Affinity Designer 2 for iPad Hack 2.1.1 + Redeem Codes
Professional Graphic Design
Developer: Serif Labs
Category: Graphics & Design
Price: Free
Version: 2.1.1
ID: com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner2.ios
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Description
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Available to purchase in-app for a one-off cost – no subscription
Affinity Designer 2 for iPad takes the power and precision of the Apple Design Award-winning desktop app and converts it into an incredible touch-focused creative experience. Packed with tons of new features and hundreds of enhancements to optimize your workflow, it has everything you need to seamlessly create stunning illustrations, branding, icons, UI/UX designs, print projects, typography, concept art, digital illustrations and much more – all completely free from the confines of your desk.
OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD
• Redeveloped UI, tool, and button icons for a more familiar, touch-focused experience
• Fully integrated and optimized iPad gesture controls to speed up your workflow
• iOS16 ready, including optimization for virtual memory swap, dramatically increasing performance on large documents.
• Sensitive to pressure, tilt and angle, the app harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil
• Command controller hosting on-screen modifiers
• Quick Menu for context-sensitive access to commands
POWERFUL NEW TOOLS & FUNCTIONALITY
• Vector Warp
• Shape Builder Tool
• Knife Tool
• DXF/DWF import
• Measure & Area tools
• Drawing scale – including ability for different scales set per artboard
• X-ray view mode
• Multiple shadow, outline and overlay layer effects per object
REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE
• Pan and zoom at 120fps
• Live gradients, transforms, effects, and adjustments
• Optimized for documents of any complexity, zoom to over 1,000,000% for absolute precision
• Live pixel, retina, wireframe, and x-ray views of vector artwork in and out of split screen mode
• Seamless switching between tools and editing modes for frustration-free design
• Incredibly accurate results with minimal nodes
PRECISE VECTOR TOOLS
• Rock solid vector tools that work just the way you want them to
• The best pen tool, node tool, curve editing and smart shape tools available
• Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves
• Pencil and brush stabilization for drawing super-smooth curves freehand
• Non-destructive Boolean operations
• Live effects, blend modes and image adjustments
• Incredibly smooth gradient and transparency controls
RASTER OR VECTOR, YOU DECIDE
• Switch between vector and raster workspaces with a single tap
• Use the strengths of vector and raster behaviors for the best of both worlds
• High quality raster tools for texturing, masking, and finishing artwork
• True creative freedom not found in other apps
SOPHISTICATED TYPOGRAPHY
• Flexible text handling including comprehensive support for OpenType
• Artistic text and text frames
• Full control over character and paragraph styles
• Flow text along any drawn path
BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW
• Unlimited artboards
• Savable history with alternate futures
• Customizable shortcuts with attached keyboard or new quick menu
• PSD, AI, PDF, EPS, SVG, JPG, JPEG XL, TIFF, EXR, DXF and DWG file support
• Linked symbols and constraints
• Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again
• Quickly access royalty free images through the Stock panel
• Select Same and Select Object functions
PERFECT COLOR & OUTPUT
• Professional CMYK, LAB, RGB, PANTONE© and Greyscale color models
• Full 16-bit per channel editing
• End-to-end ICC color management
• Slice export for exporting multiple elements in a single tap
• Live pixel preview to see exactly how your design will export
• Live pixel preview to see exactly how your design will export
Available to purchase in-app for a one-off cost – no subscription
Affinity Designer 2 for iPad takes the power and precision of the Apple Design Award-winning desktop app and converts it into an incredible touch-focused creative experience. Packed with tons of new features and hundreds of enhancements to optimize your workflow, it has everything you need to seamlessly create stunning illustrations, branding, icons, UI/UX designs, print projects, typography, concept art, digital illustrations and much more – all completely free from the confines of your desk.
OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD
• Redeveloped UI, tool, and button icons for a more familiar, touch-focused experience
• Fully integrated and optimized iPad gesture controls to speed up your workflow
• iOS16 ready, including optimization for virtual memory swap, dramatically increasing performance on large documents.
