It offers a large set of tools ideal for creating vector graphics and illustrations.įinally, let me know in the comment section if there is any interest in covering more on Affinity Designer.Īffinity Designer is being frequently updated.
A comparisons to the tools I have been using in the past would be nice.Įventually, I will cover some of the tools and the workflow of Affinity Designer on this blog in the future. I will write a more complete review with the pros and cons once I scratched more than just the surface. The results can easily be used inside the game engines. Its ease of use and the good quality of exporting the artwork to bitmaps is excellent. As far as creating illustrations and artwork for games, the program has convinced me. I want to explore the more advanced features. I will definitely spend more time using this tool. Those can be altered quickly in the settings to fit your own needs and habits. Affinity Designer has some shortcuts set in unusual ways like the duplicate on CTRL + J. To me, the shortcuts are the key to working with a tool efficiently. Overall, I was impressed by how easy it was to use the tools and modify the design. I was combining objects, using gradient fills, opacity and opacity gradients. Here’s the resulting illustration while trying some of the frequently used features. The bottom right holds another panel for transforming, showing and editing your history and navigating the display area. Affinity Designer offers the essential tools you need when working with layers, such as locking and hiding elements or layer groups for easier handling. Showing preview icons makes selecting elements via the layers panel easy. The layer panel underneath is very user-friendly. To the right you have your colour panel (with the HSL colour wheel as preset but more schemes to pick from), swatches to help you organize frequently used colours, strokes to define the outlines and brush settings. The amount can be quickly altered by dragging a marker or by entering a value. It offers 5 different shapes from plain to rounded and rounded inverse to steps. Features:Īnother nice feature is the corner tool allowing easy modifying of the corners of a node. The background illustration matches the desired proportions and sizes from the start. It’s a very helpful feature when designing a full-screen layout. I really liked the canvas setting as it offered a choice of device-specific settings such as iPad, iPad pro or iPhone 6.
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