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Do I need Affinity Designer?


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I've got Affinity Photo.

Only need it on odd occasions.

But it's a life saver.

In the past, I would use online free software... but they always were pants!

YES, you could do exactly what you wanted... but the interface was slow and cumbersome... and I would end up spending 10x the same time.

I don't really do enhancing photos or anything.

Most times... just cutting out images or resizing and or adding a shadow.

Affinity Designer: half price right now! :)

Just wondering if I would ever need?

Vectors: I would always pull into Affinity Photo and edit there.

Just wondering.

Thanks.

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Honestly that's something only you personally know. How should someone else know or might can tell, if you personally would ever need a vector drawing tool?

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20 minutes ago, enginestar said:

I was hoping someone could tell me Designer does XYZ things that Photo doesn't.

That wasn't entirely clear from your original question ;)

There's quite a bit of overlap in functionality but Designer has several features that aren't available in Photo: Symbols (synchronised edits across multiple instances of the same object); Select Same (quick multiple selection of objects with the same attributes, eg fill, stroke, blend mode...).  Dedicated vector editing mode, dedicated pixel editing mode. Artboards... Isometric drawing grids... Plenty more.

Have you read Serif's description of what Designer does and who it's aimed at? If you regularly create concept art, print projects, logos, icons, UI designs, mock-ups and more then why not give it a go? There's a link to the free trial at the bottom of the page. Alternatively, watch some of the tutorial videos to get a feel for the software.

 

But as @v_kyr says, ultimately only you can decide if you need it or not.

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23 minutes ago, enginestar said:

Well...

I was hoping someone could tell me Designer does XYZ things that Photo doesn't. :)

Designer does things that Photo doesn’t. :P

Affinity Designer has artboards, a Symbols feature and a Corner Tool. It also offers ‘vector’ brushes, where (apart from the true vector brushes in the ‘Basic’ category) a bitmap texture is laid down on an editable vector path.

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5 hours ago, enginestar said:

does XYZ things

No, ADesigner isn't 3D application, so only XY :-)

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