What a shame...

[angelize]

There are more things than websites that Xara does that Affinity can do ... yet. Contours is one that serif says will come but it's not there yet. Each new update brings something more though to affinity. I still use Designer Pro and it will always be a great tool, However the Affinity programs are going to be the ones the world is watching.

[Jonopen]

I think the video shows enough to get the idea what to do - but then I am reasonably familiar with the interface, and watched it on a 22" screen (with the sound muted!).

Maybe this tutorial would have been better planned out and presented as a static step-by-step list of illustrated actions, but that’s probably more effort than just making a screen recording.

There are a few other people that make tutorial videos. I quite like the ones by Isabel Illustration (Isabel Aracama) which often have her chatting away explaining what she’s doing and why. I also like Egg’s for the same reason!

I agree that The TG forum is friendly and helpful, but like others I do wish that Xara themselves would contribute more to the discussions, particularly when it’s about a specific issue that only Xara can answer - like when are we going to get the next update?

There’s a lot to like about Affinity Designer, but PGD/DPX still remain fast, versatile design tools for those (Windows users) lucky enough to come across them.

[angelize]

I agree jono. Video tutorials though, if they are good ones are more work than just a quick screen capture. They require planning, scripts, rehearsal and then there is editing. I usually edit out mistakes, pauses and unexpected things that crop up like phone ringing, etc.

There are also ways to use Xara and Affinity products together. Affinity photo can be set as an external editor for easily transferring photos back and forth. And if you want to have contoured or blended objects in affinity create them in Xara, convert to editable shapes and export as svg. Same for molded text. Then import the svg into affinity