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Can Affinity replace Adobe?

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The Adobe Suite was the go-to in school for design and it's the most common set of design software used professionally (at least in the architecture world). Now the Adobe Creative Cloud is monthly subscription at a rate of $69.99 CAD or $25.99 CAD (which still adds up to be quite a lot). As someone who needs InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Premier Pro semi-regularly - and is no longer a student - I wanted to find a cheaper alternative. Serif's Affinity suite has three apps, but as a one-time purchase of $69.99 CAD: Affinity Designer is the equivalent of Illustrator - launched in 2014. Affinity Photo is the equivalent of Photoshop - launched in 2015. Affinity Publisher is the equivalent of InDesign - launched in 2019. Furthermore, I think that one of the key differences that Serif emphasizes is the "personas," which is the ability to switch between Designer, Photo, and Publisher without having to open each of them up.  So far, I've only tried Publisher because...
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Pink Planet

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Drawn on Adobe Illustrator and animated using Adobe After Effects. Learning basic transformations.
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Stickman Animation

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This was my first attempt at making an animation using Adobe After Effects. I illustrated the frames on Adobe Illustrator and brought them into After Effects to set the key frames. For the sound effects, I used Premiere Pro even though I should have learned how to add audio in After Effects. 🤷
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Resources for Finding Free Architectural CAD Blocks/Vectors

People and Props Flan Studio  (png and dwg) - a collection of fun people, plants, famous artwork, and more. Pimp My Drawing  (ai and dwg) - free and paid content of people, trees, and cars. First in Architecture  (dwg) - basic CAD Blocks ofl the essentials. CAD Blocks  (dwg) - basic CAD Blocks of the essentials. CAD Libraries Bibliocad  (many file formats) - free and premium content. DWG models  (dwg) - free and premium content. CAD Blocks Free  (many file formats) - free and premium content. Title Blocks Your Spreadsheets  (dwt) - basic title blocks in different styles and paper sizes in metric and imperial.
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Polygonal Art

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Illustrations - Polygonal Art These low-poly drawings were made using Adobe Illustrator following a YouTube tutorial (linked below) and they're really simple to make. I used the pen tool divide the a photo into triangles then used the eyedropper tool to fill each triangle with its corresponding colour. Additionally, for the parrot I used the gradient tool to get a more dynamic, two-tone fill in each triangle. This is the tutorial that I followed:  Polygonal / Low poly art | flat effect in Adobe Illustrator Illustrations - Polygonal Art
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