Affinity Designer Reviews & Product Details

I like thatAffinity Designer is very user friendly and flexible enough to work on desktop and on the go with iPad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not really what I dislike, but more on what I want to see coming on Affinity Designer, converting image to vector. It would really be helpful to have it inside Affinity Designer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This software contains all the tools that are needed for editing, color, design, text, with gradients, and many configurable effects, with this program we can draw line patterns, organize by layers and resize, likewise we can make elaborate designs with transformations, curves and vectorized, with which we can create from logos, posters, to comics, art, or very professional realistic designs, it also has retouching tools, such as texture, shadows, focuses and blurred, that we can add to our designs , we can create layers and color labels, we can use rasterized by brush texture or editing vectors or individual pixels, we can work through advanced grids, adjustments and alignments, according to our projects to be carried out, the program also allows us to export our projects to multiple endings of files and quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like the program to have more effects and textures Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In a niche dominated by Adobe, newbie Affinity is creating awesome products that DON'T require a subscription. Affinity designer is a vector image building software, but it also allows you to edit illustrator vector files as well as pixel files. If you are familiar with Illustrator, you will pick up Designer's tools very simply. There are pens tools, shape tools, text tools and many more. They also allow you to export many different file formats including illustrator files, if you are collaborating with someone who is an Adobe user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Affinity Designer is a great image and vector editor, there are some features that Adobe still leads in. LiveTrace and the Warp tool are two things that Illustrator have but Designer does not, so if you have a raster image you want to convert to vector, it will be tough in Affinity designer without tracing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's easy to use, cost effect and works. Serif are constantly updating and keeping it relevant and it supports multiple file formats both for importing and exporting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nothing really, it's a great product and updated reasonably regularly. It can be annoying if you buy from Serif directly (say for a beta) and then they release it o the app store and there's no way to get the App Store version without purchasing again Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have never been a professional or even an amateur in the field of vector graphics. I only created technical tasks for creating graphics, and at some point, I wanted to check the quality of the work done in more detail at the level of the project file rather than the final drawing, because for me the possibility of corrections and optimization is important. The competent interface of this software allowed me to understand the basic functions myself, and without lessons learned how to make simple designs myself. I am satisfied with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's hard to say, I haven't found it yet - for my level and character of current tasks, I'm satisfied with using the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It helps to take advantage of dynamic screen guides to ensure that objects and designs are placed with correct measurement and alignment. I can create smooth and accurate curves from rope and window stabilizers to create beautiful vector illustrations. It offers a wide range of colors to enhance designs. Users are also allowed to reference multiple artboards for their work on a project. The iPad app is as powerful as the desktop app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It does not export artificial intelligence files. Lack of natural perspective grid. And some tools in Illustrator are missing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is super easy to use.

I have very little experience drawing on paper. But affinity designer makes my job very easy.

Its intuitive.

Not cluttered at all.

Supports both vector and raster (pixel) mode.

It can save history along with the file. So undo is always available when you open.

Affordable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some features are yet not available: Like 1. merging vector shapes will not retain colors, 2. Cannot subtract a shape of group from a group.

And yes, it crashes often, sometimes when I really need the software to stay on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

2D drawing solution and the vector design capability its wonderful and the user can simple customize the Affinity Designer functions for easy and quality service generation, like various marketing graphics and many others.

Affinity Designer image editing ability is the best, easy to coordinate and the filtering of data its excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

None for me to underline about the Affinity Designer. Excellent design tool and easy to get a long with its functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the advantages of using affinity designer are -

1) super beginner-friendly interface, affinity workspace is easy to learn.

2) comes with lots of features and tools.

3) we can manage our workspace easily using affinity designers. like to manage layers they provide a very easy interface.

4) easy to learn, while comparing to other tools affinity was very easy for me to learn and start designing.

5) affinity is way more affordable than the adobe suite.

6) pen tool works like a charm in affinity. super easy to work with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used affinity designer since June 2019 and I didn't find out any major problem, but sometimes it takes too much ram, and also when exporting it lags a bit, also one drawback is while using affinity designer if you are working with adobe suite, you might face some issues when using eps files. same for other websites that completely rely on adobe illustrator files. but there is no major issue with this software. the minor bugs some time take too much CPU and ram usage that makes the system slows but it only happens when I work on bigger files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fluidity and real time rendering is unlike any other vector software. Very easy to learn with no prior experience, and for those that have used other softwares, it is easy to pick up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

missing some features from competing software; at the same time, has some features others do not Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Affinity Designer has an easy interface with many different helpful features and easy to access. 2d drawing capability its great, and it supports file importation and file export to other platforms.

