Quirkney Designer

Quirkney Designer

First of all, I want to say I plan to use the paid service after the trial period is over. As a graphic designer who has 15+ years of experience, whenever I hear of "shortcuts" and template services I cringe internally because of the many hours that type of service has managed to cause me trouble without even using them myself. (Such as clients wanting their 200px wide DIYed logo put 3' tall on their car). But I was talked into testing the service and just seeing what is was... I definitely see this program having a very reasonable purpose in even professional settings and the DIYers finally have an option that exports vectors with proper commercial licensing built into the system. If they keep adding fonts and stock elements that have the same generous commercial-use licensing, I can foresee this company becoming a must for small businesses (especially small print shops) because of the variety and ease. For the projects I've actually used their templates for, I found myself getting the file 90% done and then cleaning it up in Illustrator to get rid of excess layers/bits that seem to be caused by the options available in the editor. I think more templates for the signage industry would help Kittl "seal the deal" with an untapped group of small/medium businesses that usually only have one or two designers on staff for massive amounts of production. I'd be willing to explain and make specific suggestions for premium features that sign shops would be thrilled to purchase if the devs are interested.

What's great

extensive template library (10)

What needs improvement

export options (3)
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