John Manoogian III

Has anyone used the #Affinity apps for production work / pro-type projects?

I’m an #Adobe #Photoshop user since version 2.5* so I have muscle memory on the keyboard shortcuts and whatnot, but I’m curious to F with Affinity and wondering if I should do the bundle.

* #oldaf
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Jun 8, 2024 at 9:48pmWeb
Show threadJ. BlakeJun 8, 2024
@jm3 I’ve been using it for years. Definitely check out the trial to find out if there are any missing features that might be a deal-breaker.
Show threadJ. BlakeJun 8, 2024

@jm3 Some things to get started:

- even in Designer, Layers work like they do in Photoshop. I never could figure out Illustrator layers.
- everything is a ‘Smart Object’ until you rasterize it.
- masking is just a matter of nesting the layer in the Layers panel.
- you can open a document created with any of the three apps in any of the other apps. Suddenly need pagination? Switch to Publisher.

Show threadJohn Manoogian IIIJun 8, 2024
@jblake how the speed on Apple Silicon? Is it pretty responsive?
Show threadJ. BlakeJun 9, 2024
@jm3 Coming from Adobe? Affinity screams. They were ready for Apple silicon on day one. It’s native Mac software. Honestly while I was annoyed by Adobe going subscription, what sent me looking for alternatives was how slow and bloated their software became.
Show threadJohn Manoogian IIIJun 9, 2024
@jblake that tracks!
Show threadJ. BlakeJun 9, 2024
@jm3 I know technically Adobe software is native, but all the custom scrollbars and UI that was added seems to have had an impact on the performance. And the mandatory Cloud app was always using an obnoxious amount of memory for me.
Show threadJohn Manoogian IIIJun 9, 2024
@jblake yeah i think they make users pay a huge UI tax by using whatever cross-platform framework they've invented to ship the same UI on Mac + Windows (where most of their users likely are)
Show threadTormod HalvorsenJun 9, 2024

@jm3 @jblake

Designer, with the most recent releases, is getting a bit slow on my 2018 iPad Pro (A12X processor), but it's probably more of RAM limitation thing. On any M-series Mac, it's fast.

Wonderful to work with as opposed to Illustrator IMO, but I hear you on Photoshop muscle memory. (A bit behind you, but my first version was 5.0 👴🏻).

Show threadJohn Manoogian IIIJun 9, 2024
@jblake dang, wikipedia just taught me that Affinity Photo can open PSDs. Didn’t expect that