Main Area and Open Discussion > General Software Discussion
Affinity (Serif) goes head to head with Photoshop & (maybe) Illustrator
Carol Haynes:
Another one to consider is Xara Designer: http://www.xara.com/uk/designer-pro/
Bit more expensive but includes excellent vector graphics, photo editing and web design all in one package and it supports PhotoShop plugins.
TucknDar:
From the Serif website:
Serif legacy products
Our legacy, or 'Plus' range of software is no longer being developed as we focus entirely on our new Affinity range of professional graphic design software. However licenses for WebPlus, PagePlus, PhotoPlus and DrawPlus are still available to purchase here if you wish.
--- End quote ---
They're selling these for £20 /$25 a piece.
SpoilerI successfully downloaded free (latest) full versions of MoviePlus X6, WebPlus X8 and PagePlus X9 by using email address I used to purchase PagePlus X8. You'll need to pay for DrawPlus X8 and PhotoPlus X8, however.
Jibz:
I'm pondering whether to get this or not.
The reason I am slightly reluctant is one experience I had with the beta. I wanted to draw a simple diagram for a blog post, and figured that was a good thing to try with Designer. I spent 10 minutes looking for the menu or button to put an arrow at the end of a line with no luck. I then googled, and apparently there was no such thing. There were some workarounds on their forums, but it just seemed odd to me that putting shapes like an arrowhead at the end of lines was not standard.
But perhaps this type of use is not what Designer targets. Or perhaps it was just missing in the beta.
tomos:
I'm pondering whether to get this or not.
The reason I am slightly reluctant is one experience I had with the beta. I wanted to draw a simple diagram for a blog post, and figured that was a good thing to try with Designer. I spent 10 minutes looking for the menu or button to put an arrow at the end of a line with no luck. I then googled, and apparently there was no such thing. There were some workarounds on their forums, but it just seemed odd to me that putting shapes like an arrowhead at the end of lines was not standard.
But perhaps this type of use is not what Designer targets. Or perhaps it was just missing in the beta.
-Jibz (November 20, 2016, 03:21 PM)
--- End quote ---
there's a share of people unhappy about missing features in the forum. One thread they were asking about auto-trace: apparently it's planned for version two, which is 'years' away. Cant find that particular post, but here's a couple relevant links if you want to root around.
https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php?/topic/28655-affinity-designer-for-windows-has-launched/page-8?hl=trace#entry140312
Someone will correct me here no doubt however Designer (going by the splash screen examples one can download) the primary app development was for illustration over graphic design layout...
--- End quote ---
Another:
https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php?/topic/28695-does-affinity-designer-final-release-have-tools-that-were-not-in-the-beta/
Desinger beta board:
https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php?/forum/33-affinity-designer-on-windows-beta/
TucknDar:
Drawplus X8 is only £20 / $25 and there's a discount coupon you can use for 25% off: DPSURPRISE
I'm actually tempted by it, even if I've bought Affinity Designer, exactly for the AutoTrace feature (I'll just convince myself that I'm paying for a plugin, I suppose). A bit reluctant though, as I only had problems with the last version of DrawPlus I owned, think it was X5, maybe X6. It crashed all the time, and was pretty much unusable (for me, YMMV). The software was very nice, when it came to features, GUI, etc. but the crashes, not so much :-\
There's of course also Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up, so there might be an even better deal coming up, for all I know.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version