Affinity Designer Plugins

[sveinbjorn]

I'm still mostly using Illustrator. The Astute Graphics suite of Illustrator plugins add a ton of stuff that really give value, but more importantly, it adds a few must-have vector tools (like deleting a point on a curve and healing). 

I've been buying the Affinity software and other adobe-competing products just to support having another place to go to.

I feel that opening up AD to functionality plugins similar to the AG suite may be just what's needed to break the hold illustrator has. Even if Affinity grows to cover all possible features, plugins would get your users there sooner, and plugins might also help in figuring out how certain features should be.

Alternatively, if simplicity in UX is a goal, leaving some of the more advanced features to plugins may be a good way to fight off bloat. 

I'm sure these things are being discussed, and I don't expect this post to really change much, but still I hope someone considers these viewpoints. 

(I searched for a "main" AD plugins thread, found lots of small ones so I decided to make one for this viewpoint. Hope that's ok.)

Edited December 8, 2023 by sveinbjorn

[Pšenda]

11 hours ago, sveinbjorn said:

(I searched for a "main" AD plugins thread, found lots of small ones so I decided to make one for this viewpoint. Hope that's ok.)

Didn't you notice that main thread (the first pinned post in the feedback forum so no one can miss it and create unnecessary duplicate posts)?

[fde101]

9 hours ago, Pšenda said:

Didn't you notice that main thread (the first pinned post in the feedback forum so no one can miss it and create unnecessary duplicate posts)?

In all fairness, that thread is called "Scripting" so someone new to the forums could easily miss the fact that it also discusses that a future plugin API is under development.

 

@sveinbjorn, welcome to the forums!

[Pšenda]

15 hours ago, fde101 said:

In all fairness, that thread is called "Scripting" so someone new to the forums could easily miss the fact that it also discusses that a future plugin API is under development.

You're right, Serif should consider renaming this thread, which he decided to make visible to all users and highlight by pinning it in the first place, to correspond more and more explicitly with the topics discussed - for example "Scripting, plugins and everything else about it" 🙂