Image editing flows nicely and it also offers a nice coordination capability for the different professionals working on different projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Affinity Designer implementation was simple and effective and there was no issues even on the functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love being able to design vector artwork without having to pay $20 monthly. The program is great! It's well designed and easy to navigate. I love the way they use layers and they've integrated bitmapped brushes in there as well which opens up so many new possibilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few drawbacks. Some areas could be tweaked in order to improve workflow. Text warp has not been implemented yet although you can set type along a path and then adjust each letter. It would be nice to be able to copy a gradient and re-use it in multiple shapes. If that is in there I have not figured it out yet. Also outputting the files to an Adobe friendly file still needs improving since it is difficult to avoid dealing with Photoshop at some point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even for a beginner like myself, it just took two to three days to learn. I have been using it for more than a month now, and I feel quite confident about its features and functionalities. Various online documents and tutorials are also available for Affinity designer, which makes things easier. I found two of its features particularly helpful so far—first, the grouping tool to group layers and form a single object. Second, the grid tool's reshaping capability that allows me to have thinner or coarser grid according to my requirement while designing something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far, I haven't found any downsides but I had some minor issues finding a few functionalities in Affinity desinger. For example, when I needed to crop a design that I had made I had to export it to Affinity Photo to get the desired result. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That is a great value for the price. Comparing to Adobe product here you pay only once and get a very good product that actual is more then enough to make great design. The main feature of this program is that combine vector and pixel design, that save a lot of time. It is very simple to use after over programs, very intuitive.

As for beginners it the best choose for the moment.

Brushes is a weak, but some of them are very very impressive .. so for classic draw I would say it is on a normal level, but for hand lettering Affinity is a very different app, that can do very good results and different then in other apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That is a very good tool to design, but still not Photoshop or illustrator level. I cant explain exactly why, but I steel use Adobe product as basics. Affinity is definitely a good product - but something is missing.

There are some issues whit brushes, not critical but Photoshop and Procreate do better, still it have very nice good working brushes ... I think that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really love the lower price of the Affinity product range. I tried a few other trials of products but Affinity really got me hooked to their products. It's very easy to use and most of the functionality you know from other products is also there and works in a same way. There is also a great community behind it where you can always ask questions. There are also a lot of tutorials online on platforms like YouTube. Another great advantage is that you can still open your files from other suites like .psd, .ai,... I also noticed it's a lot less "heavy" to run on my computer, so people with lower end machines should also be able to use the Affinity suite products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It takes some time to get adapted to the other keyboard shortcuts. Also some functionality that you might be used to could be missing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is the best graphics software program around and it just keeps getting better. It is affordable and very easy to use. You can import a variety of file types making it extremely versatile. It has all the bells and whistles and then some. I find it easier to use than AI. The Affinity team provides great support and is always making improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So many improvements have been made since the software was first released that there isn't really anything that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tool set and curve editor blows illustrator away. No more adobe subscriptions.

Amazing price/value Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The implementation with Wacom is not the best. Menus could be more intuitive.

Wish the license worked on plane Mac without having to buy two licences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Affinity Designer's best feature is that it is not subscription software, unlike Adobe CC, you pay the incredibly low price of $49.99 one time and have access to free updates. Designer also runs very smoothly and quickly even on older machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Designer has not been around as long as Illustrator so it isn't nearly as mature and lacks many of Illustrator's more advanced tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface is designed to suit the Mac machine graphics. Affinity functions properly and can be comfortably used. Once you buy the software, the device sets the quality value drug. For a more costly graphic design approach you don't have to spend more to get identical software. Supports seamless matrix, Photoshop, and other formats. Such file forms can also be formatted and edited quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

These are the qualities that I have considered lacking. It does not support the Adobe Illustrator plug-ins, nor does it upgrade as much as it does. There are some materials not given. For example, some simple resources, including anchoring points, attribute selection and a pixel cloning stamp are available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At some point in Adobe's history, the visual aspect made me want to explore new software for my work. I got a new iPad and found Affinity Designer

The software is very faster compared to others, and it works almost the same on iPad. Among the functionalities I like is that I can highlight is that is very easy to edit and create texts, the range of palettes and tools is very wide and in the latest updates functionalities for the UI design were integrated (something that is not available in Illustrator). Another point that I like very much is that you can encrust documents within others, which allows you to confirm if visually it is what you need, and if you don't like any aspect you can edit it without having to leave your "preview", that is the document encrusted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I do not quite like, is that the tool is very limited in how much the vector design, compared to Inkscape it falls short, but for small and quick designs it's true that the main pen and brush tools work almost the same as in illustrator or Inkscape and that they are much friendlier but when your designs they require more work in 3D, gradient mesh or using more than

simple effects, editing motivs, you realize that you still have a long way to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-Very simple and smooth process when handling different vector designs with Affinity Designer and no much struggling trying to understand the platform.

-Affinity Designer is a vector 2D drawing product and very effective tool on collaborations between designers, and also great image editing package with a very active support.

-The tool allows smooth Exporting and Importing of files, functional reliable tools like Drop and Drag and finally for the Prototyping, Affinity Designer the best tool choice and also cheap platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-Seriously nothing i can remember, Affinity Designer is a friendly designing platform for Graphic materials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.