And rumor has it, they’re working on a page-layout app to compete with InDesign. I’m here to tell you that as of tomorrow, there will be a real replacement for Adobe’s Illustrator as well. If you’ve used Pixelmator, you’ve no doubt come to believe that there actually IS a true replacement for Photoshop. And the best part, Affinity Designer is fast. Some pretty cool features include the ability to use pixel-tools to your vector art and have it remain editable. And the app fully supports Apple’s iCloud, Spaces and Full Screen mode. It also offers both RGB and CMYK color modes, including 16-bit color support.Īll the tools you would expect can be found, and are easy to use. With a price tag of only $40 (special price until October 9th), and a most-impressive feature set, I’m betting that it will find a home on quite a few Macs.Īffinity Designer can import AI, PSD, PDF, and SVG files, and save/export as EPS, TIF, JPG, PNG, GIF, PSD, and PDF.
I’ve been using Affinity Designer on and off for the last month or so and I must say that I’m extremely impressed. And they’ve set their sites on one of the largest and most important Mac developers in the world: Adobe.Īffinity Designer is a vector art design tool rivaling Adobe Illustrator in the same way that Pixelmator is an alternative app to Adobe’s Photoshop. They’re launching Affinity Designer, their first foray into Mac software. Tomorrow marks an important day for long-time Windows developer, Serif.
