Astropad and Affinity Designer Affinity Designer is a versatile, all-in-one program that has tools to work with and create both vector and raster images. Starting on a sharp poster design, or making quick photo edits are all possible without opening another program. After teasing the iOS community for almost a year, Serif has released the iPad version of its often-praised professional level vector graphic software Affinity Designer. Tools September 12. A free update for existing users! Our top Astro dogs have been hard at work on Astropad 2.0, and we’re so excited to share a full lineup of ultra-responsive features. Here are the highlights: High-performance LIQUID engine upgrade: Runs three times faster with massively reduced pixelation Uses 3x less CPU and 4x less memory: Allows longer work sessions and.
Astropad 2.0 comes equipped with a number of updated and new features. If you own an iPad Pro, the benefits of Astropad are multiplied by the device's larger screen area and its support for Apple's pressure-sensitive Pencil stylus. Now it really starts to feel like you have a Cintiq. Affinity designer with Astropad Studio designed by Mariosupa. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.
Adonit Pixel & Affinity Designer & Astropad
After much indecision, I have plumped for the Adonit Pixel and AstroPad and I am using my new fav Affinity Designer. It's great to be released from Adobes shackles.
I tried many iPad sketch programs, they have some lovely brushes and textures out of the blocks. But using AstroPad is incredibly quick it really is second none as far as palm recognition. It can be a little awkward to use. Trying to organise your desktop around the tiny screen etc. but I am not splashing out on an iPad Pro just yet. Here are some fun little sketches I did on my first day with the new tech.
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Affinity Designer is a versatile, all-in-one program that has tools to work with and create both vector and raster images. Starting on a sharp poster design, or making quick photo edits are all possible without opening another program. In this quick, step-by-step guide, we’ll help you organize an efficient workspace for using Affinity Designer with Astropad Studio.
Rearranging workspace and tool panels
For Affinity Designer, by default the tool panel is set to appear on the left side and other panels (e.g., Color, Layers, and Brushes) appear on the right side. These panels can be grouped together, or viewed and moved individually anywhere on screen.
Your tools can easily be organized all to one side, or scattered around your canvas area.
If you want more control over your workspace in Affinity Designer, go to Window and select Separated Mode. This enables all of your panels to be free-floating, including the menus at the top and tools panel, increasing your canvas space versatility and accessibility.
Any type of panel arrangement works with Astropad Studio, since the sidebar can be placed to the left or right side of the iPad screen, or hidden by tapping the Astro-red ring button.
Shortcuts in Affinity Designer
Astropad Studio’s shortcuts are preset to default, so you will need to change them to accommodate Affinity Designer. In Astropad Studio’s Workspace sidebar, towards the bottom, tap Edit Shortcuts. You can fully edit and rename shortcuts for the sidebar. When you’re done, tap Workspace to see all your newly added shortcut commands.
Also note, in Affinity Designer different Personas (Draw Persona, Pixel Persona, Export Persona) may have shortcuts that don’t work in another Persona.
Recommended shortcuts for Astropad’s sidebar:
- B : Brush Tool
- P : Pen Tool
- M : Ellipse Tool
- A : Node Tool
- V : Move Tool
- Option Command N : New Layer
- Command ] : Layer Up
- Command [ : Layer Down
Suggested Magic Gestures:
- Hover
- Eraser
- Shift
- Undo
- Redo
Touch panning and zooming gesture
Astropad’s touch gestures, panning and zoom, are supported in Affinity Designer. Using two fingers, pinch to zoom, and place together to pan on your iPad. This way, you won’t need to keep the scrollbars in view when you set up your ideal workspace.
How to set pen pressure
To utilize pen pressure in Affinity Designer, some settings will need to be adjusted. Select the More button, right next to Opacity, to open individual brush settings.
Enable the Pressure option, and also change the size variance to give a range for the change in pressure. Also in the top menu, there is a Controller option; set this to Pressure.
Using Astropad Standard
If you’re using Astropad Standard with Affinity Designer, here’s a few things to note with shortcuts :
- Undo (Command Z) and Redo (Shift Command Z) will need to be changed in the Shortcuts sidebar.
- Also, the shortcut for Eraser (E) is only usable in the Pixel Persona.
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