ceocan Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I'm looking into UI design and see that everyone is talking about designing UI's in Figma and Adobe XD. Since I have the V2 Affinity Suite I'm wondering if Affinity Designer can replace these programs or would that be a pain in the ass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGee Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 15 minutes ago, ceocan said: I'm looking into UI design and see that everyone is talking about designing UI's in Figma and Adobe XD. Since I have the V2 Affinity Suite I'm wondering if Affinity Designer can replace these programs or would that be a pain in the ass? No, they cannot replace those apps. It's a different concept, they complement each other though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceocan Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 That's a bummer. What's the main difference? Is there some sort of interactivity in the programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Of course you can use ADe also for UI/UX design etc. 25 minutes ago, ceocan said: What's the main difference? Figma is a webbased app and build for collaboration in mind here, can import Sketch files etc. Offers interactive event based prototypes ... and so on. See also some comparisons ... Figma vs Affinity Designer Comparison (getapp) ADe vs Figma (Slant) ADe vs Figma (Stackshare) Can I use Affinity Designer for my UI/UX needs? Best alternatives to Figma for UI designing and prototyping ... and so on, do a Google search ... 40 minutes ago, ceocan said: Is there some sort of interactivity in the programs? Interactivity in what sense? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceocan Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, v_kyr said: Interactivity in what sense? In the sense that when you make an interface and you click a button it will show what what happens when you click it. For example a play button changes shape or a gallery image changes. It could be done by linking different artboards with each other depending on where you click or a animation function Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, ceocan said: In the sense that when you make an interface and you click a button it will show what what happens when you click it. No, ADe doesn't offer that, it's more meant for creating the static parts of UI/UX mockups etc. and doesn't deal with the dynamics. - In contrast to that Figma offers to build interactive prototype designs. ceocan 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptosauru5 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I am currently using Designer to design whole mobile app UI and it is not bad, but Serif could have supported that way better. Current tools have very high potential. Also, Affinity is WAAAAYY better than Adobe's awful trash Figma, that I have to still use to share design with developer (just top share measurements and stuff). It would be nice if Affinity would have collaboration implemented so I wouldn't have to use that Figma garbage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, Raptosauru5 said: than Adobe's awful trash Figma The deal has fallen through: the planned takeover of the web design platform Figma by the software company Adobe will not take place. The reason for this: the concerns of the EU Commission and the British competition authority CMA. Takeover canceled: Adobe is not buying the web design platform Figma after all. PaoloT 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptosauru5 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 @v_kyr Thanks for info! I was not aware the deal fell through! Anyway, it would be AMAZING if Affinity created some way to collaborate...even if the programmer would be only able to view and not edit my design (only to take measurements etc.). It would be great! Figma is annoying to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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