benbeara

Hi Rodi: This is for personal use right now. She's an aspiring graphics artist (multimedia) in high school who wants to pursue a career in digital animation, etc. When you said you've never heard of the program, which one are you referring to? The other program that she wants to try is Clip Studio Paint which I presume parallels FireAlpaca and Medibang more closely. Like I said, I haven't given up on Affinity Photo/Designer, but I think she would prefer a more simplistic interface (whatever that means!).

Once again, thanks to everyone who has offered their advice and opinion. I'm not giving up on the Affinity suite of products that I've already bought, but it's starting to sound like I need to look at other options for her. I don't think the Affinity products are the right solutions for her current needs. I can't force her to grow into the product as that is something that she needs to discover for herself at her own pace. I think I jumped the gun without understanding "her world." Like I tell people, just because Excel can act as a database, should you use it as one? I don't doubt the quality of Affinity's products, but I think to let her explore other "reasonably" priced options first, i.e., not Adobe! Thanks again.

Thanks for the quick responses! I have tried various approaches with her but she continues to believe that the workflow should be similar across all applications. I have been unsuccessful with my YouTube research for various tutorials. I was searching for various painting tutorials but should I be looking for Affinity Photo or Designer? Which of the two programs is best suited for painting/drawing?

I'm here in the hopes that someone can give me advice. My daughter journey started out many years ago when she started using Fire Alpaca on her Android tablet. When she started to get more serious, I bought her a digitizer tablet and she continued using the same software on her PC. However, she started to experience a hiccup recently as the pen (8,192 pressure points) would start to "digitally blot" whenever she tried to started a paint stroke. She got very frustrated and wanted to try other software. Well, I may have jumped the gun with my research (due to my limited knowledge) and came across the Affinity suite of software. She wanted to start using Photoshop and Illustrator but I suggested that before she (we) commit to a subscription model, that she try out Affinity Photo and Designer. So, I bought both of them for her as I thought this was the best alternative/parallel solution to the Adobe products. However, she insists that neither of the Affinity solutions allows her to paint like she can with Fire Alpaca. Is this true? Being very limited in my knowledge about the graphics/illustration world, I didn't think that Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator offered this functionality as well. I only suggested that Affinity as I heard that her school was going to be doing more vector-based illustrations and image manipulation. If the Affinity software doesn't offer her the same experience as Fire Alpaca, what alternatives are there? I've heard of Krita but I don't know if this software provides her the path toward her career goals. If the Affinity Photo and Designer does offer/mimic all the functionality of Fire Alpaca, can you offer any suggestions to various resources, courses, guides that can help her to transition? Thank you all in advance for any advice/knowledge. Signed, ...A desperate dad trying to win back his daughter's confidence!