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Post by nicce »

exasperaited wrote: post #201
nicce wrote: post #161

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Does this read in ToS somewhere? I know many professional artists and if they would find out that their work is used for training, the app is uninstalled faster than it takes time for you to read this text.

It says, on the actual website, the absolute opposite: "Your content in Affinity isn’t used to train AI features — we can’t access local files. For content you choose to upload to Canva, you’re in control. You can review and update your preferences any time in Canva settings." The only nuance I can think of here is that if you are using the cloud AI tools, you are uploading content. But it's largely hypocritical to c…

Professionals I know don't want to use AI at all. So if Affinity is really not using the produced art for training, many artists will get a good tool for free.

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Post by t-writescode »

gspencley wrote: post #183
t-writescode wrote: post #159

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What client-side features do you use that you think will get ripped out and paywalled from an old version?

Thyat's a fair question and the honest answer is I don't know and I'd have to sift through the feature comparison chart to see if there's anything I actively use today with my paid license that is moving to a Canva Premium subscription. My real point is that Affinity had two selling points that "converted me:" - Artist word of mouth. Photo & Design were becoming popular as an alternative to Photoshop & Illustrator so…

Do you find CD-Keys that round-trip one time, ever to be a violation of a perpetual license? That’s effectively what “login to an account” means - especially if it works offline forever, afterward. (I haven’t checked if it does, in this case)

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Post by t-writescode »

sedivy94 wrote: post #195
t-writescode wrote: post #149

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The Affinity apps are great but there are some critical missing features that have been on the back burner for years. Most impactful example that comes to mind is the vector blend tool. You can take, say, a circle and create step-wise transformations to another shape like a square.This is found in Illustrator and a few others, but absent from Affinity Designer.[0] I share the concern that a new feature like this will…

I primarily use Affinity Photo, not Designer, so my knowledge of what a vector art tool should be able to do is quite limited, so I can’t speak to that.

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Post by pndy »

t-writescode wrote: post #149
mns wrote: post #137

Devastated about this. Good for them for making money on the sale to Canva, but still, this is a sad day. Studio is now freemium, in the future probably more and more features (outside of AI) will be added in the subscription, and you will end up with an app full of disabled features and pop-ups encouraging you to subscribe and unlock the new and shiny thing. There is absolutely nothing in the world that anyone can s…

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My friend was using Photoshop 7 up until she couldn't install it for whatever reason under W10. It was always enough for her to do what she was doing with her digitalized drawings.

Not sure if she found a replacement but she certainly didn't want to use GIMP - interface was way too convoluted and layers management weird, according to her IIRC.

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Post by adfm »

mindcrash wrote: post #152

Does anyone know what will happen with Affinity for iOS? The current apps are all released by Serif but have been made fully free recentyly. So discontinued or what? Would be a real tragedy if it is...

It was mentioned in the release video that it’ll be a single app to come out next year.

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Post by latexr »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #53

They seem to have removed Affinity from the Mac App Store. For those who want a lifetime license instead of freemium, Amandine* is similar to Affinity ($30 on Mac Store). (I have no connection to either app). * Edit: It's Amadine, not Amandine (my typo)

I have been curious about Amadine for a few years, but honestly at this point it feels that if I’m going to invest any time in learning a new vector drawing tool (for like the fourth or fifth time), it’s probably a good idea to try Inkscape first. They were working on Affinity Designer file imports a few versions back.

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Post by carlosjobim »

mns wrote: post #157
carlosjobim wrote: post #51

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The complaining is off the charts! Nothing in your life would have changed if you hadn't heard about this free product. Now you rest sleepless and grind your teeth because other people get to enjoy free high quality software.

Yes, it did change: I want to use the old apps and I don't want to use a Canva account. I can still use them, but will never get any updates any more.

What you can or cannot get in the future is purely hypothetical and nobody owes you anything at all.

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Post by bigbuppo »

codeptualize wrote: post #43

It's a smart approach imo. They had to get a subscription somehow to support AI features which they need to compete (just usage cost wise you can't do that on a one time fee license). But since they promised not to go subscription when they got acquired by Canva, making it free with AI as the subscription is a clever solution to not break their promise while still introducing a subscription model. I think their bet i…

It's smart only if their business goal is to lose every single customer they had specifically because it wasn't subscription software and didn't have the AI junk that their customers specifically did not want.

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Post by latexr »

presbyterian wrote: post #150
insane_dreamer wrote: post #53

They seem to have removed Affinity from the Mac App Store. For those who want a lifetime license instead of freemium, Amandine* is similar to Affinity ($30 on Mac Store). (I have no connection to either app). * Edit: It's Amadine, not Amandine (my typo)

And if you want just a photo editor, not a vector software, I really recommend Pixelmator Pro. I've had it and Affinity Photo for years, but I find myself sticking with Pixelmator more often than not.

I got interested in Pixelmator Pro after Canva acquired Affinity, and then lost interest again when Apple bought them. They aren’t exactly good stewards of their own pro apps.

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Post by JKCalhoun »

p_ing wrote: post #208
presbyterian wrote: post #150

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And if you want just a photo editor, not a vector software, I really recommend Pixelmator Pro. I've had it and Affinity Photo for years, but I find myself sticking with Pixelmator more often than not.

Apple bought Pixelmator. What is it's future?

Possibly free also.
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