What I like in Designer is the boolean operations in Designer, (pathfinder in AI). If you want to have a nondestructive boolean operation (like subtract or subtract from), click two objects that intersect, then ALT-click the subtract button in the contextual menu and then you'll have a nondestructive operation. Both shapes have subtracted one from the other on the screen, but really you have their whole original objects shown in the layers panel, and they intact because you created a "nondestructive" operation. In the layers panel you will see a "compound" shape with the layers inside holding the original shapes. Love it. That means you will always be able to tweak the original shapes!
On your eyedropper comparison, in Designer you can use shortcut "i" to call up the eyedropper tool to match the color of another object instantly, you just have to have to object selected that you want to change the color and match the other. So select the first shape, then click "i", click the other to copy the color. Easy as pie. really just 2-3 clicks.
Great video. One thing, in Affinity Designer for copy colors from other object only you need select the object (like in Illustrator) then the shortcode "i" then click in the source object and this is all, works great. I hope this help you. Cheers, and thanks for your time for make this video.
Nice comparison. I am really enjoying Affinity Designer so far. Gotta say though that in Illustrator, you can do all of that "node" editing path editing stuff with the pen tool alone by holding command, alt, shift, spacebar, etc without ever changing tools.
Just bought all three programs yesterday I can not wait to get starting on these new platforms coming from an adobe background also. Thanks for the video comparison.
I don't know if this was in a recent update, but the color picker works just like you wanted in illustrator. I just use the color picker, don't have to mess with the color panel at all unless I want to. Anyway great video, very helpful. The only few things Im finding to be a barrier are no image trace yet, no lass tool (like Q in illustrator) and weaker transform tools (no shear, free transform, etc). Everything else feels solid enough to almost not need Illustrator.
I have a few corrections to note on this video. First, I must preface this by saying that I have not yet tried Affinity Designer. Nor am I completely devoted to Adobe; their software does, indeed, have a truckload of faults, some of which you have pointed out in this video (especially the Pen tool clusterf**k). Also, I am on Windows, which _shouldn't_ be functionally different from the macOS versions of their software, but you know how it goes sometimes. Also, I am running Creative Cloud 2019 as of this writing, so it may be different than the version you have. With that said, on to my corrections: 16:20 - The ability to set a Global Color has been in Illustrator for years. You do have to either double-click an existing swatch or create a new swatch, then check the "Global Color" checkbox, but it's definitely there and works the same way as in Designer. 24:09 - Illustrator has this feature. I don't know why it wasn't worky for you at 24:40. Again, I am using CC 2019 and I'm on Windows, so perhaps it is a feature specific to my version and/or OS, but it definitely works. I have tested this with both the Character Palette/Window and the Control bar. Also tested with all forms of text (Point Type, Area Type, Type on a Path, etc.). This is also true with all of the settings you show in Designer at 27:35; everything updates as you hover over them in Illustrator, as well. Granted, they have split their controls into three palettes: Character, Paragraph, and OpenType, but they all do update in real-time. 32:55 - While not as robust as Designer, Illustrator does have a very similar exporting capability, and you did touch upon it. However, the Asset Export palette/window does, in fact, save each asset you've selected in the .ai file, so they aren't lost. The list of "Scales" is lost, unfortunately, so Adobe definitely has a lot of work to do in this area (which I seriously doubt they ever will). Finally, there are many features that you call "under the hood" which are clearly not. "Under the hood" implies a feature that you don't see directly or barely see. The Pen tool, for example, is definitely more feature-rich than Illustrator's, but that's not an "under the hood" upgrade; that's an obvious, blatant upgrade from Illustrator's.
How is AD's pen tool more feature rich than Illustrator's. In my opinion, the opposite is true. Regarding features that are under the hood, I can think of some settings that I feel should be directly accessible on the context sensitive application bar, but they're accessed by double clicking on a tool instead. This is not a major problem, but I consider those under the hood. The problem with AD of course is that it doesn't have nearly enough features, and those that are there aren't very deep. AD has a handful of features that are unique or better than other programs, but Illustrator probably has hundreds of features that are unique and useful.
