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Affinity Designer

Score9.1 out of 10

21 Reviews and Ratings

What is Affinity Designer?

Affinity Designer is a vector graphics software developed by Serif (Europe) Ltd. According to the vendor, it is designed for professional illustrators, web designers, game developers, and other creatives. The software aims to assist users in creating high-quality concept art, print projects, logos, icons, UI designs, mock-ups, and more.

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Categories & Use Cases

Who Buys & Uses Affinity Designer

Switching to Affinity Designer - A smart move for small graphic design studios

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the Affinity Designer program for all of our graphic design work across our client projects and marketing metrials. It's our favourite program for creating logos, vector illustrations, and custom icon sets. It's most useful for anything that requires scalable vector artwork like large banners, brand identities and even web graphics.

Pros

  • creating vector graphics
  • manipulating shapes and curve tools
  • vector brush strokes
  • Exporting persona

Cons

  • tracing tools
  • graphs and charts
  • pattern generator

Return on Investment

  • Budget-friendly alternative to Adobe suite
  • Efficient workflow
  • Handles my professional design needs

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Illustrator CC

Other Software Used

Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher, Clipchamp

Affinity has changed my graphics world

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Affinity has been essential in putting together marketing packages for our clients. We only want to work with the highest quality tools in our efforts, and after years of using competitive products, we are delighted with the results we are now achieving. The suite of tools is the best on the market.

Pros

  • EASE OF USE
  • USER INTERFACE

Cons

  • LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OUTSIDE OF AFFINITY MARKET
  • HOW NEW THE TOOLS ARE

Return on Investment

  • Positive - I can now do more than ever before
  • Positive - I can do it for less cost

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop

Other Software Used

screenflow, Apple iCloud, Microsoft 365 Business