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Affinity Designer for ipad released

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  • Just noticed from a screenshot on the affinity forum... that Designer has grids you can snap to. Procreate just got this too, but Procreate also has a perspective snap-to grid thing where you can set a vanishing point. Does Designer has this perspective with vanishing point snap-to grid as well?

  • edited July 2018

    @3sleeves said:
    @skiphunt So far I haven’t put Designer through the ringer thoroughly on iPad, but it has handled the few complex vector projects I’ve thrown at it. The biggest issue I’ve noticed is an occasional lag when trying to duplicate an object using the 2 finger hold while dragging with the Apple Pencil. It definitely feels more polished than Photo did at first, and I know Serif is actively working on several improvements to help it compete with Illustrator.

    My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo.
    The low cost of admission sold me instantly on Affinity software - Adobe CC is $50/month, Designer for iPad and desktop together are $50 total right now and I can actually own them and get updates for free. Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop.

    Cool. Thanks!

    I read somewhere that Designer iPad will actually open up editable AI files too (as long as they have the PDF in stream with the save).

    I'm assuming that all the cool brushes that I've collected in the desktop version could also be imported into the iPad version?

  • @JohnnyGoodyear said:

    @MonzoPro said:

    @senhorlampada said:

    @MonzoPro said:
    Affinity Photo and Designer are probably as close as you’ll get to Adobe, without actually buying Adobe. They’re more Adobe than Adobe Elements.

    :lol: That's the best sales pitch :smiley:
    For illustration on PC I already use Artrage + Sketchbook + Clip Studio Paint

    With Affinity Designer I will surely be ok for the rest of my design pack :wink:

    I've now got Designer and Photo for Mac, PC and iPad - the full set!

    To be fair to Adobe I haven't used their stuff for a few years, certainly not since Affinity turned up, so I'm probably behind with what they can do now. Affinity certainly tick all the boxes for me though, and I don't miss Adobe at all.

    I use Photo every day on the desktop, but haven't used it much on the iPad. Now I've got Designer on it as well I'm going to start using the iPad for graphics more - for example CD covers and web bits. Muck about with the pixel imagery on Photo, and then bring that into Designer for vector bits and to create a final print-ready layout.

    Wish I had an iPad that supported iPencil now, that'd really make it a serious graphics tool.

    Reading your last few posts I just wanted to let you know that your lizard brain has already bought your next iPad. Can't say for certain when delivery is scheduled for, but I'd keep an eye out.... :)

    I’ve got to budget for a new desktop, but with the Affinity stuff I reckon I can justify a new iPad too (‘but it’s for WORK)’ :) And tax deductible!

    Really waiting for a refresh from Apple first, so will probably stump up for an entry level iMac, and whatever iPad Pro they come up with next, very soon after they arrive. And no doubt prices will jump up with all the global trade war/Brexit shite..so can’t hang about.

    Designer doesn’t run as smoothly on my Air 2 as the Pro’s in the vids - bit jerky, but still usable.

  • @senhorlampada said:

    @3sleeves said:
    Professionals should be able to own the tools they use, not forced to rent access to them.

    Today one of my co-workers was trying to update his 3Ds Max License... Let's just say the annual subscription is enough to buy a motorbike here in my country. Or a car if you live in USA :lol:

    I remember the signmakers I worked for getting a pre-owned FlexiSign hardware key back in 2003 for about $5,000 USD...that’s like a brand new Vespa here😂
    And the key was only good for 1 version installed on 1 machine.

  • edited July 2018

    @3sleeves said:

    @senhorlampada said:

    @3sleeves said:
    Professionals should be able to own the tools they use, not forced to rent access to them.

    Today one of my co-workers was trying to update his 3Ds Max License... Let's just say the annual subscription is enough to buy a motorbike here in my country. Or a car if you live in USA :lol:

    I remember the signmakers I worked for getting a pre-owned FlexiSign hardware key back in 2003 for about $5,000 USD...that’s like a brand new Vespa here😂
    And the key was only good for 1 version installed on 1 machine.

    A few years back the company I worked for bought a new copy of Quark XPress, £1900 for one user license.

