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.

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. I use Photo every day on the desktop, but haven't used it much on the iPad. Affinity certainly tick all the boxes for me though, and I don't miss Adobe at all. 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. I've now got Designer and Photo for Mac, PC and iPad - the full set! With Affinity Designer I will surely be ok for the rest of my design pack They’re more Adobe than Adobe Elements.įor illustration on PC I already use Artrage + Sketchbook + Clip Studio Paint I'm assuming that all the cool brushes that I've collected in the desktop version could also be imported into the iPad said:Īffinity Photo and Designer are probably as close as you’ll get to Adobe, without actually buying Adobe. 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). Adobe’s mobile apps are useless to me, while Affinity is working on a universal experience between mobile and desktop. 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. The brushes work as well or better than they do in Photo. My experience with the raster features in Designer has been very stable on iPad so far, it surprised me actually. 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. 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.

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.

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