Serif Affinity Designer 2: Vectors & rasters You’ll also find a good number of powerful new tools, and we’ll be exploring some of our favorites. This lets you see at a glance if a layer is a curve, a raster, a group, an adjustment, etc. One such improvement is in the Layers panel, which now displays an object type by default.

But it shouldn’t take you any time at all to reacquaint yourself with it. Regarding the interface, although it looks the same as the previous version, it has been polished in many ways, and all the tools’ icons have been redrawn.

Whether it’s from one of the sample sizes, or a custom creation, you’ll see a representation of it top right of the window, complete with margins and bleeds. There’s also a convenient ‘Recent’ section, which is a great way to locate documents you’ve been working on.Ī nice feature is the preview of the document you’re generating. Since Affinity Designer 2 is fresh out of the box, it makes sense to focus on what’s new and different.įirst up, is the Document Dialog Box, which is where you gain access to templates, samples, and predetermined canvas sizes. An improved polished interface with many new features.The new document dialog box is much more versatile, especially thanks to its live preview, and the ‘Recent’ section (Image credit: Serif) Serif Affinity Designer 2: Interface & tools Just how good is Designer when it comes to image compositing? So, this software is affordable, but that’s only part of the story.

If you’re curious about what’s on offer but don’t want to fork out any money just yet, Serif also offers a free 30-day trial for both Mac and Windows. If there’s a downside here, it’s that existing users aren’t offered a discounted upgrade path. It also includes the iPad versions of Serif's graphic design, photo editor, and DTP software.Īll of these can be yours for $170 (or $100 / £90, as long as the celebratory discount holds). You can then use these across Mac and Windows devices. There’s also a new ‘Universal Licence’, bundling Designer with Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher. When you consider that Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator each cost $21 / £20 per month with a Creative Cloud subscription, the savings become obvious extremely fast. The price is extremely attractive: $70 / £60 - although to celebrate the new release, you can grab yourself a copy for only $41 / £36.Īnd no, this isn’t a subscription, but a one-off payment.

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