• Sensitive to pressure, tilt and angle, the app harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil
• Command controller hosting on-screen modifiers
• Quick Menu for context-sensitive access to commands
POWERFUL NEW TOOLS & FUNCTIONALITY
• Vector Warp
• Shape Builder Tool
• Knife Tool
• DXF/DWF import
• Measure & Area tools
• Drawing scale – including ability for different scales set per artboard
• X-ray view mode
• Multiple shadow, outline and overlay layer effects per object
REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE
• Pan and zoom at 120fps
• Live gradients, transforms, effects, and adjustments
• Optimized for documents of any complexity, zoom to over 1,000,000% for absolute precision
• Live pixel, retina, wireframe, and x-ray views of vector artwork in and out of split screen mode
• Seamless switching between tools and editing modes for frustration-free design
• Incredibly accurate results with minimal nodes
PRECISE VECTOR TOOLS
• Rock solid vector tools that work just the way you want them to
• The best pen tool, node tool, curve editing and smart shape tools available
• Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves
• Pencil and brush stabilization for drawing super-smooth curves freehand
• Non-destructive Boolean operations
• Live effects, blend modes and image adjustments
• Incredibly smooth gradient and transparency controls
RASTER OR VECTOR, YOU DECIDE
• Switch between vector and raster workspaces with a single tap
• Use the strengths of vector and raster behaviors for the best of both worlds
• High quality raster tools for texturing, masking, and finishing artwork
• True creative freedom not found in other apps
SOPHISTICATED TYPOGRAPHY
• Flexible text handling including comprehensive support for OpenType
• Artistic text and text frames
• Full control over character and paragraph styles
• Flow text along any drawn path
BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW
• Unlimited artboards
• Savable history with alternate futures
• Customizable shortcuts with attached keyboard or new quick menu
• PSD, AI, PDF, EPS, SVG, JPG, JPEG XL, TIFF, EXR, DXF and DWG file support
• Linked symbols and constraints
• Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again
• Quickly access royalty free images through the Stock panel
• Select Same and Select Object functions
PERFECT COLOR & OUTPUT
• Professional CMYK, LAB, RGB, PANTONE© and Greyscale color models
• Full 16-bit per channel editing
• End-to-end ICC color management
• Slice export for exporting multiple elements in a single tap
• Live pixel preview to see exactly how your design will export
• Live pixel preview to see exactly how your design will export
Version history
2.1.1
2023-06-20
[Fixed] - PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF.
[Fixed] - Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts.
[Fixed] - Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build.
[Fixed] - Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.
Help updates.
[Fixed] - Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts.
[Fixed] - Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build.
[Fixed] - Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.
Help updates.
2.1
2023-05-18
• Vector Flood Fill Tool – automatically flood fill areas created by overlapping/ intersecting shapes and open curves
• Vector warp nodes now obey snapping
• Brush Panel improvements
- Option to show brush names in panel
- Option-drag now duplicates a brush
- Panel always highlights current raster brush; if you have changed brush, highlight switches from blue to red
- Option to auto-scroll panel to the category and brush currently associated with the selected tool
• Turn ‘auto-select’ on or off in Move Tool
• Double click artboard label to rename (Apple pencil required)
• Show or hide special characters
• Raster perspective and mesh warp live filters added to Pixel Persona
• Balance dashed lines for better results in corners
• New ‘Clear Arrowhead’ button added to Stroke Panel
• Assign shortcuts to blend modes
• Guides improvements
- Delta (difference from current position) is now shown in readout when you drag to move guides
- Holding Shift when dragging now snaps to ruler units
- Shift-Option when dragging now snaps the delta based on ruler units
- Option-drag to create a copy of a guide
- Dragging a new guide from rulers automatically turns guide visibility on
- Option-click guide to delete
- Double-click guide to open guide settings
• New search bar added to ‘My Add-ons’ in your account
• Square brackets now change stroke width in Shape and Node tools
• Control three dashes and gaps (rather than two) to allow for more complex dashed strokes (i.e., two dot chain)
• ‘Rename layer’ available as shortcut (Cmd+Shift+R)
• Drag to duplicate in Layers Panel by holding Option
• Click to expand/collapse all in the Layers Panel by using Option
• New left-swipe options on Layers Panel
- Change compound type
- Lock/Unlock
- Added ‘rename…’ option
• Blend mode and opacity now available at top of Layers Panel to avoid needing to dig into More menu
• Redesigned Edit menu now includes icons for insertion targets and isometric options
• ‘Add from Photos’ now uses iPadOS photo app browser
• ‘Show in Files’ available from Live Document burger menu – this will take you to the location of the file in question
• Style Picker Tool (nested within the Color Picker) – quickly copy style attributes from one object to another
• Various new keyboard shortcut options added, including zoom options (e.g., Cmd+0 for zoom to fit), show guides and grids, select next, previous, top and bottom (you can edit shortcuts from within Settings)
• Pencil double-tap can now be configured to open quick menu in Settings
• Long press a geometry operation (add, subtract, divide, etc.) to create a live compound
• Advanced PDF import options (e.g., to control text grouping, DPI, etc.)
