
Its users have made it a go-to app for everything from creating concept art, print projects, logos and icons to UI design, web graphics and mock-ups. (Source: Serif) What do we think?īarely two years old, Affinity Designer has become a serious professional alternative to Adobe Illustrator. Affinity Designer for Windows offers a full toolset for vector-based graphics design. Affinity Photo launched for Mac last year and is now in free public beta on Windows (from /) Affinity Publisher is expected in 2017. It is shipping at a special launch price, purchased directly from the manufacturer ($39.99 / £29.99 / €39.99).Īffinity Designer is part of a trio of professional quality design software tools. The new Windows version requires 64 bit Windows 7 and above. “Not only does this mean perfect cross-platform file compatibility, it means the same memory management and rendering technology which give Affinity Designer its blistering speed.” “The Windows version shares exactly the same back-end code as our Mac version,” says Ashley Hewson, Serif’s Managing Director.

A full-featured vector and pixel editing toolset.(Source: Serif)Ĭreated as a professional tool for graphic designers, Affinity Designer includes: The new Windows version of Affinity Designer matches its Mac counterpart feature for feature, and includes the same back-end code base. Serif says Affinity Designer on Windows matches the Mac version feature for feature. British software developer Serif says its Affinity Designer has been the best-selling professional design and graphics app for Mac since its launch in 2014. A top seller on the Mac goes after Adobe Illustrator in a wider marketplace, offering speed, a rich feature set and a perpetual use license.Ī fast-rising challenger to Adobe Illustrator on the Mac is now shipping a Windows version.