    Could not get it to recognise the code - reinstalled umpteen times, and spent a fortune on support calls to the States.

    Never worked. So in the end they downloaded a cracked version and used that. Ridiculous.

    About a year later it appeared on a PC mag cover disc for free...

  • @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:
    @skiphunt So far I haven’t put Designer through the ringer thoroughly on iPad, but it has handled the few complex vector projects I’ve thrown at it. The biggest issue I’ve noticed is an occasional lag when trying to duplicate an object using the 2 finger hold while dragging with the Apple Pencil. It definitely feels more polished than Photo did at first, and I know Serif is actively working on several improvements to help it compete with Illustrator.

    My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo.
    The low cost of admission sold me instantly on Affinity software - Adobe CC is $50/month, Designer for iPad and desktop together are $50 total right now and I can actually own them and get updates for free. Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop.

    Cool. Thanks!

    I read somewhere that Designer iPad will actually open up editable AI files too (as long as they have the PDF in stream with the save).

    I'm assuming that all the cool brushes that I've collected in the desktop version could also be imported into the iPad version?

    So far I’ve imported an AI file, a PDF, and a PSD made with Adobe software, all with success on the iPad. The PSD file took slightly longer to import even though file size was about the same as the PDF, AI was fastest but also the smallest file. All the brushes should be usable on both mobile and desktop versions of Designer.

  • @3sleeves said:

    @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:
    @skiphunt So far I haven’t put Designer through the ringer thoroughly on iPad, but it has handled the few complex vector projects I’ve thrown at it. The biggest issue I’ve noticed is an occasional lag when trying to duplicate an object using the 2 finger hold while dragging with the Apple Pencil. It definitely feels more polished than Photo did at first, and I know Serif is actively working on several improvements to help it compete with Illustrator.

    My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo.
    The low cost of admission sold me instantly on Affinity software - Adobe CC is $50/month, Designer for iPad and desktop together are $50 total right now and I can actually own them and get updates for free. Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop.

    Cool. Thanks!

    I read somewhere that Designer iPad will actually open up editable AI files too (as long as they have the PDF in stream with the save).

    I'm assuming that all the cool brushes that I've collected in the desktop version could also be imported into the iPad version?

    So far I’ve imported an AI file, a PDF, and a PSD made with Adobe software, all with success on the iPad. The PSD file took slightly longer to import even though file size was about the same as the PDF, AI was fastest but also the smallest file. All the brushes should be usable on both mobile and desktop versions of Designer.

    Sweet!

    I might hold off for Amazon Prime day to see if iTunes cards are on sale... then pick this up.

    Don't really need it now, but I want to dive back in and sell those services again... So I need to pick one and start learning it. Played with Designer on the desktop yesterday with no tutorials at all and it was surprisingly easy to figure out.

  • @3sleeves said:
    @skiphunt So far I haven’t put Designer through the ringer thoroughly on iPad, but it has handled the few complex vector projects I’ve thrown at it. The biggest issue I’ve noticed is an occasional lag when trying to duplicate an object using the 2 finger hold while dragging with the Apple Pencil. It definitely feels more polished than Photo did at first, and I know Serif is actively working on several improvements to help it compete with Illustrator.

    My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo.
    The low cost of admission sold me instantly on Affinity software - Adobe CC is $50/month, Designer for iPad and desktop together are $50 total right now and I can actually own them and get updates for free. Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop.

    The only mobile adobe app I need is Lightroom. It’s the only app that is fairly close to the desktop version of the app. If affinity made something like that, I’d leave adobe for good.

  • edited July 2018

    @MonzoPro said:
    About a year later it appeared on a PC mag cover disc for free...

    This is going to be my new dismissive line for almost anything I suspect of being bollocks...

  • How’s this working for folks without a pencil, as in on an air 2 with a finger ?

  • And how is it working for people with the new, cheaper iPad with the pencil?

  • @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:

    @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:
    @skiphunt So far I haven’t put Designer through the ringer thoroughly on iPad, but it has handled the few complex vector projects I’ve thrown at it. The biggest issue I’ve noticed is an occasional lag when trying to duplicate an object using the 2 finger hold while dragging with the Apple Pencil. It definitely feels more polished than Photo did at first, and I know Serif is actively working on several improvements to help it compete with Illustrator.

