The thing that really sold me on Affinity Designer is that it can now do text-on-a-path, which is an absolute necessity for creating logos. It has a comprehensive set of tools, complex layer effects, Boolean object operations, support for 5K Retina displays, easy-to-use path drawing and freehand drawing, smart shapes, gradients, and GPU acceleration. Even professional digital illustrators will agree with my assessment that Affinity Designer is great for heavy-duty print and web graphic/User Interface design.Īffinity Designer offers the same advanced features of Illustrator CC.

I am convinced this cheap graphic illustration software is a worthy replacement for Adobe's flagship $19.99/month Illustrator CC vector illustration software. After two days of testing the trial version, I decided to get the full Affinity Designer program.

However, I cannot say the same thing about Serif's other $50 Mac-only program, Affinity Designer.

I previously dismissed Affinity Photo as an unworthy alternative for Adobe ( NASDAQ: ADBE) Photoshop professionals.

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