"Affinity Designer" combines vector and pixel drawing to provide users with a variety of practical tools, whether drawing posters, charts, maps or architectural drawings generated by AutoCAD. This app allows users to quickly apply graphics and stitch large patterns through intuitive vector controls, and is deeply integrated with two other apps in Serif's award-winning design suite, "Affinity Photo" and "Affinity Publisher". Users can use one of the apps to Use tools from the other two directly.
Reason for recommendation: "Designer" has the ability to handle complex projects. For example, although wireframes can show all the points and curves in a design, users may still have difficulty figuring out the location of specific objects in a complex drawing. The new X-Ray view can display a transparent view overlaid on the wireframe diagram to help you easily discover specific features.
Likewise, the redesigned Layers panel helps you easily group and differentiate features (such as curves, shapes, pixel layers, and more). You can also zoom in to 1,000,000% of its original size (yes, ten thousand times) to focus on specific areas.
The Filled view adds the entire image as a reference background, making wireframes easier to work with.
Usage tip: The new Scale Override setting (in the Transform panel) gives you precise control over an object's scale. For example, if each element in a grouped object has a line weight of 2 pixels, then when the group is scaled, the line weight will typically remain 2 pixels. With Zoom Overlay enabled, if you zoom in on a group by 2x, the line thickness will change to 4 pixels, keeping the appearance of the lines consistent with the overall design.
About the developer: Serif has always been proud to develop fast and non-bloated creative apps for professional creatives. After the company canceled its Windows product line in 2014, it chose "Affinity Designer" as the first product of its new creative suite. Today, the app is optimized for Apple chips and runs on Macs and iPads.
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