Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac • Hacker News Board

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#11

Post by eddieh » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:00 PM UTC

jen20 wrote: post #2

Although I don’t have much use for vector graphics software, it is _great_ to see people building new native mac apps which take advantage of the unique features of the platform instead of targeting a cross-platform lowest common denominator!

Yes, there's so many great Mac/Apple only applications that beat the pants off of any cross-platform apps, especially stuff built with Electron.

I use some great apps on a daily basis that are Mac or Apple ecosystem only.

Acorn - Image editor

OmniGraffle - Diagramming

OmniFocus - Todo list for GTD

Sketch - UI prototyping

Plus Apple's productivity software, Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. I honestly don't know how people manage with G Suite.

There's also a ton of apps I don't use on a daily basis, and won't bother listing.

It really is awesome to see new native Mac apps. Please keep building them, and I promise to keep buying them. I'm giving Amadine a try today.

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#12

Post by PlutoIsAPlanet » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

jen20 wrote: post #2

Although I don’t have much use for vector graphics software, it is _great_ to see people building new native mac apps which take advantage of the unique features of the platform instead of targeting a cross-platform lowest common denominator!

I'm curious as to what features are unique to the platform?

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#13

Post by andrewingram » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:09 PM UTC

princekolt wrote: post #10

andrewingram wrote: post #9

Off topic, but I'm curious who did the skateboarder illustration. It matches an aesthetic that I have a need for.

It's in their instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsqFlu-lKYf/

Thanks!

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#14

Post by eddieh » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:10 PM UTC

PlutoIsAPlanet wrote: post #12

jen20 wrote: post #2

Although I don’t have much use for vector graphics software, it is _great_ to see people building new native mac apps which take advantage of the unique features of the platform instead of targeting a cross-platform lowest common denominator!

I'm curious as to what features are unique to the platform?

Metal, Core Image, Autosave, QuickLook, and supports the Touch Bar

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#15

Post by pier25 » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:11 PM UTC

Still a little rough around the edges but these guys get it!

I've been looking for something like this for ages. A simple lightweight vector graphics software with the best parts of illustrator and none of the fluff. Also, completely macOS native. No web app or Electron based crap.

It even has proper group isolation mode, which neither Sketch nor Affinity Designer have implemented after years of users requesting it. This is for me the most important feature in any vectors software since I very rarely use layers. Groups are so much faster.

Hopefully they will keep polishing it, but it looks very promising and for $20 it's a steal.

slowclap.gif

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#16

Post by exabrial » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:15 PM UTC

I've wanted something as good as Inkscape, but native on OSX, this looks interesting

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#17

Post by nnq » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:36 PM UTC

WOW! This almost feels as good as Fireworks did back in the day! I'll probably use this for my upcoming web coming. Waaay nicer usability than Affinity (which was way nicer to use than Illustrator already): special path width control points, multiple strokes and inner shadows etc. on same shape...

For someone with a bit of an artistic side, but who also likes to draw "logically" with exact control of the shape but also without introducing 100 new objects in the picture, this seems amazing.

It lacks the "mixing vectors and pixels" part of Affinity Designer which is sort of cool, but the core part, pen and drawing tools seem to be both intuitive and powerful...

Will play with the trial more, if it doesn't crash much and doesn't lack any essential feature for me I'll buy it 100%! Keep up the good work!

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#18

Post by lgrebe » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:43 PM UTC

Wow! Really a great tool.

At the crossroads of Web an Vectorgraphics, I’d love to see a „wysiwyg“ svg editor with the visual interface of a great drawing tool like amandine and at the same time a split window pane like the chrome inspector to modify a resulting svg code and having changes there be immediately visible in the visual interface…

Imagine I’d be amazing to get a hang of svg and as a result be able to build some great stuff for example by hooking up d3js…

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#19

Post by oceanghost » Fri, May 17, 2019, 5:59 PM UTC

jen20 wrote: post #2

Although I don’t have much use for vector graphics software, it is _great_ to see people building new native mac apps which take advantage of the unique features of the platform instead of targeting a cross-platform lowest common denominator!

Given the poor state of Apples PC hardware, I would be weary of investing in the platform as a developer or user.

Re: Amadine – Vector graphics software for Mac

#20

Post by Chazprime » Fri, May 17, 2019, 6:05 PM UTC

coldcode wrote: post #4

I just started using Affinity, how does this compare?

Amadine has a simpler (probably cleaner UI), solid path-editing tools. It doesn't have anything like Affinity's filters or history, but does include one thing I miss from Illustrator: an easy-to-use, straightforward variable-width editing tool.