At that time, Serif's vector graphics application for Windows was DrawPlus however, following the release of Affinity Designer for Windows, this product has now been discontinued. The first version was released in October 2014, making it the first of the Affinity apps to be released by Serif (and their first macOS release). It was developed entirely from scratch for this operating system, allowing it to leverage core native technologies such as OpenGL, Grand Central Dispatch, and Core Graphics. Development Īffinity Designer began as a vector graphics editor solely for macOS. It supports the RGB, RGB Hex, LAB, CMYK and Grayscale color models, along with PANTONE color swatches and an end-to-end CMYK workflow with ICC color management, and 16-bit per channel editing. Īffinity Designer provides non-destructive editing features across unlimited layers, with pan and zoom at 60 fps, and real-time views for effects and transformations. Īffinity Designer's core functions include vector pen and shape-drawing tools, support for custom vector and raster brushes (including the ability to import Adobe Photoshop (ABR) brushes), dynamic symbols, stroke stabilization, text style management, and vector/pixel export options. The application can also import data from some Adobe FreeHand files (specifically versions 10 and MX). It has been described as an Adobe Illustrator alternative, and is compatible with common graphics file formats, including Adobe Illustrator (AI), Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Adobe Photoshop (PSD), Portable Document Format (PDF), and Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) formats. Affinity Designer is available for purchase directly from the company website and in the Mac App Store, iOS App Store, and the Microsoft Store.Īffinity Designer serves as a successor to Serif's own DrawPlus software, which the company discontinued in August 2017 in order to focus on the Affinity product range. It is part of the 'Affinity trinity' alongside Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher. English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, RussianĪffinity Designer is a vector graphics editor developed by Serif for macOS, iPadOS, and Microsoft Windows.

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