    My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo.
    The low cost of admission sold me instantly on Affinity software - Adobe CC is $50/month, Designer for iPad and desktop together are $50 total right now and I can actually own them and get updates for free. Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop.

    Cool. Thanks!

    I read somewhere that Designer iPad will actually open up editable AI files too (as long as they have the PDF in stream with the save).

    I'm assuming that all the cool brushes that I've collected in the desktop version could also be imported into the iPad version?

    So far I’ve imported an AI file, a PDF, and a PSD made with Adobe software, all with success on the iPad. The PSD file took slightly longer to import even though file size was about the same as the PDF, AI was fastest but also the smallest file. All the brushes should be usable on both mobile and desktop versions of Designer.

    Sweet!

    I might hold off for Amazon Prime day to see if iTunes cards are on sale...

    What? What is this? What?

  • @AudioGus said:

    @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:

    @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:
    @skiphunt So far I haven’t put Designer through the ringer thoroughly on iPad, but it has handled the few complex vector projects I’ve thrown at it. The biggest issue I’ve noticed is an occasional lag when trying to duplicate an object using the 2 finger hold while dragging with the Apple Pencil. It definitely feels more polished than Photo did at first, and I know Serif is actively working on several improvements to help it compete with Illustrator.

    My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo.
    The low cost of admission sold me instantly on Affinity software - Adobe CC is $50/month, Designer for iPad and desktop together are $50 total right now and I can actually own them and get updates for free. Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop.

    Cool. Thanks!

    I read somewhere that Designer iPad will actually open up editable AI files too (as long as they have the PDF in stream with the save).

    I'm assuming that all the cool brushes that I've collected in the desktop version could also be imported into the iPad version?

    So far I’ve imported an AI file, a PDF, and a PSD made with Adobe software, all with success on the iPad. The PSD file took slightly longer to import even though file size was about the same as the PDF, AI was fastest but also the smallest file. All the brushes should be usable on both mobile and desktop versions of Designer.

    Sweet!

    I might hold off for Amazon Prime day to see if iTunes cards are on sale...

    What? What is this? What?

    Amazon prime day? Sounds interesting

  • @[Deleted User] said:

    @AudioGus said:

    @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:

    @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:
    @skiphunt So far I haven’t put Designer through the ringer thoroughly on iPad, but it has handled the few complex vector projects I’ve thrown at it. The biggest issue I’ve noticed is an occasional lag when trying to duplicate an object using the 2 finger hold while dragging with the Apple Pencil. It definitely feels more polished than Photo did at first, and I know Serif is actively working on several improvements to help it compete with Illustrator.

    My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo.
    The low cost of admission sold me instantly on Affinity software - Adobe CC is $50/month, Designer for iPad and desktop together are $50 total right now and I can actually own them and get updates for free. Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop.

    Cool. Thanks!

    I read somewhere that Designer iPad will actually open up editable AI files too (as long as they have the PDF in stream with the save).

    I'm assuming that all the cool brushes that I've collected in the desktop version could also be imported into the iPad version?

    So far I’ve imported an AI file, a PDF, and a PSD made with Adobe software, all with success on the iPad. The PSD file took slightly longer to import even though file size was about the same as the PDF, AI was fastest but also the smallest file. All the brushes should be usable on both mobile and desktop versions of Designer.

    Sweet!

    I might hold off for Amazon Prime day to see if iTunes cards are on sale...

    What? What is this? What?

    Amazon prime day? Sounds interesting

    Looks like it is this Monday. Has there been a history of iTunes cards deals on this prime day?

  • @AudioGus said:

    @[Deleted User] said:

    @AudioGus said:

    @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:

    @skiphunt said:

    @3sleeves said:
    @skiphunt So far I haven’t put Designer through the ringer thoroughly on iPad, but it has handled the few complex vector projects I’ve thrown at it. The biggest issue I’ve noticed is an occasional lag when trying to duplicate an object using the 2 finger hold while dragging with the Apple Pencil. It definitely feels more polished than Photo did at first, and I know Serif is actively working on several improvements to help it compete with Illustrator.

