Resources/guides for those of us trying to move to Designer from Illustrator?

[John Clark]

Believe me, I searched and searched to try and find an existing post like this, to no avail...

I'm an old Illustrator user, fairly fluent in that program's tools and interface, and find myself confused and daunted by how different Designer is. Has anyone put together a resource that shows how to do things in Designer, compared to how we did them in Illustrator? That would be so helpful for someone like me!

Many thanks in advance for any recommendations you can give.

John

[stokerg]

Hi @John Clark,

I'm not aware of guide that covers this and due to the amount of features in both apps, it would be rather a tricky one to cover.  Best thing to do, make a post with your workflow in Illustrator and i'm sure someone will be able to point you in the right direction in Affinity.

[John Clark]

Thanks @stokerg,

And apologies for the delayed reply. Your suggestion is a good one, of course, and I'll try to find time to start posting specific workflows soon. I wear a lot of hats in my community, so I only need to use these tools occasionally (as opposed to being a full-time graphic designer, for instance).

One of the main things I've used Illustrator for over the years is to create scale drawings of the sort draftsmen used to do with plan and elevation views. (I'm old enough that drafting is something I took in high school and really enjoyed. I got so that I was very comfortable with a t-square and several triangles! 👨🏼‍🦳) As such, I got pretty fast with the pen and line tools in AI. The first time I tried to do the same thing in Designer, I was surprised how differently the tools worked. If possible, as a start, could you (or someone) point me in the direction of a comparison of how the pen and line tools translate to Designer vs how they work in AI?

Many thanks again for your help!