![]() These operations are very similar to the pathfinder in Adobe Illustrator. In Affinity Designer, there are operations called Boolean operations. It also allows you to edit your pencil strokes. The pencil tool has a sculpt function which allows you to continue a pencil stroke instead of creating multiple curves. With the pencil tool, you can draw things the same way you would with an actual pencil and a sheet of paper. The reverse curve allows you to draw from the opposite end of a curve. The join curve lets you join two separate curves, turning them into one curve. The smooth curve adds or deletes nodes to make them smoother. The close curve encloses your shape by joining the beginning and the end nodes together. You can break the curve which opens the area of the selected node. This lets you convert nodes into sharp, smooth, or smart nodes.Īdditionally, in the context toolbar, there’s an Action section for the node tool that allows you to manipulate curves. Once you convert your shape to a curve, you’ll see an area called Convert in the context toolbar. You must convert your shapes into curves first before making any changes to them. The node tool (in the Designer Persona) allows you to adjust curves and change nodes. You can use the pen mode (which is the default mode and draws shapes with smooth or sharp curves and nodes), smart mode (places nodes down when you click, thus creating nearly flawless curves), polygon mode (draws straight lines that have sharp nodes), and line mode (draws straight lines that end once you unclick them). The pen tool (in the context toolbar) contains several different drawing modes. Also, you can draw with the pen tool too. It comes in handy when you’re tracing objects and need to make straight or curved lines. The pen tool is one of my favorite features of Affinity Designer. Pen ToolĪffinity Designer’s pen tool is located in the Designer Persona. It even has extra file types such as TIFF, GIF, and HDR. In addition, the export persona lets you export your projects into the most common file types such as PNG, JPG, SVG, EPS (can be opened in Adobe Illustrator), and PSD (can be opened in Adobe Photoshop). You can export various parts of your work separately into what are called slices. When it’s time to prepare your files to send to clients, the export persona can tremendously help you in speeding up your workflow. This persona also acts like a traditional drawing and painting tool because it has a variety of paintbrushes and a flood fill (or bucket) tool. In the Pixel Persona, Affinity Designer provides you with tools that allow you to do some photo editing and add textures to your designs. In the designer persona, you can create things such as logos, web designs, app designs, icons, and illustrations. ![]() The Designer Persona is used for vector work. There’s the Designer Persona, the Pixel Persona, and the Export persona. Each persona allows you to work with both vector and raster items inside of the same application. ![]() Within Affinity Designer, there are three different personas. In addition, whenever Serif Labs makes any updates to Affinity Designer, you can automatically download the updates at no additional costs! 2. Also, you own the software once you pay for it. That means there’s no yearly or monthly subscription you must pay to use the software. This was a big deal to me because whether you decide to pay $49.99 or $19.99, you’re only making a one-time payment. If you have an iPad, Affinity Designer is $19.99. For Windows and Mac users, Affinity Designer is $49.99. The price of Affinity Designer is one of the things that caught my attention. ![]()
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