While it’s not likely that you’d use those last five file types, it’s nice to have the option. However, this software doesn’t work with TXT, DOCX, SWF or XLS files. For additional aid, look up one of the many video tutorials to learn tips and tricks.Īffinity Designer works with many popular file types, including JPEG, PSD, PNG, GIF, TIFF, AI, BMP and RAW. You can also contact the company via email or phone. You can ask questions and get answers from either fellow users or Affinity reps. The one thing we weren’t thrilled about was that it was a little tricky to find bleed setup options, as it's tucked away under the Document Setup tab.Īffinity Designer’s user forum is very active and regularly features responses from Affinity employees. The program warns you when something might print poorly, and you can even add printer’s marks to make it easier to cut out your printed project. When you’re ready to print your creations, the printing setup will help you make sure your designs come out correctly. This software includes content-aware scaling, masking tools and perspective-based editing, but if you want in-depth photo editing tools, you’ll need to use Serif’s photo editing software, Affinity Photo. Additionally, there are only 17 basic pre-made templates, whereas some other programs offer hundreds of templates. Although that’s more than what Illustrator offers, it’s a much smaller selection than the other programs we tested offer.

Pretty neat, right? That means you can do a little digital painting and limited photo touch-up from within this vector program without needing to switch to photo editing software. But Affinity Designer has something Illustrator lacks: Pixel Persona, a separate tab that allows you to work with pixel brushes and a few other pixel tools within this vector-based software. Similarly to Illustrator, this software was designed more around vector tools than pixel tools. Based on info from Affinity’s user forum, it appears that Serif hopes to add an image-trace feature to the software in the future. You can still hand-trace an image using the pen tool and create your own vector, but that takes more time. The one illustration tool we wish this software had was image tracing, which automatically turns a raster image into an editable vector.

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