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I have been very happy with all three Affinity products since I got them. I double-bought each one so I'd have them available on both macOS and Windows. Thank

I have been very happy with all three Affinity products since I got them. I double-bought each one so I'd have them available on both macOS and Windows. Thanks to Affinity I'm Adobe-free.

nodejs_rulez_1 5y ago
It's surprising how much you can offer to customers for a once-off £50 when you don't have VCs/investors breathing down your neck.
- pixxel 5y ago
  And 22,000 employees to pay.
hbosch 5y ago
I love Affinity a ton, too, and have more or less ditched Adobe for all my creative needs. Affinity Designer/Photo/Published easily fills the Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign toolkit for almost any designer's needs. I am satisfied with Figma for UI and UX design, and it seems to be the enterprise solution du jour as well. The only tool missing for me is a comprehensive motion design tool, for which I have only dabbled in alternatives to After Effects (which is amazing software). If anyone's interested, I've found Cavalry to be really good so far but not really intended for footage if that's your use case. Really great for UI motion, however.
- webwielder2 5y ago
  Apple's Motion is worth checking out.
  - PostThisTooFast 5y ago
    Motion is under-appreciated, for sure. The UI has some design flaws, but the product is unmatched for what it does.
- adfm 5y ago
  Check out the new Blender if you're looking for a motion graphics solution. The new geometry node tools and improved UI are worth the look.
- ffitch 5y ago
  DaVinci Resolve is not bad, and also free
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PostThisTooFast 5y ago
I was pretty excited about Affinity, especially Designer, since Illustrator has been abandoned by Adobe and there's really no other decent vector app on Mac. But the persistent UI gaffes and defects really bring the products down. It's too bad, because the design issues aren't that hard to address. Affinity just doesn't seem to appreciate their severity, despite the same questions and problems coming up in forums again and again.

I have been very happy with all three Affinity products since I got them. I double-bought each one so I'd have them available on both macOS and Windows. Thanks to Affinity I'm Adobe-free.

nodejs_rulez_1 5y ago

It's surprising how much you can offer to customers for a once-off £50 when you don't have VCs/investors breathing down your neck.

pixxel 5y ago
And 22,000 employees to pay.

hbosch 5y ago

I love Affinity a ton, too, and have more or less ditched Adobe for all my creative needs. Affinity Designer/Photo/Published easily fills the Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign toolkit for almost any designer's needs. I am satisfied with Figma for UI and UX design, and it seems to be the enterprise solution du jour as well. The only tool missing for me is a comprehensive motion design tool, for which I have only dabbled in alternatives to After Effects (which is amazing software). If anyone's interested, I've found Cavalry to be really good so far but not really intended for footage if that's your use case. Really great for UI motion, however.

webwielder2 5y ago
Apple's Motion is worth checking out.
- PostThisTooFast 5y ago
  Motion is under-appreciated, for sure. The UI has some design flaws, but the product is unmatched for what it does.
adfm 5y ago
Check out the new Blender if you're looking for a motion graphics solution. The new geometry node tools and improved UI are worth the look.
ffitch 5y ago
DaVinci Resolve is not bad, and also free

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PostThisTooFast 5y ago

I was pretty excited about Affinity, especially Designer, since Illustrator has been abandoned by Adobe and there's really no other decent vector app on Mac. But the persistent UI gaffes and defects really bring the products down. It's too bad, because the design issues aren't that hard to address. Affinity just doesn't seem to appreciate their severity, despite the same questions and problems coming up in forums again and again.