I too like Affinity Designer (and also Affinity Photo for bit-mapped work) though I don't use either heavily.

If you're at all curious, they do have a free trial version you can download.  I think it operates unrestricted for … 10 days?  The link for the trial is at the bottom of the main product page.  Possibly also worth pointing out is that they sometimes put on a promotion and drop the price a little; these promos get featured on their social media sites.  If you're not in a rush to buy Designer (or any of their other products) and can demonstrate patience, you might be able to pick it up for a bit less than the normal purchase price.

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Hello
I've got to say affinity designer is pretty good! I do all my character creation  in designer then transfer via Eps file to drawplus for the G2 template! 
I stand corrected regarding drawplus x8, thanks Jeff.

DrawPlus 8 does work as long as you don't update it to the last version V14.0.1.21
I use V14.0.0.9 and it works fine for me with CTA.

Jeff




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Thank you Save The Spaceman, I was going to go with Drawplus X8, still on the fence for the Affinity Designer app...

Hello
if you go down the drawplus route, make sure you get drawplus 6 as 8 does not work with creating G2 characters! A lesson I learned the hard way!!!

Thank you! I will try, see how it goes.... Affinity Designer sound nice too wish it would support SWF.

cordonbert: I'm afraid I can't comment on that - it's years since the last time I ran Windows under emulation on a Mac.  If you don't get any useful feedback from colleagues here on the Reallusion forums, remember that CodeWeavers have their own CrossOver Support forums - that might be a more productive hunting ground for your query?  Good luck!

Hah!  Unable to leave things alone, I did a quick CrossOver forum search and found this recent post which looks promising… 

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Thank you garylearntech, I do have the crossover emulator, I wonder if anybody has any experience with it and if it will be stable enough to use properly.

@jlittle it would probably be more accurate to describe Affinity Designer as the successor to DrawPlus, rather than a replacement. :)

@cordonbert given the low cost of a new Windows licence for DrawPlus (£20), perhaps you would consider using a Windows emulator solution?  There are a variety of choices available ranging from free to about £100.

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I don't think DrawPlus was ever available for a Mac.
They now offer Affinity Designer for the Mac but it does not have SWF export abilities, last I checked, so it was not a true "replacement" for DrawPlus at least for my needs for using it with CrazyTalk Animator.

Jeff



Get my Plugin Manager and TaskNotes plugins for iClone.
Check out EZColors and Other products for CTA/CA. EZColors: the easy way to change Render Styled (RS) colors!
See my CTA Tutorials on the YouTube channel CTAStepByStep