• Modifiers now available for Select Object:
- Shift: add to current selection
- Option: subtract from current selection
- Shift+Option: select objects from within current selection
• Main view rulers now available (from view menu – rulers)
• Choose to hide layer type icon from Layer burger menu
• Reset view rotation in navigator with double-tap
• Tapping warp group thumbnail now selects Node Tool
• Vector warp nodes now obey snapping
• Brush Panel improvements
- Option to show brush names in panel
- Option-drag now duplicates a brush
- Panel always highlights current raster brush; if you have changed brush, highlight switches from blue to red
- Option to auto-scroll panel to the category and brush currently associated with the selected tool
• Turn ‘auto-select’ on or off in Move Tool
• Double click artboard label to rename (Apple pencil required)
• Show or hide special characters
• Raster perspective and mesh warp live filters added to Pixel Persona
• Balance dashed lines for better results in corners
• New ‘Clear Arrowhead’ button added to Stroke Panel
• Assign shortcuts to blend modes
• Guides improvements
- Delta (difference from current position) is now shown in readout when you drag to move guides
- Holding Shift when dragging now snaps to ruler units
- Shift-Option when dragging now snaps the delta based on ruler units
- Option-drag to create a copy of a guide
- Dragging a new guide from rulers automatically turns guide visibility on
- Option-click guide to delete
- Double-click guide to open guide settings
• New search bar added to ‘My Add-ons’ in your account
• Square brackets now change stroke width in Shape and Node tools
• Control three dashes and gaps (rather than two) to allow for more complex dashed strokes (i.e., two dot chain)
• ‘Rename layer’ available as shortcut (Cmd+Shift+R)
• Drag to duplicate in Layers Panel by holding Option
• Click to expand/collapse all in the Layers Panel by using Option
• New left-swipe options on Layers Panel
- Change compound type
- Lock/Unlock
- Added ‘rename…’ option
• Blend mode and opacity now available at top of Layers Panel to avoid needing to dig into More menu
• Redesigned Edit menu now includes icons for insertion targets and isometric options
• ‘Add from Photos’ now uses iPadOS photo app browser
• ‘Show in Files’ available from Live Document burger menu – this will take you to the location of the file in question
• Style Picker Tool (nested within the Color Picker) – quickly copy style attributes from one object to another
• Various new keyboard shortcut options added, including zoom options (e.g., Cmd+0 for zoom to fit), show guides and grids, select next, previous, top and bottom (you can edit shortcuts from within Settings)
• Pencil double-tap can now be configured to open quick menu in Settings
• Long press a geometry operation (add, subtract, divide, etc.) to create a live compound
• Advanced PDF import options (e.g., to control text grouping, DPI, etc.)
• Modifiers now available for Select Object:
- Shift: add to current selection
- Option: subtract from current selection
- Shift+Option: select objects from within current selection
• Main view rulers now available (from view menu – rulers)
• Choose to hide layer type icon from Layer burger menu
• Reset view rotation in navigator with double-tap
• Tapping warp group thumbnail now selects Node Tool
2.0.4
2023-01-27
- Fix guides panel showing wrong position for guides on artboards
- Fixed Register your licence prompt appearing on every run up
- Fixed sliders allowing values over 100% when it doesn’t make sense (e.g. opacity)
- Can reset stroke pressure easily again (using long press or tap).
- Fixed non-ASCII characters not being accepted in license usernames
- Fix New Document sometimes showing Letter* instead of A4
- Some image resources are being replaced by others from the same document when copy/paste was used to insert them.
