youtube to learn from.

Avantages

The main feature of Affinity Designer, in my opinion, is the concept of "Personas": the interface changes and groups together all tools related to a task, according to what kind of work I'm doing. For example, the Draw Persona highlights all tools related to vector-based curves and shapes; the Pixel Persona prioritizes tools related to working with brushes; and so on.

Inconvénients

I think the exporting abilities could use some improvement; sometimes a layer or filter may end up lost during the exporting process, which interferes with the final result.

Avantages

light, practical and easy to use in various areas of graphic design

Inconvénients

Learning individually since Venezuela has not yet been commercialized in a definite way

Avantages

The cost of the software, the wide base of users

Inconvénients

There interface is a bit awkward and not user friendly

Avantages

This is simply the best value for professionals. Does everything Adobe can, but at a 1 time fee - you can't go wrong.

Inconvénients

nothing at all. This product has been well thought out and implimented

Avantages

It was relatively cheap to purchase and the download was quick. I like the look of this program. It has some good tools.

Inconvénients

I feel like I wasted my money as I could not figure out how to properly use this productt.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Affinity Designer