    My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo.
    The low cost of admission sold me instantly on Affinity software - Adobe CC is $50/month, Designer for iPad and desktop together are $50 total right now and I can actually own them and get updates for free. Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop.

    Cool. Thanks!

    I read somewhere that Designer iPad will actually open up editable AI files too (as long as they have the PDF in stream with the save).

    I'm assuming that all the cool brushes that I've collected in the desktop version could also be imported into the iPad version?

    So far I’ve imported an AI file, a PDF, and a PSD made with Adobe software, all with success on the iPad. The PSD file took slightly longer to import even though file size was about the same as the PDF, AI was fastest but also the smallest file. All the brushes should be usable on both mobile and desktop versions of Designer.

    Sweet!

    I might hold off for Amazon Prime day to see if iTunes cards are on sale...

    What? What is this? What?

    Amazon prime day? Sounds interesting

    Looks like it is this Monday. Has there been a history of iTunes cards deals on this prime day?

    I think so, but this is the first year I’ve had Prime and wasn’t traveling during it.

  • edited July 2018

    @AndyPlankton said:
    How’s this working for folks without a pencil, as in on an air 2 with a finger ?

    Pretty good for non-detail stuff, and you can zoom in as much as you want.

    The screen refresh is not as smooth on my Air 2 as in the demo vids, once I get a couple of images placed in there, but still usable.

    They’ve really thought the AU through for mobile users, so on older machines you can forgive the occasional jerky glitch.

    I never use the iPad for graphics, just music, but with this and Photo on it now it’d be silly not to.

  • @MonzoPro said:

    @3sleeves said:

    @senhorlampada said:

    @3sleeves said:
    Professionals should be able to own the tools they use, not forced to rent access to them.

    Today one of my co-workers was trying to update his 3Ds Max License... Let's just say the annual subscription is enough to buy a motorbike here in my country. Or a car if you live in USA :lol:

    I remember the signmakers I worked for getting a pre-owned FlexiSign hardware key back in 2003 for about $5,000 USD...that’s like a brand new Vespa here😂
    And the key was only good for 1 version installed on 1 machine.

    A few years back the company I worked for bought a new copy of Quark XPress, £1900 for one user license.

    Could not get it to recognise the code - reinstalled umpteen times, and spent a fortune on support calls to the States.

    Never worked. So in the end they downloaded a cracked version and used that. Ridiculous.

    About a year later it appeared on a PC mag cover disc for free...

    Ha! Funny!

  • Another good thing about Affinity is the excellent selection of tutorials they provide. Here’s the ones for iOS Designer:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/designer/ipad/#/

  • edited July 2018

    @MonzoPro said:
    Another good thing about Affinity is the excellent selection of tutorials they provide. Here’s the ones for iOS Designer:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/designer/ipad/#/

    the tutorials are great , there's 64 of ‘em!! and they definitely reveal a lot of the workflow enhancements like all the one, two and three finger gestures to constrain things etc..
    They should have got Jim Bowen .. er sorry, Ted Rogers to do the the tutorials!! :)
    or maybe Dusty Bin should turn up in the app to advise you like that old windows paper clip dude!! noooooooooooo!

  • edited July 2018

    @RockySmalls said:

    @MonzoPro said:
    Another good thing about Affinity is the excellent selection of tutorials they provide. Here’s the ones for iOS Designer:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/designer/ipad/#/

    the tutorials are great , there's 64 of ‘em!! and they definitely reveal a lot of the workflow enhancements like all the one, two and three finger gestures to constrain things etc..
    They should have got Jim Bowen ..

    You can't beat a bit of Bully!

    It’s great the way they create lots of short vids - so you don’t have to scroll through an hour long vid to find the bit you’re looking for.

  • @MonzoPro said:

    @RockySmalls said:

    @MonzoPro said:
    Another good thing about Affinity is the excellent selection of tutorials they provide. Here’s the ones for iOS Designer:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/designer/ipad/#/

    the tutorials are great , there's 64 of ‘em!! and they definitely reveal a lot of the workflow enhancements like all the one, two and three finger gestures to constrain things etc..
    They should have got Jim Bowen ..

