Member douglasrthomson Posted September 19, 2014 Member Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Just a quick note to say that I've briefly been playing around with the public beta of Affinity designer and I'm very impressed. It seems to be a good alternative to Illustrator at a fraction of the cost. Worth downloading and playing with it for Vector artwork/spline generation. Looks like it will be around $50 when it's finally released... Mac only I'm afraid. https://affinity.serif.com 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member popwfx Posted September 19, 2014 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 (edited) Just a quick note to say that I've briefly been playing around with the public beta of Affinity designer and I'm very impressed. It seems to be a good alternative to Illustrator at a fraction of the cost. Worth downloading and playing with it for Vector artwork/spline generation. Looks like it will be around $50 when it's finally released... Mac only I'm afraid. https://affinity.serif.com It says PSD import, can it import Photoshop shape layers with Photoshop styles (like Stroke & Gradient Overlay) convert that to vector information on import, and then export this as SVG? If so, i'll get it right away. There is a Photoshop plugin product SVGHero that does this but it only works with CC and not CS6. Also can you fully turn off all Cloud features in this app? Thx! Edited September 19, 2014 by popwfx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member douglasrthomson Posted September 20, 2014 Author Member Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Hi popwfx To be honest, I don't know. I haven't played with it that much yet (I only downloaded it yesterday). It's in the public Beta stage - not released commercially for a month or so. The Beta is free to download and fully functioning so have a play and see what you think. Cheers PS, They are going to release Photoshop and Indesign alternatives over the next year or so. If those are as good as Affinity Designer, they're going to give Adobe CC a run for their money. Edited September 20, 2014 by douglasrthomson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member douglasrthomson Posted September 20, 2014 Author Member Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I've had a bit of a play this morning and there still a few issues to be ironed out with this software - however I'll stick with it and see how it develops. Note that I'm not recommending this software, just bringing it to people's attention. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member vidi Posted September 20, 2014 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 That looks like to me Draw Plus from the same DevelopersIt seems to me they have ported Drawplus to Mac with a new name. exept no swf export. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Aleksey Posted September 20, 2014 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 the interface looks MUCH better than draw plus. im on windows so i was looking for illustrator alternatives, but draw plus looks like a hobby software, while this one looks like its targeted at proffessionals with a universal format across apps. I really hope they port this to windows eventually. Or upgrade their draw plus line to be less "1995 vector app." =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member vidi Posted September 20, 2014 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) I have mac and PC. Also I have DrawPlus, therefore I have compare it im on windows so i was looking for illustrator alternatives, what about with xara designer pro ? very powerfull and easy to use. Also it have a dark skin,if you think it make it more pro Edited September 20, 2014 by vidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Nossgrr Posted September 21, 2014 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Check out Inkscape and see how it compares.. I used it a few years ago for a project and it was pretty solid/easy to use. Plus it's free. They support Windows, Mac and Linux. Edited September 21, 2014 by Nossgrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Nossgrr Posted September 21, 2014 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Just came back from checking Affinity Designer in their web site, looks slick. They're working on Affinity Photo as well apparently ( Like you mentioned ). You know what's next when's the Windows versions coming and it will be interesting to see the price after the free Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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