Looking for opinions / feedback from creative professionals on Affinity vs Adobe. What's working for you and what isn't...
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- @Aleks James Thanks for your response mate, sorry about the delayed response. Yeah I've been thinking of switching due to the increasing frustration with the ammount of extra management, synching, installing etc that Adobe have piled on to the service - but I must say I am equally excited about what they keep bringing out. I've installed Affinity Draw and Design on my machines and am getting used to them. Thanks again for your response mate. Cheers
- @Simon T Hey Simon, thanks for taking the time to respond to my question. Apologies for the super delayed response. I've got both suites now and am finding they have their strengths. While I don't think I'll be giving up the Adobe suite anytime soon. I'm really enjoying using Affinity Draw on my iPad and am using other kinds of apps on the iPad. I wish I had my old Adobe installation files to re-install the older versions - aside from a few new features I think they ran much faster but it could just be my ageing machine. Thanks again for your insight mate. Really appreciate the time you took to respond. I came back to your response a few times I think. Cheers - Aid
- @Teodora Neagoe Sorry about the delayed response. Appreciate the time you took to respond to my question. I have Adobe and ended up trying out Affinity Draw and Design. Over the past few months I've started to get used to Affinity and there are definitely things I'm starting to like about it - performance wise it runs a lot faster on my current set up but does lack some of the features I frequently use on Photoshop. Finding Affinity Draw is my go to drawing app at the moment on my iPad though. Thanks again for your insight.
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- I've been working in Adobe for 5 years and I swithched to Affinity a few months ago. One of the great things is, of course, that it is much cheaper but also what got my attention is the speed and crash rate. On my computer both Adobe and Affinity work just fine but on my laptop Adobe used to crash every other hour when working on a big file. Affinity works just fine.In terms of features, I believe Adobe still has the widest range to choose from while Affinity is still not there yet (for example, I really miss Image Trace from Adobe.) but they are working on it with every update.If you have the money and the hardware, I would still go with Adobe but otherwise, Affinity is a very good replacement (and will probably be at the same level if not better a few years from now).
- In terms of Adobe, it's well established over many years and has become the go to set of products, but the more they go on I think there's a question over how many of the features and tweaks they do are actually of that great an interest to most designers – I know developers have their own views on bloated code etc – and it has been noticeable that there seem to be more issues coming up now across the "big three" of InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator than there ever were back in the day of purcashing an upgrade every two years and interim upgrades in between. The Creative Cloud app which ties everytning together tends to be a pain in the a*se to deal with, needs relauching or re-installing far too often, in balance you could say some of the updates like the Content Aware fill in Photoshop are fantastic additions. Could you get by though on using CC software from a few years back, well yes you probably could, if a solo or small group that does'nt depend on outside files or templates.As for Affinity, for the price it is a great suite of software, it has some nice touches especially in Photo and Designer that make it very useful to have, the different UI takes a bit of getting used to, but much of it is similar to the Adobe counterparts so getting started with them, if you're experienced in Adobe doesn't take too long or much of a learning curve. Obvously there are still features in Photo that are lacking, though they have now got Liquify there isn't a content aware tool, but there is a great option in the programems to switch from one to othe other without actually opening the other programme(s), as well as nice built in RAW developing software to note one feature, so for the price they are worth getting. One major issue with Publisher, their version of InDesign, is the inabilitiy to export single page PDFs, which when yiu're doing anything that relies on facing spreads especially with elements that cross the spine of the pages, is jsut utterly bemusing and I can't fathom why they didfn't sort this out beofre releasing it as it would be a big issue for anyone working in spreads, though ther'es a work around it's a complete pain in the backside to do and really does beggar belief they didn't fix it. It isn't going to beat Adobe anytime soon but it's certainly a worth suite of software and hopefully will gain more ground over the next few years
- Truth be told I prefer what I know of affinity. But I’m well versed in Adobe. Having used Adobe for near 20 years though. Some of its faults and glitches that linger are inexcusable at this late stage.I’d potentially switch, but I struggle with the inevitable (albeit short term) loss in productivity.
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