HeatherLouise

WOW! This is AMAZING! Many many many years ago I considered scientific illustration as a profession. Your work is inspirational!!!!!!!!

I use the Boolean operations a lot! I already found them much more intuitive than other programs. love these updates.

I second the kudos for the pre-flight panel.

This is a great tutorial! Thank you. 😍

Thank you! This worker perfectly. I knew I was making this harder than it really was. 😂

Is there a way to change which node in the red end node in a closed object? I am using some of the natural brush tools and would like to control where the "distressed" end of the stroke appears. I had it all planned out and then changed the layering and joined some objects and everything moved. Thanks - Heather

Hi! I’ve already read many of the threads about the Apple Pencil and issues with other stylus. I’ve decided to buy an Apple Pencil for myself. I let my 12 yo daughter install Designer on her iPad as well through Family Share. Hubby wants to get her a stylus as well. We really don’t want to spend that much money on an Apple Pencil for a 12 yo. Any suggestions on a stylus that is more economical? It needs to work without being frustrating, other wise she wouldn’t use it and it will just be a waste of money, but it doesn’t necessarily need to be as fine tuned as an Apple Pencil. Thanks!

Good morning from Florida, USA! My name is Heather. I was a professional designer for over a decade before I left that job, in 2010, to be a full time mom. I worked as an in-house designer mostly producing direct mail advertising, catalogues, and large scale pieces for trade shows and conferences. Now that my daughter is in middle school I have a lot more time on my hands. Back over the summer, I decided to get back into design work and I’m learning to run my own business. Over Thanksgiving, I took a deep breath, jumped in, and traded in my 13 yo MAC with Illustrator and Photoshop CS3 and Quark 9 for a brand new PC and all 3 Affinity programs. I also bought Designer for my iPad. I’ve never been a fan of Illustrator. (Perhaps…somewhere deep down…I still resent Adobe for acquiring Macromedia and doing away with Freehand. ) I’ve spent the last few weeks watching tutorials and playing catch-up to 10 years of technology advancements. I’ve been very impressed with the Extreme ease of transitioning my MAC Adobe files to Affinity on my PC. So far, I’ve spent most of my time in Designer and a little time with Publisher. I’m finding Designer tools to be much more intuitive and responsive. I look forward to learning more.