Nice writeup, Jules! I was going to try to eventually get around to learning how to do this with Adobe Illustrator. But I keep hearing good things about Affinity Designer, so I may have to check it out! Looks like it’s only $35 in the Mac store.
I’ve been using Affinity since pretty much day one. I tried others…Inkscape, plus a couple more. Just didn’t seem that user friendly, so bought Affinity. I paid $50 for it, which was still a bargain…plus, there are no subscription fees. I recommend it highly.
I use the geometry/Boolean stuff from up above in the contextual menu (is that the right term?)…that menu bar across the top…rather than the drop downs.
great info, thanks - gives me a push to really learn AD. I use an old version of Illustrator (CS6 - pre cc) and I’m pretty sure one of these Mac OS updates is going to kill it forever, so this is much appreciated.
Nice! I am on CS6 and plan on staying. I just can’t justify spending $250 a year right now for it. I suppose if I start making a steady income off the GF each month I might decide to upgrade to the cloud.
Haven’t seen a darn thing in the CC that I can’t do in CS5, so you can bet i won’t be subscribing. (Mine’s not quite as fancy, but who the heck cares?)
I’ll probably do the same. As long as I can do what I need to, no point in upgrading. I’ve noticed that lately, I get alerts saying “would you like to downgrade this design” because I am buying designs that are done in a newer version.