- Assorted stability fixes
- Help and Localisation updates.
- Assorted other Licensing and Registration improvements
- Fixed Register your licence prompt appearing on every run up
- Fixed sliders allowing values over 100% when it doesn’t make sense (e.g. opacity)
- Can reset stroke pressure easily again (using long press or tap).
- Fixed non-ASCII characters not being accepted in license usernames
- Fix New Document sometimes showing Letter* instead of A4
- Some image resources are being replaced by others from the same document when copy/paste was used to insert them.
- Assorted stability fixes
- Help and Localisation updates.
- Assorted other Licensing and Registration improvements
2.0.3
2022-12-19
- Trash can added bottom left for quick delete (command controller toggle now moved to burger menu)
- Shape Builder Tool now has an additional option to delete open curves that were inside a newly created area - more to come...
- Warp Group editing now supports the Shift modifier to lock node edits to an 8-axis grid. Also can be used with off-curve nodes to maintain their angle while dragging them
- Clearer drop zone indication for dropping layers inside
- New document and open buttons on Home Screen now expand additional options by default (without needing to swipe down) to make them more easily discoverable
- New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align)
- Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances
- Update for HEIF importer
- Export Panel UI fixes
- Pen tool tweaks and fixes
- Split and Reverse missing from Node Tool
- Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient
- Tweaks to fix some spurious behaviour on interaction with Apple Autocorrect
- Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text
- OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks
- Resource Manager updates
- Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files
- Fixed crash on Replace Image
- Fixes for Drag Drop of Stock images
- Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly
- Command Controller positioning improvements
- Fixes for Display Scale Zoomed
- Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes
- Status bar layout / clipping fixes
- Document grid fixes
- Context menu fixes
- Fixed assigning shortcuts from a keyboard cover
- Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names
- Unable to open Guide or Grid settings after dismissing by tapping the canvas
- Localisation updates
- Shape Builder Tool now has an additional option to delete open curves that were inside a newly created area - more to come...
- Warp Group editing now supports the Shift modifier to lock node edits to an 8-axis grid. Also can be used with off-curve nodes to maintain their angle while dragging them
- Clearer drop zone indication for dropping layers inside
- New document and open buttons on Home Screen now expand additional options by default (without needing to swipe down) to make them more easily discoverable
- New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align)
- Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances
- Update for HEIF importer
- Export Panel UI fixes
- Pen tool tweaks and fixes
- Split and Reverse missing from Node Tool
- Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient
- Tweaks to fix some spurious behaviour on interaction with Apple Autocorrect
- Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text
- OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks
- Resource Manager updates
- Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files
- Fixed crash on Replace Image
- Fixes for Drag Drop of Stock images
- Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly
- Command Controller positioning improvements
- Fixes for Display Scale Zoomed
- Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes
- Status bar layout / clipping fixes
- Document grid fixes
- Context menu fixes
- Fixed assigning shortcuts from a keyboard cover
- Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names
- Unable to open Guide or Grid settings after dismissing by tapping the canvas
- Localisation updates
2.0.2
2022-11-18
• Refined and redesigned UI
• Knife Tool – slice any shape, curve, or text into component parts faster than ever
• Shape Builder Tool – add and subtract shapes and segments in a much easier, more interactive way
• Vector Warp – apply a non-destructive vector warp over any vector artwork or text
• Measure & Area tools – measure line lengths, segments, distances, and areas of any objects to scale
• DXF / DWG import – import and edit AutoCAD and DXF files quickly and accurately, maintaining the layer structure and scale of the original file
• X-Ray view – a new view mode to show the makeup of your work, particularly useful for targeted selection of a specific curve/object within complex artwork
• Content link – all major content types, including assets, brushes, swatches, and styles can now be linked across all the apps you own on one device
• Multiple layer effects – add multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per layer
• Pencil Tool improvements – new straight-line mode and auto-close options available
• Nominate key object – gain control over exactly what you want to align to, subtract from and other functions
• Force scale everything – override any individual scale settings to force all strokes, effects and fills to scale with whatever your currently selected object is set to
• Quick Menu – gain instant access to clipboard options and nine customizable shortcut operations with a simple three-finger swipe
