not a big user of Affinity products currently, but i am still thrilled, i have one guess regarding the release i am not sure i like it since i prefer Publisher to be cleaned up instead and brought on par with some essential functions of Indesign (maybe that even is), but i leave it to others to guess what the big reveal might be.
No man, now Iām trhilled about what theyāre going to do.
Iām a super fan of affinity and Iām super Happy theyāre improving this amazing softwares.
Thanks for sharing.
Iām curious to see if itās going to be a Lightroom competitor.
Iām certainly not a great graphic artist by any means, but I love the software for the little bit I do.
I only support companies that offer perpetual licenses. And since they are one them; I will upgrade to the latest releases as soon as they are available for purchase.
Love this comment.
When companies switched to subscription they claimed that it would increase the overall value for customers and aid development. Itās really truly been the opposite. Companies offering perpetual licensing actually work for their customers dollar.
I havenāt used any of their products, but the reviews Iām seeing and the specifications is making me think about ditching adobe, few years ago I switched to Davinci resolve in Lieu of AE/Premiere/Audition and Iām willing to do the same for PS!
and I agree, companies switch to subscription is more like a trap for a consistent cash flow.
A part from some of the more niche features (i.e. machine learning, etc.), Affinity Photo is in my opinion on par with Photoshop. If you know the latter, youāll also find it very easy to get used to Photo. I switched about a year ago.
The same goes for Affinity Designer and Illustrator. Designer is way less unnecessarily complicated. I still remember how unintuitive it was to learn Illustrator.
The Affinity folks really know how to do user-friendly, intuitive UI and workflow design and their apps are fast, and seam less bloated than alternatives. I mean Photoshop alone takes longer to open, feels more sluggish, and is way more expensive (per year). And Iām not even considering all the Creative Cloud crap that many people donāt want and need, and all the bloatware that gets installed only to make sure that some folks run a legit copy, while most still pirate the apps. Itās ridiculous. I remember on macOS you had at least 4 background Adobe services that ran non stop and constantly phoned home, even when not using the software.
Yes and to trap users into a lazy leasing scam, where they are not owners any more and then hike the prices ad absurdum and be free to make crappy corporate decisions.
I donāt know about the video above though, I mean, apart from being an edgy, overproduced ad for a release date, it doesnāt really say anything. I hope they stay relatively affordable and donāt let their successes go to their heads.
They have been hiking their prices, which are still okay. Maybe there will be a good deal around the late-stage capitalist US-bonanzas Black Friday and Cyber Monday?
If the Affinity project turns sour, there are still some solid free, open-source projects!
For raster graphics thereās Krita, Gimp, Darktable, even ImageMagick for people that arenāt afraid of the terminal. Vector graphics are covered by Inkscape, which has some great plug-ins for laser and CNC.
I just installed a trial version of affinity photo. Realized it didnāt support rotate gesture on my Wacom cintiq. So I guess I have to wait till next week hopefully for a more functional version.
Yeah, they donāt have an SDK for plug-in development yet, which definitely is a big L.
Big fan here, too! Those three programs used in tandem work and feel really nice and smooth.
Code foundation is decades more modern than Adobeās. No subscription, cheapā¦ works for me.
Publisher is better than InDesign already (faster, can open PDFs editable!!). Designer and Photo are few features short compared the Adobe equivalent (DWG/DXF import/export, area fill tool, ā¦), but Iād expect these gap to close. Then, there wonāt be any technical reason left not to switch, only humanās unwillingness to change.
Worth a try!
However, although Photo is quite similar to Photoshop (down to the keyboard shortcuts), the way layer masks and channels are handled is quite different. Not simpler actually. Yet thatās one of the few things I criticize. Maybe they touched this in 2.0.
For those unaware: one of the coolest features of the suite is, all three programs share one and the same file format, and in publisher you can just toggle the UI to get into Photo or Designer 'mode", with all features. Basically one app to do it all.
The fact is it simplifies taxes, and your best customers donāt give a crap about the cost and are happy to lease anything, so it aināt going away. Software IS a service, whether you pay for it like one or not.
I especially like how the Affinity suite allows you to work with high quality previews without stuttering to death like Indesign.
It is supposedly in the worksā¦
And the big thing isnāt going to be a video editor, confirmed by Serifās staff.
Marginally. And a perpetual license definitely doesnāt warrant paying the extra $$$ for subscriptions.
Debatable. If software improved relative to the extra costs, I would be happy to pay a bit more. That hasnāt happened. The development of perpetual (and in some cases, free) software is outpacing subscription based products.
Disagree. Software is a product. If itās a āserviceā then these subscriptions would also come with industry leading tech support right? They donāt; I just experienced this a few months ago when I had to solve a tech issue on my own using a software with a yearly subscription fee thatās more than the cost of McNeelās perpetual license. Itās the perpetual licensed software that usually has the better tech support.
Why do you guys think, are these primarily 2D programs rather cheap, even most Adobe programs fall under 200ā¬ per year, but most 3D applications rather very expensive, Rhino included, with prices of 1000ā¬ upwards? The sky seems to be the limit here.
Why do you think that is? Is 3D historically simply more of a niche thing and you thus sell less and have to charge more to make ends meet? Is the pricing driven by opportunism and greed, or rather the work involved in three-dimensional stuff more labour intensive?
Well, things are creeping up, it is highly dependent on the industry you are targeting, as much as 2D software looks affordable you also get more people using them. Iād argue that Adobe suite is second to Microsoft office in popularity.
3D applications usually target industry-specific solutions that generally generate more revenue annually, and require more complex work and more skilled software developers.
I generally think $1000 Rhino License is Fair, since it is the biggest bread and butter for my work, a $200 Adobe Photoshop license is too much since I use it once every other month to color correct my renderings and probably do a Christmas card for my friends.
Photoshop and Lightroom for sure.
Iām not convinced here.
Nice, very thoughtful.
Also pre-subscription. I recall Adobe Acrobat Pro X was $1200 perpetual license. Thatās why my previous firm moved to bluebleam revu instead ($300) perpetual licenses. Unfortunately last week bluebleam moved to subscription model charging ($300 per year).
I also recall Photoshop CS3 to be 540$ (2008) which for a graphic design suite (PS, AI, IN) you can pay around 1500$ which is probably cost more than Rhino.
My general observation from companies doing subscription is they focus more (expanding services) instead of developing the software more. (Ex. 1 TB plan, Cloud Credits, Sync. Settings. BIM 360) and these services are additional on top of your monthly subscription cost.
well if somebody is interested, the main reason i actually posted this here is because i am assuming that they might introduce some CAD package maybe even something 3d, i read that on some very old topic on their own page quite a long time ago that these things are being thought about, in that short video they are also using some snake like 3d object, but it of course can be also just the next big release of their suits or something else. the funny thing is also that they have the big reveal exactly on a full moon, i am not super esoterical but that just sounds funny 
well we shall see then.
Mecsoft has gone a similar route, got this in my e-mail Friday:
