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Sponsor: Affinity Designer: the perfect tool for UI and UX design(affinity.serif.com)

6 years ago from Max Lind, sometimes Maxwell

  • Mike A.Mike A., 6 years ago

    Anyone on the Mac prefer this over Sketch?

    4 points
    • Weston VierreggerWeston Vierregger, 6 years ago

      I do, personally.

      However, Sketch's big thing right now seems to be extensibility and has a great 3rd-part ecosystem related to that – AD does not have a plug-in system. So, if you're a Craft fan, I don't see AD luring you away.

      I moved from Adobe to Affinity and have loved it. Most of the keybindings are the same, a lot of similar tooling. Basically if you completely reconfigured PS from the ground up with a focus on UI design, and kept 80% of the features, while adding in the most relevant tools from AI, you'd have AD (that's over simplifying but basically it). I love it.

      I'd also recommend checking out the Bugs section on Affinity's forum to get a feel for the state of development. They move quick and have great support, but bugs do exist.

      8 points
      • Greg Warner, 6 years ago

        Agreed, all the above. For branding/UI work, I use both apps constantly, and I'll likely go Affinity-only if third-party tools and plugins build in support for it in the future.

        2 points
      • Nathan HueningNathan Huening, 6 years ago

        Basically if you completely reconfigured PS from the ground up with a focus on UI design, and kept 80% of the features, while adding in the most relevant tools from AI, you'd have AD (that's over simplifying but basically it).

        ^ Exactly this!

        2 points
    • Andy LeverenzAndy Leverenz, 6 years ago

      Hands down. It's fantastic software. Very fast. No bugs to speak of like Sketch. Coming from any Adobe software you should be able to get up and running extremely fast.

      2 points
    • Suleiman Leadbitter, 6 years ago

      I do, I use it exclusively now for my work. One of the main reasons is that some client agency work requires me to send over psd files which I save all my artboards as separate psd's this is something Sketch just can't do.

      1 point