Affinity Designer
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Affinity Designer is the fastest, smoothest, most precise vector graphic design software available. Built from the ground up over a five-year period, every feature, tool, panel and function has been developed with the needs of creative professionals at its core. With continuous innovation and development, the result is a ground-breaking application that will revolutionise how you work.
Real-time performance
- Pan and zoom at 120fps
- Live gradients, transforms, effects and adjustments
- Optimised for documents of any complexity, zoom to over 1,000,000% for absolute precision
- Live pixel, retina and wireframe view 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 stabilisation 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 click
- Use the strengths of vector and raster behaviours for the best of both worlds
- High quality raster tools for texturing, masking and finishing artwork – you can even create your own brushes
- 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
- Saveable history with alternate futures
- Customisable keyboard shortcuts
- PSD, AI, PDF, EPS, SVG, JPG, TIFF and EXR file support
- Advanced grids, snapping and alignment
- Linked symbols and constraints
- Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again
- Customise saveable presets, including studio presets for the UI layout
- Quickly access royalty free images through the Stock panel
- Select Same and Select Object functions allow you to efficiently match attributes or select all objects of a certain type for easy editing
- Linked images and resource manager
- PDF passthrough
- Package your document alongside all used image and font resources into a single folder
Perfect colour and output
- Professional CMYK, LAB, RGB, PANTONE© and Greyscale colour models
- Full 16-bit per channel editing
- End-to-end ICC colour management
- Slice export for exporting multiple elements in a single click
- Live pixel preview to see exactly how your design will export
Built for Mac
- Fully compatible with macOS Big Sur
- Optimised for Apple’s M1 chips as well as 64-bit and multi-core processors
- Takes full advantage of the latest macOS technologies including Metal compute, OpenGL, Grand Central Dispatch and Core Graphics
- Full support for MacBook Pro's Touch Bar and Force Touch trackpad
- Supports regular, retina and multi-monitor set ups
- External eGPU support for Intel Macs (M1 Macs get code specifically written to leverage the power of Apple’s SoC solution)
- Modern, unified toolbar for more usable document space
