BrewNCode Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 This doubt bugs me and thanks to this I don't know which app to buy for my game art asset learning journey. Why people do game art assets on A. Designer rather than A.Photo if A.Photo is the alternative for Photoshop and people use Photoshop to do game art assets. Am I missing something? can somebody explain to me, or please correct me if I am wrong. I am asking this question because I have seen many game art assets tutorials using A.Designer rather A. Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Affinity Designer is vector biased with raster capabilities. Affinity Photo is raster biased with vector capabilities. There are things each app can do that the other cannot such as, Affinity Photo can perspective and mesh warp, Affinity Designer has transparency gradients etc. BrewNCode 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewNCode Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 32 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Affinity Designer is vector biased with raster capabilities. Affinity Photo is raster biased with vector capabilities. There are things each app can do that the other cannot such as, Affinity Photo can perspective and mesh warp, Affinity Designer has transparency gradients etc. And what does everything means? which one is better? which application will help me create a 2d character easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, BrewNCode said: And what does everything means? which one is better? which application will help me create a 2d character easier? Neither is better. Each is more appropriate for some things than for others. Which will make it easier for you depends on the details of your specific projects and the workflow that you intend to use, and (probably) the requirements of the gaming platform you plan to design for. But in general, I would say if you're going to be working with photographs and photography, use Photo. If you're going to be doing something else, use Designer. But you may also find some tools that are only part of Photo will be useful to you, so you may find that you'll need both to accomplish some tasks. BrewNCode 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewNCode Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 Thanks for all the answers. I will see first with Designer, because there is more education about it and then I'm gonna go with photo to see if it can help me. The cool thing is that, like is 1 pay only I can own these 2 Softwares with no remorse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 On 9/21/2019 at 8:02 PM, BrewNCode said: which application will help me create a 2d character easier? Try them both. https://store.serif.com/en-gb/checkout/?basket=939970db492aeab74fdef2ed3f1d534c3f3bdade75ecb239 https://store.serif.com/en-gb/checkout/?basket=b91ff8dde9f04430cb209d38bb8c520bd34e1e25225cf7df Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Pšenda said: Try them both. https://store.serif.com/en-gb/checkout/?basket=939970db492aeab74fdef2ed3f1d534c3f3bdade75ecb239 https://store.serif.com/en-gb/checkout/?basket=b91ff8dde9f04430cb209d38bb8c520bd34e1e25225cf7df Wow! Interesting links!! Try these simpler ones instead: https://store.serif.com/get/designer/trial/macos/ https://store.serif.com/get/designer/trial/windows/ https://store.serif.com/get/photo/trial/macos/ https://store.serif.com/get/photo/trial/windows/ Alternatively, use https://affin.co/designertrial or https://affin.co/phototrial and choose your OS from the dropdown list. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonyJodha Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 9/21/2019 at 11:51 AM, BrewNCode said: This doubt bugs me and thanks to this I don't know which app to buy for my game art asset learning journey. Why people do game art assets on A. Designer rather than A.Photo if A.Photo is the alternative for Photoshop and people use Photoshop to do game art assets. Am I missing something? can somebody explain to me, or please correct me if I am wrong. I am asking this question because I have seen many game art assets tutorials using A.Designer rather A. Photo. where did you find tutorials on making game art with affinity designer? I am yet to find good tutorials on that topic. Any character animation which are human? Or any tile set making tutorial with it? I did not find it on google or YouTube. Correct if I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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