![]() ![]() But possibly it is its simple, overseeable Interface. I don't know what the point is why your daughter prefers Fire Alpaca. But, whether she goes with Affinity or Adobe, there will be quite a difference from using one of the very basic apps like FireAlpaca. There are certain functions which are common to all "professional" drawing and painting apps, so if you learn one, it is easier to transition to another. If she does decide that she really needs to use Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator for some reason in the future, it will be much easier to start using it after learning the basics with Affinity Photo/Designer. Bluntly I suspect that this is a case of assuming that the most expensive software will be the best, but that is not always the case, it really depends on what you actually want to do with it. (There are lots of tutorials available.) There's really no point in spending lots more money on an Adobe subscription, as, if anything, it will be a steeper learning curve than Affinity. If she wants something more advanced, I would strongly suggest that she sticks with the Affinity apps you have already bought and learns how to use them. There are plenty of other cheap/free basic painting apps around, just do a "Google" and try a few. From what you say, your daughter was quite happy with FireAlpaca until there was some sort of "glitch". The same can be said for the Adobe products. IMHO Affinity Photo/Designer can certainly do anything that FireAlpaca can, and way more, but not necessarily in the same way. ![]() A desperate dad trying to win back his daughter's confidence!įireAlpaca is a pretty basic painting program. Thank you all in advance for any advice/knowledge. If the Affinity Photo and Designer does offer/mimic all the functionality of Fire Alpaca, can you offer any suggestions to various resources, courses, guides that can help her to transition? If the Affinity software doesn't offer her the same experience as Fire Alpaca, what alternatives are there? I've heard of Krita but I don't know if this software provides her the path toward her career goals. I only suggested that Affinity as I heard that her school was going to be doing more vector-based illustrations and image manipulation. Is this true? Being very limited in my knowledge about the graphics/illustration world, I didn't think that Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator offered this functionality as well. However, she insists that neither of the Affinity solutions allows her to paint like she can with Fire Alpaca. ![]() So, I bought both of them for her as I thought this was the best alternative/parallel solution to the Adobe products. She wanted to start using Photoshop and Illustrator but I suggested that before she (we) commit to a subscription model, that she try out Affinity Photo and Designer. ![]() Well, I may have jumped the gun with my research (due to my limited knowledge) and came across the Affinity suite of software. She got very frustrated and wanted to try other software. However, she started to experience a hiccup recently as the pen (8,192 pressure points) would start to "digitally blot" whenever she tried to started a paint stroke. When she started to get more serious, I bought her a digitizer tablet and she continued using the same software on her PC. My daughter journey started out many years ago when she started using Fire Alpaca on her Android tablet. I'm here in the hopes that someone can give me advice. ![]()
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