pier Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 HeyI've been trying Designer and while it is very promising I think it lacks some fundamental features before it can be used in battle. I know some of these are coming in the future, but others are not.Being able to use the space outside of the artboard This is a huge deal. No artist or designer ever works in a confined space. We need to try things, compare, or maybe save some little thing for later.Multiple artboards This might not be a big deal for an illustrator, but it is for a designer (paper, UX, etc). Rarely projects span 1 single layout, and having all layouts on the same document is a big productivity boost because it allows to move and copy elements between pages. Of course this also comes handy when exporting multipage PDFs or printing, but it's not the main reason IMO.Rotate workspace Photoshop does this, but Illustrator does not. It's an essential feature for people that learned to draw on paper (like myself). Manga studio, Sketchbook, or Procreate which are the most used illustration apps also do this.Shaper builder tool While this is not an essential tool it has changed my vector workflow for the best since Adobe introduced it 2 or 3 years ago. It would be great to have something similar in Designer. This is it. Eraser vector brushAgain, this is not essential, but it's a nice feature to shape objects with the tablet using pressure sensitivity.And that's it. With Affinity Photo and Designer I can see myself moving away from Adobe for all my individual projects, and maybe some of my collaborative projects.Good job guys MattP and joost 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achim63 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 +100 für Rotate workspace +80 for using the space outside the artboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmadesign Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I agree with most of your suggestions. I think a vector erasor would very useful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 While an eraser will be nice. AD has some serious issues with how the points are generated and that being said you get random distributions, and way too many points. No way to simplify the shape either. You have to do it manually. It still has some way to go before more tools can be useful. Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pier Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 No way to simplify the shape either. You mean like Object > Path > Simplify in Illustrator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisP Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Pier, Great list! Couldn't agree more, especially with shape builder tool. It speeds up workflow and expand possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 You mean like Object > Path > Simplify in Illustrator? Yes Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joost Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 use the space outside the art board: TOTALLY. I really miss this! Also multiple art boards would allow to orchestrate my work/workflow much better than independent files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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