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Illustration & graphic design software at its best

Affinity Designer is an award-winning vector graphics software setting the new industry standard in the world of design. Available for Windows, macOS and iPad, the super-smooth, feature-packed app is the choice of thousands of professional illustrators, web designers, game developers and other creatives looking to create high-quality concept art, print projects, logos, icons, UI designs, mock-ups and more.

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Affinity Designer used to create image of seltzer can exploding out of a desktop screen along with colorful liquid shapes

No subscription after trial

For a one-off payment, you can purchase Affinity Designer for macOS, Windows or iPad, or get the entire suite on all platforms with the Universal License.

No monthly costs whatever you decide.

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Key features

Live, responsive and fast, even on the most complex docs.

Handle thousands of objects with no lag, organize with layer groups and color tagging, make precise selections with live outline view, and zoom one million(!) percent and beyond.

Fully featured vector and raster workspaces.

Add raster brush texture to your illustrations, edit single pixels on icons, mask and add grain to your crisp vectors, enclose and clip pixel layers… it’s true creative freedom at your fingertips.

Hundreds of timesaving tools and functions.

Match attributes for easy editing, set up grids, guides and planes effortlessly, link symbols and constraints, customise keyboard shortcuts, save your favourite workspace setups and more!

Achieve pixel perfect designs every time.

Use pixel preview mode to view vectors in both standard and retina resolution for a completely live view of how every element of your design will export.

Lay out all your items across an unlimited number of artboards.

Perfect for creating social media templates, website mock-ups, menus, still frames and other content.

Sophisticated typography options.

Flow text along any path, produce your own custom typography and add everything from ligatures and artistic text to character and paragraph styles.

Professional output for digital, print or collaboration.

Illustrate graphs, charts and infographics to make them stand out even more, print physical copies of your projects or turn your designs into merch.

Any device, anywhere.

Whether on Windows, Mac or iPad, the file format is exactly the same. This gives you and your team complete freedom to work on the same project across different devices, no matter where you are.

Learn more about Designer for iPad.

Extremely versatile, delightfully compatible.

Combine color spaces and work with all other major file types, including JPEG, PDF, SVG, PSD, PNG, TIFF, GIF and DWG/DXF.

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Other key features for the best designs

Browse a selection of feature screenshots below or check out our Tech Specs page for further details.

Affinity Designer used to create colorful monster illustration

Stroke Width Tool

Gives you an on-document way of editing the pressure profile of any curve

Affinity Designer used to create various sales posters featuring 30% off footwear brand

Layer States

Capture the current layer visibility across your document and create queries based on various criteria

Affinity Designer grayscale view mode being used on 90s-themed pink, blue and yellow artwork

Grayscale and no FX view mode options

Toggle your view to hide all layer effects or switch to grayscale.

Affinity Designer Vector Warp feature being used to warp yellow lines on music festival poster

Vector Warp

Apply a non-destructive vector warp over any vector artwork or text. Editing any warp offers a super-fast live preview, even on complex illustrations and gives a true vector end result.

Affinity Designer used to create abstract pink, blue, black and white logo and branding for L.A. Astros F.C.

Contour tool

Create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves with the powerful contour tool.

Affinity Designer used to create pastel illustration of beach town featuring palm trees and a green jeep

Non-destructive adjustments

There are a range of adjustments which can be applied to your design as a new layer for creative or corrective purposes.

Affinity Designer X-ray view mode showing the makeup of a sports car illustration

X-ray view

A new view mode to show the makeup of your work, particularly useful for targeted selection of a specific curve/object within complex artwork.

Affinity Designer being used to create purple and green shapes for Seattle Pumas Baseball team branding

Shape Builder Tool

Add and subtract shapes and segments in an easy, interactive way. Simply drag to combine or hold to subtract.

Grids and guides being set up on geometric artwork in Affinity Designer

Grids and guides

Set up grids and guides almost any way you want, whether it’s a standard grid pattern or full isometric with multiple planes.

Affinity Designer Knife Tool being used to edit WILD & FREE text

Knife Tool

Slice any shape, curve or text into component parts incredibly fast.

Get the most powerful design software today. Just choose your platform below or experience the full power of Affinity with the V2 Universal License.

macOS
USD$69.99
One-off payment | excl. tax
Windows
USD$69.99
One-off payment | excl. tax
iPad
USD$18.49
One-off payment | excl. tax
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Affinity V2 Universal License
For macOS, Windows & iPadOS
USD$164.99
One-off paymentexcl. tax

Get Version 2 of Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher on all operating systems, including iPad, for one low bundle price.

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