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An improved polished interface with many new features.

The new document dialog box is much more versatile, especially thanks to its live preview, and the ‘Recent’ section (Image credit: Serif) Serif Affinity Designer 2: Interface & tools Just how good is Designer when it comes to image compositing? So, this software is affordable, but that’s only part of the story. If you’re curious about what’s on offer but don’t want to fork out any money just yet, Serif also offers a free 30-day trial for both Mac and Windows. If there’s a downside here, it’s that existing users aren’t offered a discounted upgrade path. It also includes the iPad versions of Serif's graphic design, photo editor, and DTP software.Īll of these can be yours for $170 (or $100 / £90, as long as the celebratory discount holds).

You can then use these across Mac and Windows devices. There’s also a new ‘Universal Licence’, bundling Designer with Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher.

When you consider that Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator each cost $21 / £20 per month with a Creative Cloud subscription, the savings become obvious extremely fast. You can download these for FREE from my Gumroad page.The price is extremely attractive: $70 / £60 - although to celebrate the new release, you can grab yourself a copy for only $41 / £36.Īnd no, this isn’t a subscription, but a one-off payment. In my videos, I am using grids I created for practice and learning purposes – as well as fun.

This means you can create a lot of different new curves from the same base. Affinity Designer allows you to create a grid/ a base set of shapes and use the tool on selected shapes in a non-destructive way. Serif did get a few things right in my opinion when it comes to the tool. It’s frequently used for logos, icons, and stylish illustrations. The feature has been around for Adobe Illustrator and will be in the next update of Inkscape as well. It allows you to easily and quickly combine areas into new curves.

One of the most anticipated ones is the Shape Builder Tool. The new version of Affinity Designer is not been a mindblowing step forward but Serif added some nice new features. I recorded two videos that might help you learn to use the new Shape Builder Tool. Learn to use the Shape Builder Tool in Affinity Designer v2 Affinity Designer Video Tutorial