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    Affinity Designer

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AAffinity Designer is a vector graphics software developed by Serif (Europe) Ltd, replacing the former Serif DrawPlus. It is designed for professional illustrators, web designers, game developers, and other creatives.N/A

    KeyShot

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ALuxion, headquartered in California, offers KeyShot, a 3D rendering software.

    $995

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    Affinity DesignerKeyShot
    Editions & Modules
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    KeyShot 10 HD
    $995.00
    KeyShot 10 Pro
    $1,995.00
    KeyShot 10 Floating
    $2,995.00
    KeyShot 10 Enterprise
    $3,995.00
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    Affinity DesignerKeyShot
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Serif Europe Ltd.
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    Luxion
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Affinity DesignerKeyShot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Affinity DesignerKeyShot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    Best suited: Creating on the go. The app is the same on desktop as it is on mobile. All the tools and shortcuts exist on both platforms, no need to learn more than one workflow to get my work done
    Incentivized
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    Luxion
    KeyShot can do some really amazing things as far as product renderings. You can turn simple 3D models into realistic images in a very short amount of time. I wish there were a way to manipulate the geometry once imported into KeyShot. The software allows this user to move geometry but not change its shape or form.
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    Pros
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    • its is helpful in creating vector designs
    • it offers wide variety of brushes making it perfect for illustrations.
    • it provides us varies options for exports like eps, svg, png and jpeg and many more making it versatile.
    • we use to export our design with press ready pdf for print production where all the internal design and export done with Affinity Designer.
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    Luxion
    • Keyshot has a simple and intuitive interface that makes it easy to use for quick renderings.
    • Through Keyshot's viewport, you can see real-time changes when replacing or adding textures to a 3D model.
    • The new Keyshot 8 comes with volumetric features such as fog that can add depth to your image making process without having to manually do it later in another program.
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    Cons
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    • the new Affinity Designer suite lacks the original compatibility.
    • the brushes and spray tools needs improvement
    • Sometimes when we are dealing with big files say more than 10mbs it crashes often or slow down.
    • One of the major weak point is export time it takes quite longer time if compared to illustrator but for big files only.
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    Luxion
    • Floating licensing install is troublesome
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    Usability
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    Because the software is great. I have forced myself to learn it. I highly recommend to others. This is a game changer. Adobe is evil for going all subscription and not giving anyone the option to purchase lifetime versions of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign it is CRIMINAL
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    Luxion
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    I have not had much opportunity to go directly to support, but the training modules that are employed by the company are fantastic. I also find that if I need to understand something, there is always another user ready and willing to share their secrets. As this tool becomes more accepted local communities will also start to organize
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    Luxion
    Honestly, I've only needed customer support a couple of times. One time was a question about licensing which their customer service explained very well and offered just the help I was looking for
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    Alternatives Considered
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    First, Affinity has a much more attractive licensing model for users: Buy it once, use it forever. That's great and means one less recurring cost for a company. But I can go further, and as I've mentioned in other questions, Affinity has a very refined and polished interface, as well as superior performance, especially compared to Adobe's tools. On our team, we use Figma as the main tool focused on Product Design, and where it falls short, we complement it with Affinity. Price and product quality are the factors that make this choice happen.
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    Luxion
    Keyshot is simpler and more intuitive compared to Octane. That being said, Octane is far less expensive and can take advantage of a GPU making it more versatile.
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    Return on Investment
    Serif Europe Ltd.
    • Perfect for professionals. The price is insane for a professional tool.
    • I am able to fit the price of Affinity Designer into our business budget.
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    Luxion
    • Faster approval times from client
    • Impressive website work vs editing photos
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