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Re: Affinity 2

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Post by ksec »

geenat wrote: post #169
vetinari wrote: post #59

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But still no AVIF support, which is supported by Google / Chromium.

Would be very nice to have both! It's about time we got better image formats. That said, unfortunately AVIF is not a substitute for JPEG XL... 1. AVIF has an order of magnitude slower saving / encoding speed vs JPEG XL. 2. AVIF in "lossless" mode tends to be bigger than PNG- and it isn't truly lossless, just best effort (based on the AV1 video format). 3. JPEG XL supports orders of magnitude higher resolution, bit de…

Yes. One can barely argue AVIF is better than JPEG XL on the Web.

For authoring, JPEG XL win hands down.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by c0nsumer »

Tagbert wrote: post #206
CharlesW wrote: post #104

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> (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…

AI is a closed proprietary format that is not published. What Affinity had said in the past is that they don’t read AI but do read the PDF portion of Illustrator files

...and that's exactly the problem. The result in Affinity Designer is akin to opening an unoptimized PDF. Decent, but not great.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by lastdong »

Great software, at a amazing price - the new universal license discounted is an incredible value.

Super easy to start using and great design + functionality.

Just hope Adobe doesn’t end up buying Affinity like it has done with many others.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by vetinari »

ksec wrote: post #211
geenat wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would be very nice to have both! It's about time we got better image formats. That said, unfortunately AVIF is not a substitute for JPEG XL... 1. AVIF has an order of magnitude slower saving / encoding speed vs JPEG XL. 2. AVIF in "lossless" mode tends to be bigger than PNG- and it isn't truly lossless, just best effort (based on the AV1 video format). 3. JPEG XL supports orders of magnitude higher resolution, bit de…

Yes. One can barely argue AVIF is better than JPEG XL on the Web. For authoring, JPEG XL win hands down.

I didn't intend to create another opportunity for jpeg-xl partisanship, but well, it happened.

> Yes. One can barely argue AVIF is better than JPEG XL on the Web.

One can very persuasively argue that AVIF is better on the web; for 99,999% cases used in the wild it will be better. Yes, some marginal cases are better handled by another formats, it is nothing unheard of.

> For authoring, JPEG XL win hands down.

For authoring, .psd, .afphoto or whatever is the native format of the used app will be used.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by ksec »

vetinari wrote: post #215
ksec wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. One can barely argue AVIF is better than JPEG XL on the Web. For authoring, JPEG XL win hands down.

I didn't intend to create another opportunity for jpeg-xl partisanship, but well, it happened. > Yes. One can barely argue AVIF is better than JPEG XL on the Web. One can very persuasively argue that AVIF is better on the web; for 99,999% cases used in the wild it will be better. Yes, some marginal cases are better handled by another formats, it is nothing unheard of. > For authoring, JPEG XL win hands down. For auth…

JPEG XL has better quality than AVIF at BPP 1.0+ and that is 85% of all images on the web according to Google Chrome Browser Stats.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by [deleted] »

dividedbyzero wrote: post #58
rpastuszak wrote: post #15

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I'm in the same situation. I used the Photography subscription for LR + PS, as I don't care about any other tools (RIP Fireworks). I've been using Adobe Products since 1999. I just feel like supporting them is unethical. Figma + Procreate replaced Photoshop for me for design/game dev workflows, but I'm still missing the right tools for Photography and image processing. The OSS LR replacements feel too clunky, Capture…

C1 really is the only thing that comes close to LR right now. There is a version of CaptureOne that only works with Fujifilm cameras which is about 2/3 of the price of the full license and I believe there is (was?) something like that for other manufacturers too. They also still offer perpetual licenses, so this isn't necessarily an annual cost (I'm on 21). Still pricey of course.

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Re: Affinity 2

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Post by plasticeagle »

I bought Affinity Photo. The keyboard shortcuts don't work unless "focus" is on the image, I think. So often, they don't, and you have to click on the image to make them work. This rather defeats the purpose of shortcuts.

Using the keyboard shortcut to select a tool, also changes which subtool is selected. This is infuriating, and a magnificently stupid UI design.

I really wanted to like Affinity Photo, and I certainly use it as a photo editor, but every time I do I just wish I'd paid for Photoshop instead. It's pretty bad.

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by tmikaeld »

rpastuszak wrote: post #22
tmikaeld wrote: post #19

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Too bad you're still supporting Adobe, since they purchased Figma.

argh, to quote my favourite rougelike/hack'n'slash from the recent years: THERE IS NO ESCAPE. Edit: I just remembered I'm a cheap bastard and I'm not paying for Figma yet. yay?

Naturally, I'm downvoted to oblivion for pointing out that they bought Figma..

Re: Affinity 2

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Post by adfm »

mortenjorck wrote: post #84

It's great to see Serif finally offering a paid upgrade for the Affinity suite. Serif is a tiny company, and their size versus the incredible ambition of their products has resulted in some often frustratingly slow development ever since the first release of Affinity Designer back in 2014. Even in the long-awaited V2, there are still popular features Adobe Illustrator had twenty years ago that Affinity has yet to off…

I can’t recommend Affinity enough. It’s well worth the spend. It really shines as a complete set of integrated tools, even on an old iPad! That’s what Adobe is up against, IMO. The brushes could use some work, but if you’re looking for missing features, I suggest taking a look at Vectornator[^1], which has Auto-trace and brushes at a reasonable price. (no affiliation)

[^1]: https://www.vectornator.io/

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