Affinity Designer vs Paint.NET

Affinity Designer

Description: Affinity Designer is a vector graphics editor software for macOS, Windows, and iOS. It can be used to create digital paintings, logos, graphics, layouts, typography and more. Affinity Designer is developed by Serif as an affordable alternative to Adobe Illustrator.

Type: software

Pricing: Paid

Paint.NET

Description: Paint.NET is a free, open source raster graphics editor for Windows. It has an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, transparency, special effects, and plugins. Paint.NET is a lightweight yet powerful alternative to paid software like Photoshop.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

Affinity Designer Features

• Vector drawing and editing tools
• Pixel persona for raster editing
• Non-destructive effects and adjustments
• PANTONE color support
• SVG, PDF, EPS, PNG and PSD export
• Asset management panel
• Perspective and isometric drawing tools
• Brush stabilisation

Paint.NET Features

• Layers
• Adjustments
• Effects
• History
• Magic Wand
• Selection Tools
• Shape Tools
• Text Tool
• Gradient Tool
• Eraser Tool
• Clone Stamp
• Zoom/Pan

Affinity Designer

• Paid

Paint.NET

• Open Source