• Command Controller – this new radial menu gives quick access to common modifiers in all tools
• Compact mode – new mode available for the Layers Panel allows you to keep the panel open while maximizing document real estate
• All-new context bar for all tools, making many more options easily accessible
• New sliders for attributes like brush width and opacity, stroke width, filter effect settings and more
• Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping and preview mode options now available in the top toolbar
• Knife Tool – slice any shape, curve, or text into component parts faster than ever
• Shape Builder Tool – add and subtract shapes and segments in a much easier, more interactive way
• Vector Warp – apply a non-destructive vector warp over any vector artwork or text
• Measure & Area tools – measure line lengths, segments, distances, and areas of any objects to scale
• DXF / DWG import – import and edit AutoCAD and DXF files quickly and accurately, maintaining the layer structure and scale of the original file
• X-Ray view – a new view mode to show the makeup of your work, particularly useful for targeted selection of a specific curve/object within complex artwork
• Content link – all major content types, including assets, brushes, swatches, and styles can now be linked across all the apps you own on one device
• Multiple layer effects – add multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per layer
• Pencil Tool improvements – new straight-line mode and auto-close options available
• Nominate key object – gain control over exactly what you want to align to, subtract from and other functions
• Force scale everything – override any individual scale settings to force all strokes, effects and fills to scale with whatever your currently selected object is set to
• Quick Menu – gain instant access to clipboard options and nine customizable shortcut operations with a simple three-finger swipe
• Command Controller – this new radial menu gives quick access to common modifiers in all tools
• Compact mode – new mode available for the Layers Panel allows you to keep the panel open while maximizing document real estate
• All-new context bar for all tools, making many more options easily accessible
• New sliders for attributes like brush width and opacity, stroke width, filter effect settings and more
• Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping and preview mode options now available in the top toolbar
2.0.1
2022-11-09
• Refined and redesigned UI
• Knife Tool – slice any shape, curve, or text into component parts faster than ever
• Shape Builder Tool – add and subtract shapes and segments in a much easier, more interactive way
• Vector Warp – apply a non-destructive vector warp over any vector artwork or text
• Measure & Area tools – measure line lengths, segments, distances, and areas of any objects to scale
• DXF / DWG import – import and edit AutoCAD and DXF files quickly and accurately, maintaining the layer structure and scale of the original file
• X-Ray view – a new view mode to show the makeup of your work, particularly useful for targeted selection of a specific curve/object within complex artwork
• Content link – all major content types, including assets, brushes, swatches, and styles can now be linked across all the apps you own on one device
• Multiple layer effects – add multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per layer
• Pencil Tool improvements – new straight-line mode and auto-close options available
• Nominate key object – gain control over exactly what you want to align to, subtract from and other functions
• Force scale everything – override any individual scale settings to force all strokes, effects and fills to scale with whatever your currently selected object is set to
• Quick Menu – gain instant access to clipboard options and nine customizable shortcut operations with a simple three-finger swipe
• Command Controller – this new radial menu gives quick access to common modifiers in all tools
• Compact mode – new mode available for the Layers Panel allows you to keep the panel open while maximizing document real estate
• All-new context bar for all tools, making many more options easily accessible
• New sliders for attributes like brush width and opacity, stroke width, filter effect settings and more
• Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping and preview mode options now available in the top toolbar
• Knife Tool – slice any shape, curve, or text into component parts faster than ever
• Shape Builder Tool – add and subtract shapes and segments in a much easier, more interactive way
• Vector Warp – apply a non-destructive vector warp over any vector artwork or text
• Measure & Area tools – measure line lengths, segments, distances, and areas of any objects to scale
• DXF / DWG import – import and edit AutoCAD and DXF files quickly and accurately, maintaining the layer structure and scale of the original file
• X-Ray view – a new view mode to show the makeup of your work, particularly useful for targeted selection of a specific curve/object within complex artwork
• Content link – all major content types, including assets, brushes, swatches, and styles can now be linked across all the apps you own on one device
• Multiple layer effects – add multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per layer
• Pencil Tool improvements – new straight-line mode and auto-close options available
• Nominate key object – gain control over exactly what you want to align to, subtract from and other functions
