Continuing the discussion from Vector and Illustrator Basics Class:
One of the major things that came up was the cost of Adobe Illustrator, which can be extremely prohibitive. I am absolutely down for still teaching that class, but I am wondering if people would be interested in learning about Affinity Designer too. I’ve played around with a beta version in the past and downloaded a copy to play with after that previous descussion. To me, it seems to be feature similar to illustrator while also having raster capabilities. Though it is lacking a image tracing option. Might be a good mix for the majority of DMS members.
It cost is WAY less, ~60 bucks for 2 years. It probably doesn’t offer a massive benefit over Inkscape other than being more similar to Illustrator, which for some people might be the thing they’re looking for. I was able to get running in ~2m in Affinity vs ~30 for inkscape.
They also offer a 10d trial at https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/?trial