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Re: Affinity 2

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Post by Auracle »

c0nsumer wrote: post #92

I use two Adobe apps routinely: - Illustrator (for making PDF maps from OSM data). - Lightroom. It'll take a bit of work to move my workflow to Affinity, but I think I've got a solid plan for that. (No, Affinity Designer does not open AIs properly... It does funky things with lines.) But, I can't find a solid replacement for Lightroom. All I need is basic DAM (digital asset management) and crop/rotate/color. Can any…

CaptureOne. Many of us pros use it for a reason. They have both a subscription option and a one time fee.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by kmeisthax »

drcongo wrote: post #71
dr_faustus wrote: post #13

Serif's Affinity suite has probably the greatest value for money in the whole software industry. I mean 119 bucks ONE-TIME for three pretty comprehensive graphics apps which are polished and get constant updates is very hard to beat. For people making their living with graphical work (designers, photographers, etc.) Adobe is probably still the way to go (even if just to keep using the muscle memory). However for the…

Amazingly there's people moaning at them about the price in their Twitter announcement.

Is $100 for a universal suite license even that much of a price hike? Affinity v1 was $50 a pop with no universal license option - as in, you had to buy each platform's port of the app separately. I happen to have one foot in every tech ecosystem and bought all three apps, so I wound up spending more on Affinity v1 than I will on v2's universal license.

And, of course, it's still hella cheap compared to subscription-licensing Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign over the seven years of updates you got on Affinity v1.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by belthesar »

c0nsumer wrote: post #92

I use two Adobe apps routinely: - Illustrator (for making PDF maps from OSM data). - Lightroom. It'll take a bit of work to move my workflow to Affinity, but I think I've got a solid plan for that. (No, Affinity Designer does not open AIs properly... It does funky things with lines.) But, I can't find a solid replacement for Lightroom. All I need is basic DAM (digital asset management) and crop/rotate/color. Can any…

I know folks are going to recommend RawTherapee and Darktable, and those are some admirable projects, but I also know that a lot of long-time Lightroom users bounce off of them. I'd still encourage you to give them a try, but also if you're willing to catalog what things are missing and provide feedback to those teams. Even better if you're willing and able to help make the change you want to see in OSS, but additional reinforcement on the things that are misses currently in their offerings will help strengthen those projects.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by CharlesW »

c0nsumer wrote: post #92

I use two Adobe apps routinely: - Illustrator (for making PDF maps from OSM data). - Lightroom. It'll take a bit of work to move my workflow to Affinity, but I think I've got a solid plan for that. (No, Affinity Designer does not open AIs properly... It does funky things with lines.) But, I can't find a solid replacement for Lightroom. All I need is basic DAM (digital asset management) and crop/rotate/color. Can any…

> (No, Affinity Designer does not open AIs properly... It does funky things with lines.)

I hope you'll report that! They seem to be pretty on top of fixing interop issues.

> Can any of you suggest a GOOD alternative?

If you need traditional DAM you'll want to look elsewhere, but if you're macOS-based I finally landed on Apple Photos with its extensions ecosystem (which includes software from Affinity, ON1, etc.). It also works great with RAW Power¹ — by Nik Bhatt, who previously led Aperture and iPhoto development at Apple — which is itself looking more and more like a complete Lightroom replacement.

¹ https://www.gentlemencoders.com/raw-power-for-macos/index.ht...

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by dineshk78 »

boomskats wrote: post #18

I've just bought this without even looking at what's new or different. That's how much I love their software. Hopefully the performance in isometric grid mode is better in v2. My only issue with v1.

Same, just commenting to share my love for Affinity! Such a breath of fresh air compared to anti consumer Adobe.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by alpaca128 »

moelf wrote: post #57

All platform is a lie, IIRC a long time ago they actually promised a Linux version, but never realized that.

It includes licenses for all supported platforms. No, it doesn't support the Nintendo Switch, Android, Linux and many others, but calling it a lie because of that is a bit much.

> IIRC a long time ago they actually promised a Linux version

Did they actually "promise" it or just didn't outright reject it from the start?

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by innocenat »

drcongo wrote: post #91
netr0ute wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$119 is only affordable if you're got a high-income job, which billions of people on planet Earth don't.

These are pro level apps. Honestly can't think of a single bundle of 3 pro level apps that you can license on Windows, iPad and Mac for anywhere near that price.

I bought all 3 apps at 50% discount earlier this year. I paid 9,900 yen for it. The new universal license cost 15,800 yen. That's 50% price increase for me. I don't need apps for other platforms.

I can afford it, and I will probably buy it. But I can't help but compared to what I paid not even a year ago.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by hoistbypetard »

0xFEE1DEAD wrote: post #53

Just 4h ago I went to affinitys website because I wanted to download photos for my work laptop and I got a page "we're working on something big. stay tuned". And now I'm seing this. I'm hyped. Edit: Looks like there's no discount if you already own a license which is a bummer considering they advertised with selling you a lifetime license.

If you bought a lifetime license to the previous version, you can still use the previous version. (That's most commonly what "lifetime" license means... it's called that in contrast to a "subscription" where you can't keep using it if you stop paying.)

Usually people who offer upgrades for life will use those words.

I bought photos and designer for Windows and iPad. My daily driver is now a Mac, and I was hoping for a cyber Monday type sale to pick up a Mac version. This seems good to me, and the sale feels like a nice upgrade discount.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by drcongo »

netr0ute wrote: post #95
GlacierFox wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$119 perpetual is an insanely good price for three absolutely fantastic applications. What are you smoking? What's a fair price to you? $10? On one side you've got people complaining about these anti-consumer software subscriptions from the likes of adobe. Then on the other side you've got people like yourself that are for some reason complaining that there's still a company offering fantastic software on par with Il…

You haven't been to poorer countries where the equivalent of $10 is a lot, so good luck getting a market for $119 software there.

The same price gets you Creative Cloud for 2 months. What exactly is the point you think you're making? Because people earn different amounts in different countries is not a revelation to anybody here, nor to Serif.
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