Hi All,
Recently, I was checking Vectornator on Mac and noticed a lot of unexpected similarities with Xara.
Could anyone confirm? Check Vectornator here:
https://www.vectornator.io/
Al
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Hi All,
Recently, I was checking Vectornator on Mac and noticed a lot of unexpected similarities with Xara.
Could anyone confirm? Check Vectornator here:
https://www.vectornator.io/
Al
the website makes me want to investigate further, but I don't have a mac device :(
I did find it has a free icon (SVG) resource: https://www.vectornator.io/icons
It is competing with Affinity Design (MacOS), suggesting a future web product.
Acorn
Could you elaborate, Acorn?Quote:
Originally Posted by Acorn
Both snippets are in V's website information. The first is a compare link. The second is a one-liner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boy
Acorn
The comparison really only goes in that Vectornator is another vector based drawing app. It doesn't do website creation at all (good) and is a modern design across mac and mobile.Quote:
Originally Posted by capellan
It's free (I always wonder, suspiciously, where companies offering free software get their money from).
Apart from they are vector based, what other similarities are there?
Still confusing, Acorn. Affinity doesn't do or plan any web product.Quote:
Originally Posted by Acorn
As I said V's hinting about its web product. A web app to serve its current functionality. Not build websites and nothing to do with AD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boy
Acorn
Ah, I get it, the comma stood for 'and'. Thanks for clarifying.
Vectornator is a great app, but it's not in the same league as Illustrator or Affinity Designer.
I've taken a quick look at Vectornator fairly recently and found whilst it does have a clean interface and a good solid feel to it, being relatively new it didn't have the depth of options a well established graphics program like P&GD or AD has.
To be honest I wasn't curious enough to give it a fair trial and didn't run through any of the tutorials. Having said that I don't think at this stage of its development journey it will have too much impact on mainstream graphic designers. Maybe one to watch out for in the future.
Below is a screen shot (running on a Mac). It does also have a dark interface option.
Attachment 133846
My alternative graphics solution at the moment is VectorStyler (available for Mac and PC, but not iPad), which is chock-full of useful drawing and design tools, but also has quite a learning curve. For me it bridges the gaps between Xara P&GD and Affinity Designer (which is evolving nicely), particularly with things like blends and variable stroke widths etc.