As a professional illustrator I use and know the two apps... but I prefer Illustrator, more easy and intuitive. Also editing with the pen tool (in Illustrator) its more accurate. For instance you can not easily convert anchor points at Affinity Designer. The use of "rotate" its super complicated in Affinity Designer. In Illustrator I can rotate and duplicate the object at same time... in Affinity you can't. There are more other things that Affinity can't do: control the "OVERPRINT" fills and strokes. In Illustrator you have an "Attribute" panel and also a "Separation Preview" panel very useful for print graphic. The export for PDF with separated colors its more accurate on Illustrator.
Thank you very much for this video! It helped me a lot since I am beginner in both apps. What Designer seems to be missing are the libraries in terms of colours, symbols and so forth. I liked those features in Illustrator a lot, but cant see it in Designer...?
Hi! I am very interested in learning a graphics software for the purpose of designing shirts, mugs, etc. to sell. I am pretty proficient on Microsoft Publisher but I only use that for brochures, flyers, etc. I do have a PC with Windows 10. Could ya'll please give me some advice as to what software would be best for me? I will need to give my finished artwork to printing companies. Do I need special classes? Would this Affinity be good? It looks really looks awesome! Thank you so much!!!
If you would like to create your own designs from scratch, Affinity Designer is a great vector image program for just that. Affinity has 3 programs that work really well together for creating digital graphic content. They have a photo editing program, a vector program and a publishing software. They are currently on sale for 50% off, i just got all 3 since Adobe is too expensive. Check them out and see some other videos on creators using the Affinity suite of Software to actually create content.
For the illustrators out there that may doubt the app, here's a video of a guy using Designer on iPad (but all is the same in desktop version), so powerful. ua-cam.com/video/nbsI9lr3euE/v-deo.html
Yes, Blender, Fusion360, and Meshmixer are good free 3D programs. Rhino is my favorite, and it has a good business model like Affinity. 90 day free trial and you buy the program for a fair price, you own it for life. If Rhino's pen tool was as nice as Illustrator and Affinity's, then I would basically only ever use Rhino.
I hate to say it buddy, but your comments are very wrong about both applications when it comes to path editing with the pen tool. I can say with certainty that not only does Illustrator do every single possible path operation with just the pen tool, and no trips back to the toolbox, but Affinity Designer can not do that. Adobe Illustrator does a short list of additional path related functions that Affinity Designer can't do without changing tools. It also seems that you're missing the key ingredient in both applications. Key modifiers. Adobe has 1 more ingredient to add super powers to it's tools. Tool pairings. After you do some extensive experimenting with key modifiers, I think you will need to edit this video and correct the portion about using the pen tool. Telling people that they're going to be making trips back and forth to the toolbox in Illustrator is wrong. But you will certainly have to do that in AD if you're doing serious path editing.
You are correct, it's sitting at $20.99/mo on its own and $52.99 for the suite. That still adds to a minimum of $250 a year which I find a lot of ask for one independent app. To each his/her own though!
What matters is whether or not it's worth it, and that's for each person to decide. For now though, if you need the kind of functions that Illustrator offers, then you'll have to subscribe, or maybe you can get kind of close with Coreldraw Suite for $500.00.
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What I like in Designer is the boolean operations in Designer, (pathfinder in AI). If you want to have a nondestructive boolean operation (like subtract or subtract from), click two objects that intersect, then ALT-click the subtract button in the contextual menu and then you'll have a nondestructive operation. Both shapes have subtracted one from the other on the screen, but really you have their whole original objects shown in the layers panel, and they intact because you created a "nondestructive" operation. In the layers panel you will see a "compound" shape with the layers inside holding the original shapes. Love it. That means you will always be able to tweak the original shapes!
dude this changes the game for me, thanks so much!
