Affinity Designer 2 for iPad

Affinity Designer 2 for iPad

By Serif Labs

  • Category: Graphics & Design
  • Release Date: 2022-11-09
  • Current Version: 2.4.2
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 1.58 GB
  • Developer: Serif Labs
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Score: 4.39238
4.39238
From 604 Ratings

Description

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, the graphic design app has everything you need to seamlessly create stunning illustrations, branding, logos, icons, UI/UX designs, print projects, typography, posters, labels, flyers, stickers, concept art, digital art, and much more – all completely free from the confines of your desk. OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD • 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 • Use as your very own digital sketchbook, canvas, logo maker, sticker maker, flyer maker, and more POWERFUL 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, hide effects, and greyscale view modes • Multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per object • Powerful grids and guides • Transform Tool • Vector Flood Fill • Spiral Tool 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 • Live Pattern Preview • 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 fully-featured vector and raster workspaces with a single tap – paint, draw, or sketch in raster and then create cool, custom vector art • High quality raster tools for painting, texturing, masking, finishing artwork, or even creating tattoo designs • Use raster brushes, edit single pixels on icons, mask and add grain to your crisp vectors, enclose and clip pixel layers – it’s true creative freedom not found in other software or drawing 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 and type along any drawn path • Extensive library of free fonts BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW • Unlimited artboards • Savable history with alternate futures • Customizable shortcuts with attached keyboard or new quick menu • Adobe Illustrator ® (Ai files), PSD, 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 or import files from Affinity Photo or other photo editor • 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

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Reviews

  • Best design app for iPad, but useless for exports

    2
    By erc eld
    I switched from Adobe to Affinity years ago and haven’t really looked back. That said, the iPad version of Affinity Designer’s export persona is worse than useless. You can choose any file type you want, but no matter what you pick, you’re going to get a 1x png. You could hand-export every asset you want from the file → export menu, but anyone who has had to prep out multiple colors and file types of a single logo knows how hellish and what a waste of time that would be. Exporting needs to be perfect, and the fact that it isn’t kind of undermines the rest of the app and makes me feel frustrated and like I need to go back to burning my money on an Adobe subscription just for competent file exports. This needs to be fixed asap.
  • External Monitor

    4
    By Lama$
    This app is great. I love how it is a one time purchase rather than a subscription, while still having great and detailed features. The only wish I have for it is that it could have the main UI in 16x9 on an external monitor. Great app!!
  • The app is absolutely…

    3
    By randyshanetharp
    Horrible on the iPad. The art board is all over the place and you can’t move it back into frame. Literally not usable.
  • Affinity Serif is Awesome!

    5
    By AdrianAguirreDesigns
    This is the answer to Adobe CC. Love the fact that they are non subscription. Hopefully that wont change with Canva obtaining them. I know they have long to go but your imagination and creativity make up for the missing features (and I’m sure they will be coming) Affinity Publisher/Designer/Photo are good apps on your desktop and iPads and now that they will be part of Canva, sky’s the limit!
  • GOOG PRODUCT

    5
    By ScottyH73
    I’ve used adobe for years and and years and years, which is a good product also, but AFFINITY is just a way better value. It’s paid for.
  • THANK YOU SERIF!

    5
    By tmjrdtr
    Thank you to Serif for creating such an AMAZING software! Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer are the BEST graphic design and illustration softwares on desktop and iPad Pro! Thank you!
  • I’ll stick to the original

    3
    By timeconstraint
    Until they put a “deselect” option on the Quick Menu. I’m left-handed, and where they have it now, it adds to my work hours.
  • Complaint

    3
    By fadel mushtaq
    Arabic is still not supported, do you intend to stay like this? I like this application very much, but it does not support Arabic.
  • Affinity does it again.

    5
    By ProjectBootleg
    I’ve been using Affinity’s suite of tools on the iPad and macOS since they were in beta and they’ve not let me down yet. Designer 2 is a fast, robust tool that is a no-brainer for any creative looking to do serious work on an iPad. Highly recommended.
  • Excellent alternative

    5
    By anibalbonilla
    Very good program for main alternative to illustrator and is not expensive.

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