I use both Corel and Illustrator for work but I'm very much more "fluent" with Illustrator. I'd say they have a bit different focus. While I hate Adobe with a passion, I'd say Illustrator is a lot better. My co-worker who works with large format printing, likes Corel more.

[–] Paradachshund 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Appreciate that perspective. I also can't wait to kick Adobe to the curb someday, but I usually have the same experience when trying alternatives.

Adobe stuff is slowly falling apart though it feels like. It's coasting on the brilliant work of the original devs pre-creative cloud, and while there have been a few genuinely good features added over the years, I hate to say that most new features they add feel like amateur hour to me. They just lack the level of polish and attention to detail that old features had. It doesn't feel like the people making it understand the workflow of a professional anymore. They're also just getting slow. Whenever I open Affinity I'm struck by how much more performant it feels!

[–] Tuuli@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yes, slowly falling apart is a good description. I'm actually thinking of just switching careers. I work in print, so Adobe is pretty much a standard, there are very few viable alternatives.