On your eyedropper comparison, in Designer you can use shortcut "i" to call up the eyedropper tool to match the color of another object instantly, you just have to have to object selected that you want to change the color and match the other. So select the first shape, then click "i", click the other to copy the color. Easy as pie. really just 2-3 clicks.
I've been using this software for work every day for a year and didn't know this was possible!
Great video. One thing, in Affinity Designer for copy colors from other object only you need select the object (like in Illustrator) then the shortcode "i" then click in the source object and this is all, works great. I hope this help you. Cheers, and thanks for your time for make this video.
Nice comparison. I am really enjoying Affinity Designer so far. Gotta say though that in Illustrator, you can do all of that "node" editing path editing stuff with the pen tool alone by holding command, alt, shift, spacebar, etc without ever changing tools.
Just bought all three programs yesterday I can not wait to get starting on these new platforms coming from an adobe background also. Thanks for the video comparison.
Dude, how was it after a year of usage?
I don't know if this was in a recent update, but the color picker works just like you wanted in illustrator. I just use the color picker, don't have to mess with the color panel at all unless I want to. Anyway great video, very helpful. The only few things Im finding to be a barrier are no image trace yet, no lass tool (like Q in illustrator) and weaker transform tools (no shear, free transform, etc). Everything else feels solid enough to almost not need Illustrator.
I have a few corrections to note on this video. First, I must preface this by saying that I have not yet tried Affinity Designer. Nor am I completely devoted to Adobe; their software does, indeed, have a truckload of faults, some of which you have pointed out in this video (especially the Pen tool clusterf**k). Also, I am on Windows, which _shouldn't_ be functionally different from the macOS versions of their software, but you know how it goes sometimes. Also, I am running Creative Cloud 2019 as of this writing, so it may be different than the version you have. With that said, on to my corrections:
16:20 - The ability to set a Global Color has been in Illustrator for years. You do have to either double-click an existing swatch or create a new swatch, then check the "Global Color" checkbox, but it's definitely there and works the same way as in Designer.
24:09 - Illustrator has this feature. I don't know why it wasn't worky for you at 24:40. Again, I am using CC 2019 and I'm on Windows, so perhaps it is a feature specific to my version and/or OS, but it definitely works. I have tested this with both the Character Palette/Window and the Control bar. Also tested with all forms of text (Point Type, Area Type, Type on a Path, etc.). This is also true with all of the settings you show in Designer at 27:35; everything updates as you hover over them in Illustrator, as well. Granted, they have split their controls into three palettes: Character, Paragraph, and OpenType, but they all do update in real-time.
32:55 - While not as robust as Designer, Illustrator does have a very similar exporting capability, and you did touch upon it. However, the Asset Export palette/window does, in fact, save each asset you've selected in the .ai file, so they aren't lost. The list of "Scales" is lost, unfortunately, so Adobe definitely has a lot of work to do in this area (which I seriously doubt they ever will).
Finally, there are many features that you call "under the hood" which are clearly not. "Under the hood" implies a feature that you don't see directly or barely see. The Pen tool, for example, is definitely more feature-rich than Illustrator's, but that's not an "under the hood" upgrade; that's an obvious, blatant upgrade from Illustrator's.
How is AD's pen tool more feature rich than Illustrator's. In my opinion, the opposite is true.
Regarding features that are under the hood, I can think of some settings that I feel should be directly accessible on the context sensitive application bar, but they're accessed by double clicking on a tool instead. This is not a major problem, but I consider those under the hood. The problem with AD of course is that it doesn't have nearly enough features, and those that are there aren't very deep. AD has a handful of features that are unique or better than other programs, but Illustrator probably has hundreds of features that are unique and useful.
As a professional illustrator I use and know the two apps... but I prefer Illustrator, more easy and intuitive. Also editing with the pen tool (in Illustrator) its more accurate. For instance you can not easily convert anchor points at Affinity Designer.