• Force scale everything – override any individual scale settings to force all strokes, effects and fills to scale with whatever your currently selected object is set to
• Quick Menu – gain instant access to clipboard options and nine customizable shortcut operations with a simple three-finger swipe
• Command Controller – this new radial menu gives quick access to common modifiers in all tools
• Compact mode – new mode available for the Layers Panel allows you to keep the panel open while maximizing document real estate
• All-new context bar for all tools, making many more options easily accessible
• New sliders for attributes like brush width and opacity, stroke width, filter effect settings and more
• Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping and preview mode options now available in the top toolbar
2.0.0
2022-11-01
Cheat Codes for In-App Purchases
| Item | Price | iPhone/iPad | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free 30-Day Trial (30-day trial of Affinity Designer 2 for iPad) |
Free |
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| Affinity Designer 2 for iPad (Affinity Designer 2 for iPad) |
Free |
DE893723142✱✱✱✱✱ | 2FB8FA7✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Affinity V2 Universal License (All apps. All platforms. No subscription.) |
Free |
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Ratings
3.3 out of 5
88 Ratings
Reviews
Börose,
The UI is terrible…needs better support for digital artists
While I’m totally fine with buying the new app. I’m disappointed that the UI is worst than the last app version. I also wish they had a light mode toggle. It’s some how more cluttered, cumbersome, and not very touch friendly. I also really wish they would add some more support for the brushes engine and other raster tools. This could really be a “all-in-one” adobe (and even procreate/CSP) replacement if they just put some more feature support for digital artists and not just designers and photographers (affinity photo). Photoshop and illustrator are literally industry standard for digital artists and I’m surprised that there isn’t more focus on this since this suite is meant to replace them. Designers could utilize digital art focused improvements too. Imagine how much more powerful of a tool this would be if it just had basic features like liquify, better mesh transform, live smoothing/stabilization for brush strokes and selections. You could make full-on comics in this suite. While that is sorta possible now, it is still pretty clunky to make that transition worth it. I love using this app for design, and I love how natural the brushes feel, other than the lack of smoothing (the rope is terrible for digital painting or sketching).
Kvergottini,
Way better than the rating it is currently getting.
I am impressed! I was skeptical at first because of the 3.4 out of 5 stars rating. But I have to wonder if some of the older reviews from before the upgrade to 2.0, are in the mix here. Or perhaps the app was not as good as it is now, when it was release 6 months ago. I have been using Vectornator and Procreate together for several years now, both of which I love, but also had steep learning curves in the beginning, given that I am just a serious hobbiest and not a trained graphic designer. This app, seems to combine the best of both of those worlds into one app! If you are new to drawing and vector apps, then yes there will be a steep learning curve. But that is true of all these kinds of apps. This one is powerful and I played with it for several days on the free trial to see it’s potential. As soon as I realized it was far exceeding my expectations and the rating in the store, I purchased it. Also, I had a couple of questions and wrote to support. I received a timely and helpful response. To me, that shows engagement by the developer. There is nothing worse than spending money and later discovering the app was abandoned. This one is clearly being worked on and actively improved.
Olоlо,
Just a bit not easy to use..
First - no option: only draw with a Pencil. Second - in layers no icon to lock layer(have to open huge menu and lock there). Also, just dot is wrong icon, should be eye for show hide element, and lock icon for lock. Vectornator layers done much better, cleaner and easy to use from the first seconds. This is just first impression. Update after 30 min: app crashed, I imported some old .at file, import was ok, then I copied some paths into new document and tried to edit paths in it, when I removed 3 paths, on 4 it’s crashed…
$G562!,
Editors choice for what? (iPad version)
This app is constantly having problems. From crashing when trying to revamp typography, to glitching and not being able to use the glyphs for fonts correctly. Sometimes the new mesh feature doesn’t even work, or when trying to edit an image the app shuts off. Sometimes I have to use the previous version just to ensure that I’m not the problem. On top of all this, it somehow earned the editors choice, that baffles me. Besides that, the program has a cool aesthetic. It seems Serif focused more on the look of the app than the actual programming and functionality of the app. I’d hoped they would fix all the bugs by now, but no, nothing so far. So I had to uninstall and reinstall designer 2 so that it might work properly, my fingers are crossed, but I’m rather disappointed in the functionality of the app. If this is what is required to do business using affinity, I’d rather buy into Adobe to ensure my customers don’t get frustrated due to me making excuses like , “My app is crashing and I have to work around it” the time wasted is worth more than money too.