    You can't beat a bit of Bully!

    “ say what you see! “ ... no wait.. that’s yet another quiz.. what is it with quiz shows being presented by comedians in the UK.. are we that anti-intellectual? or just afraid of looking too clever?

  • @RockySmalls said:

    @MonzoPro said:

    @RockySmalls said:

    @MonzoPro said:
    Another good thing about Affinity is the excellent selection of tutorials they provide. Here’s the ones for iOS Designer:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/designer/ipad/#/

    the tutorials are great , there's 64 of ‘em!! and they definitely reveal a lot of the workflow enhancements like all the one, two and three finger gestures to constrain things etc..
    They should have got Jim Bowen ..

    You can't beat a bit of Bully!

    “ say what you see! “ ... no wait.. that’s yet another quiz.. what is it with quiz shows being presented by comedians in the UK.. are we that anti-intellectual? or just afraid of looking too clever?

    Does it have hotspots?

  • @AndyPlankton said:

    @RockySmalls said:

    @MonzoPro said:

    @RockySmalls said:

    @MonzoPro said:
    Another good thing about Affinity is the excellent selection of tutorials they provide. Here’s the ones for iOS Designer:

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/designer/ipad/#/

    the tutorials are great , there's 64 of ‘em!! and they definitely reveal a lot of the workflow enhancements like all the one, two and three finger gestures to constrain things etc..
    They should have got Jim Bowen ..

    You can't beat a bit of Bully!

    “ say what you see! “ ... no wait.. that’s yet another quiz.. what is it with quiz shows being presented by comedians in the UK.. are we that anti-intellectual? or just afraid of looking too clever?

    Does it have hotspots?

    now that’s a catchphrase I haven’t come across before!? :)

  • edited July 2018

    Not beer induced like I thought, I weathered the storm and resisted the urges to buy iMonopoly, I have satisfied the itch this morning by getting this :)

    @RockySmalls because the price is right :D and I reached the tipping point, hopefully it won’t be a pointless purchase

  • @AndyPlankton said:
    Not beer induced like I thought, I weathered the storm and resisted the urges to buy iMonopoly, I have satisfied the itch this morning by getting this :)

    @RockySmalls because the price is right :D and I reached the tipping point, hopefully it won’t be a pointless purchase

    well sometimes you have to “ go wild in the aisles “ with Dale Winton! :)
    don’t think it will be pointless ( unless Richard Osman has borrowed yr apple pencil and not brung it back :wink: )
    i am only on tutorial 34 and that took me all afternoon yesterday.. ridiculously featured thing..
    Bernie the Bolt please “ shut that door! “

  • edited July 2018
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  • might as well delete my old vectors apps, because this is so much faster and more fun. very very sweet app
    for design

  • @tja said:
    So far, I liked those Vector Apps:

    Graphic: PSD, SVG, PDF; PNG, JPG

    Vectornator: SVG, PDF; PNG, JPG

    Inkpad: SVG, PDF; PNG

    Concepts: PSD, SVG, PDF; PNG, JPG; some more formats

    and now

    Designer: PSD, SVG, PDF; PNG, JPG; several more formats

    So, SVG seems to be the best bet, but sadly, procreate does not support SVG, but PSD.
    And PDF seems to be more geared towards an output format, not an interchange format.

    So, most of the time, I was using Graphic for the PSD output, as Concepts supports this only by using an Adobe Account.

    I now tried my first export from Designer to procreate, as PSD and sadly, it crashed.
    Nothing was saved to procreate.
    I also tried both the accuracy and editability presets with the Compatibility mode.

    Don't know if this is a Designer issue or a procreate issue - Export from Graphic as PSD works, but Designer has much more options.

    If there are vector objects within layers of the PSD I would imagine that’s what gives Procreate trouble...it can only do raster, that’s also why it doesn’t handle SVG. Just a thought, I may give that a whirl later myself out of curiosity.

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  • Does Procreate do anything Affinity photo doesn't?
    I was never sure whether to get that one.

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