The use of "rotate" its super complicated in Affinity Designer. In Illustrator I can rotate and duplicate the object at same time... in Affinity you can't. There are more other things that Affinity can't do: control the "OVERPRINT" fills and strokes. In Illustrator you have an "Attribute" panel and also a "Separation Preview" panel very useful for print graphic.
The export for PDF with separated colors its more accurate on Illustrator.
Thank you very much for this video! It helped me a lot since I am beginner in both apps. What Designer seems to be missing are the libraries in terms of colours, symbols and so forth. I liked those features in Illustrator a lot, but cant see it in Designer...?
Libraries are called assets in AD...
Affinity is nice but what about, affinity text warp?????
Please Serif - give us a Live Paint tool !
The do have a color picker in the toolbar that does the same thing as illustrator check the toolbar.
Just a question. Will Affinity Designer open my existing Adobe Illustrator files?
if you have the accompanying PDF stream encoded in the file, which is the default setting in AI, then yes it will open with all the file info.
Hi! I am very interested in learning a graphics software for the purpose of designing shirts, mugs, etc. to sell. I am pretty proficient on Microsoft Publisher but I only use that for brochures, flyers, etc. I do have a PC with Windows 10. Could ya'll please give me some advice as to what software would be best for me? I will need to give my finished artwork to printing companies. Do I need special classes? Would this Affinity be good? It looks really looks awesome! Thank you so much!!!
If you would like to create your own designs from scratch, Affinity Designer is a great vector image program for just that. Affinity has 3 programs that work really well together for creating digital graphic content. They have a photo editing program, a vector program and a publishing software. They are currently on sale for 50% off, i just got all 3 since Adobe is too expensive.
Check them out and see some other videos on creators using the Affinity suite of Software to actually create content.
For the illustrators out there that may doubt the app, here's a video of a guy using Designer on iPad (but all is the same in desktop version), so powerful.
ua-cam.com/video/nbsI9lr3euE/v-deo.html
I miss the 3D
Blender!!
@@queenofstamford3141 thanks for letting me know. That is awesome! And free.
Yes, Blender, Fusion360, and Meshmixer are good free 3D programs. Rhino is my favorite, and it has a good business model like Affinity. 90 day free trial and you buy the program for a fair price, you own it for life. If Rhino's pen tool was as nice as Illustrator and Affinity's, then I would basically only ever use Rhino.
I hate to say it buddy, but your comments are very wrong about both applications when it comes to path editing with the pen tool. I can say with certainty that not only does Illustrator do every single possible path operation with just the pen tool, and no trips back to the toolbox, but Affinity Designer can not do that. Adobe Illustrator does a short list of additional path related functions that Affinity Designer can't do without changing tools. It also seems that you're missing the key ingredient in both applications. Key modifiers. Adobe has 1 more ingredient to add super powers to it's tools. Tool pairings. After you do some extensive experimenting with key modifiers, I think you will need to edit this video and correct the portion about using the pen tool. Telling people that they're going to be making trips back and forth to the toolbox in Illustrator is wrong. But you will certainly have to do that in AD if you're doing serious path editing.
Illustrator isn’t $50 a month. That’s for ALL Adobe apps. Single apps are much cheaper.
You are correct, it's sitting at $20.99/mo on its own and $52.99 for the suite. That still adds to a minimum of $250 a year which I find a lot of ask for one independent app. To each his/her own though!
Doesn't matter it's still a subscription. He still would be right if he said thousands over time.
What matters is whether or not it's worth it, and that's for each person to decide. For now though, if you need the kind of functions that Illustrator offers, then you'll have to subscribe, or maybe you can get kind of close with Coreldraw Suite for $500.00.
Macromedia freehand again born in the name of affinity designer to kill adobe illustrator soon
Illustrator = Power
Designer = Speed
Power = Art
Speed = Money