Illustration & graphic design software at its best

The next generation of the award-winning vector graphics software, Affinity Designer 2 is setting the new industry standard in the world of design. Packed with tons of new features and hundreds of enhancements to optimize your workflow, you can now create high-quality concept art, illustrations, logos, icons, UI designs, mock-ups, and other projects more seamlessly than ever before.

REFINED & REDESIGNED WITH POWERFUL NEW FEATURES

• Fully redeveloped UI, tool, and button icons

• Completely revamped Layers Panel

• Vector Warp

• Shape Builder Tool

• Knife Tool

• X-ray view mode

• Measure and Area tools

• Style Picker Tool

• DXF/DWF import

• Drawing scale, including ability for different scales set per artboard

• Drag/drop bitmap texture fills

• Pencil Tool creates auto-closed or straight-line pencil strokes

• Multiple shadow, outline and overlay layer effects per object

• Force scale of stroke, effect and fills on object resize

INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE

• Fully optimized for the latest Mac hardware and operating systems, including M1 chips and macOS Monterey

• Pan and zoom at 60fps

• Live gradients, transforms, effects, and adjustments

• Optimized for documents of any complexity, zoom to over 1,000,000% for absolute precision

• Live pixel, retina, wireframe, and x-ray views of vector artwork in and out of split screen mode

• Seamless switching between tools and editing modes for frustration-free design

• Incredibly accurate results with minimal nodes

PRECISE VECTOR TOOLS

• Rock solid vector tools that work just the way you want them to

• The best pen tool, node tool, curve editing and smart shape tools available

• Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves

• Pencil and brush stabilization for drawing super-smooth curves freehand

• Non-destructive Boolean operations

• Live effects, blend modes and image adjustments

• Incredibly smooth gradient and transparency controls

RASTER OR VECTOR, YOU DECIDE

• Switch between vector and raster workspaces with a single click

• Use the strengths of vector and raster behaviors for the best of both worlds

• High quality raster tools for texturing, masking, and finishing artwork – you can even create your own brushes

• True creative freedom not found in other apps

SOPHISTICATED TYPOGRAPHY

• Flexible text handling including comprehensive support for OpenType

• Artistic text and text frames

• Full control over character and paragraph styles

• Flow text along any drawn path

BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW

• Unlimited artboards

• Savable history with alternate futures

• Customizable keyboard shortcuts

• PSD, AI, PDF, EPS, SVG, JPG, JPEG XL, TIFF, EXR, DXF and DWG file support

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

• Linked symbols and constraints

• Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again

• Customize savable presets, including studio presets for the UI layout

• Quickly access royalty free images through the Stock panel

• Select Same and Select Object functions

• Linked images and resource manager

• PDF passthrough

• Package your document alongside all used image and font resources into a single folder

PERFECT COLOR & OUTPUT

• Professional CMYK, LAB, RGB, PANTONE© and Greyscale color models

• Full 16-bit per channel editing

• End-to-end ICC color management

• Slice export for exporting multiple elements in a single click

• Live pixel preview to see exactly how your design will export