I would have gotten the suite for my MacBook, but read reviews saying it wasn’t good as v.1.
Hi Serif Affinity team, please stop what you’re doing and fix the v.2 apps so that we may love you again.
I would have gotten the suite for my MacBook, but read reviews saying it wasn’t good as v.1.
Hi Serif Affinity team, please stop what you’re doing and fix the v.2 apps so that we may love you again.
inane,
What happened to V1?
Purchased the “universal” license for all the Affinity apps a couple years ago on the understanding that all future versions would be included as a free upgrade only to find out that the new V2 apps require a new license. Unacceptable. Of course, I can’t go back and review that documentation so there is no recourse. V1 has also disappeared from the App Store so I can’t reload it if I have to wipe my iPad. So I downloaded V2 to check out the free trial, worked for a few hours on a document, came back to it today and it won’t open. I can see it on the documents screen but it won’t open. Tried to save, save as, everything I could think of to salvage it. Needless to say I won’t be buying the new license. The shame is, I actually really liked the new layout and tools. Affinity has turned this very satisfied advocate into a very dissatisfied one in a single move.
*Update: the developer responded only to say the V1 apps are still downloadable. They didn’t respond to the more important point of misleading their customers. I’m back to Adobe. Buh bye!
*Update: the developer responded only to say the V1 apps are still downloadable. They didn’t respond to the more important point of misleading their customers. I’m back to Adobe. Buh bye!
sweeetjd,
The best vector editor for iPad, but has a lot of bugs
This program, along with the other Serif Labs products, really makes the iPad a valuable tool for graphic design, and are far ahead of similar apps in terms of features and functionality. Unfortunately, all three programs are riddled with little bugs. They’re not enough to make the programs unusable, but they can become extremely annoying. For example, when trying to use fonts installed from a font manager or Creative Cloud, Designer can’t display the font until you’ve applied it to a text field, then quit the program and logged back in. Many English language font titles are shown in Chinese characters in the text options palette. If it weren’t for problems like these, these programs would be 5/5.
Clurichaun,
Where version 1? E
I deleted my purchased original version for photo and designer but I want them back because neither of the new apps ready for primetime which is sad and basically got ripped off thinking version 2 of each would be ummmmm, good. In the reviews you devs say we can download version one from App Store but it’s not there. Don’t like getting lied to. I bought version 1 and want them back. Now this app so bad and underwhelming you back to offering discounts again. If you still have version one peeps, DONT DOWNLOAD THIS NEW VERSION. even if don’t have version 1, you can do better. Only good thing about this app is pay outright. To bad didn’t use everyone’s investment to invest your time devs into making it a good app. And Apple! Guess in your best interest to showcase high cost Crap since you get percentage. Not cool.
Tros83334,
Love this app but missing my favorite feature
Would rate this app a 5 if they wouldn’t of taken away my favorite feature of live scrolling thru fonts and seeing what the word i was typing would look like by just arrowing down on each font. Now u have to actually select each one and then when u go back its back to letter A not even where u left off. Very time consuming when looking for fonts. Other than that everything has worked very good and like the upgrades. PLEASE add the easy scrolling of fonts back
ccdenjoxedx,
Better UI than V1!
I use Affinity Designer on my iPad all the time for my business and I was so glad to see tools I use often move to the top instead of behind a menu. Although, I see it’s also still available in the menu as well. I’ve just downloaded and played around with it, so I don’t know if there are bugs. I haven’t experienced any.
P.S. Super excited to see Publisher available for iPad so I can keep all my workflow on iPad!
P.S. Super excited to see Publisher available for iPad so I can keep all my workflow on iPad!
jml1243,
Crashing even with light editing
Love the products across the board and v2 while missing some functionality I enjoyed in v1 I understand business is a majority vs minority and not everyone can be satisfied. However v2 update a month ago has almost rendered v2 useless due to constant crashing of the app. It’s not one function that causes the issue and where it should have saved the last edit, when reopening the v2 app I’ve lost sometimes up to 20-30 edits. I can no longer trust my work and time will be worth the effort, please fix the crashing error quickly.
