However, Serif's software touts faster performance while being much cheaper. Like Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer does not have the same third-party plugins support of Illustrator CC. Serif gave it the same keyboard shortcuts that are almost similar to that of Illustrator. Affinity Designer also has little learning curve for artists already accustomed to Illustrator CC. It took me less than 20 minutes to create the said logo (and two variations of it), thanks to the Cog Shape tool of Affinity Designer.

I made 400 pesos ($8.60) creating the simple logo for a walk-in client using Affinity Designer. The thing that really sold me on Affinity Designer is that it can now do text-on-a-path, which is an absolute necessity for creating logos.

It has a comprehensive set of tools, complex layer effects, Boolean object operations, support for 5K Retina displays, easy-to-use path drawing and freehand drawing, smart shapes, gradients, and GPU acceleration. Even professional digital illustrators will agree with my assessment that Affinity Designer is great for heavy-duty print and web graphic/User Interface design.Īffinity Designer offers the same advanced features of Illustrator CC. I am convinced this cheap graphic illustration software is a worthy replacement for Adobe's flagship $19.99/month Illustrator CC vector illustration software. After two days of testing the trial version, I decided to get the full Affinity Designer program. However, I cannot say the same thing about Serif's other $50 Mac-only program, Affinity Designer.

I previously dismissed Affinity Photo as an unworthy alternative for Adobe ( NASDAQ: ADBE) Photoshop professionals.

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