Affinity Kicking Adobe While They're Down - Get Affinity Photo and Designer 50% Off

So Adobe stepped in it earlier this week with a license update that has made many of their customers less than happy. Many customers that are looking for alternatives. Well, remember when Unity screwed up with the run-time fee and their competitors all took turns dunking on them? Well... now it's Adobe's turn. Serif, the makers of Affinity Designer and Photo, probably the two most viable Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator alternatives, have just announced a 50% off flash sale!
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[@Igrom_Gamedev]

I would also like to mention Instamat, which can be used as a replacement for adobe substance.

[@gamefromscratch]

I actually covered that one right after it came out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3W2pImBrdBnjbc

[@Yangwaochin]

Invisible planet and star sized intelligent civilizations where all life forms are invisible that can open portals teleport and speed factories that create them they can also speed up and slow down time Hit game idea create this amazing game

[@spawnrcandbikes]

lets hope adobe don't buy affinity .....

[@mr_clean575]

I’ve been using Adobe for over 10 years. Just bought the universal Affinity license. Treat your customers better Adobe.

[@poemme]

Same, I just got affinity and downloading it right now. So done with the price hikes, the year long lock in... just too much for Adobe to ask atm

[@IWillYeah]

I don't want to lose my discount for Adobe all platform (game dev), but even I'm reconsidering.

[@joshua42777]

Have you tried 3dcoat for texturing?

[@brente275]

I'll be joining you soon

[@104-hb5]

To new Affinity users, Welcome and give the change some time. I really battled when I made the change a few years ago. I would switch back to Adobe on a few occasions for speed and out of frustration of getting a job done and out the door. They only feature I'm still missing is "Flatten Transparency" from Illustrator but I am on V1, maybe V2 has this sorted but I've managed to work around not having it and the quirks Affinity has when merging multiple objects that contain transparency or negative space. There are SO MANY things that Affinity actually does better once you find your groove. The Studiolink via Publisher is an absolute game changer. I work on many different kinds of projects and it's so simple and quick to switch from a photo editing environment to a vector drawing environment and then to layout environment when working on multiple pages in the same document or documents all within a single environment / session. I went through a bad patch where I couldn't afford the monthly Adobe subscription for a few months but I also had to create an income from design work to get by with rent, food etc. This is when I made the final switch to Affinity, I had no choice and I ended up falling in love with it. This simply would not have been possible with Adobe's subscription horsesh*t, but what they are doing now is getting ready to serve a larger customer base. They have reached a saturation point of sorts, people are getting sick of subscriptions for every f*****g thing so they now need to convert some of "our" customers into "their" customers but getting us out the picture. They want to train their ML/Ai networks so that the customer can get what they want directly from Adobe with a single prompt and they want to use "US" to help put ourselves out of business in the future. Let's squeeze Adobe before they squeeze us.

[@freetibet1000]

For anyone wondering what to do with all the .PSD files you have on your hard drive after your past life in Photoshop? No sweat, Affinity Photo will open them for you and you can convert them into a modern file format moving forward!

[@Dave102693]

If only there was an After Effects and Premiere Pro competitor that could open their files too

[@freetibet1000]

@@Dave102693 Yes, that really sucks big time! For what it’s worth, I know for a fact that Affinity is able to open Photoshop files (.psd) anyway. Maybe a workaround for you is to convert (export) your Premiere and After Effects files to something that’s generic and can be opened by other softwares before you unsubscribe your Adobe subscription? For those working in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign I suggest they export all vital files into PDF or EPS before unsubscribing Adobe. There’s also the huge problems Lightroom users face if they unsubscribe and can no longer access their photo catalogs and adjustments. Converters exists but isn’t able to do a decent translation of everything from a Lightroom catalog file either. I think these are some of the major hurdles many face when they plan to switch away from Adobe. And Adobe knows this of course. Hence their arrogant attitude towards creatives. I hope you find a workable solution for your projects! Soon you will be relieved to be free of Adobe, I promise you! 👍

[@RoninLeonim]

@@Dave102693 there is and its called Davinci resolve

[@KuttyJoe]

It does a decent job opening Photoshop files, and also Illustrator files but no two programs are actually comparable. If you're using certain features of Photoshop or Illustrator, those things can not be properly opened in Affinity software or any other software for that matter. It's not a strike against any software. There's no way another company can be perfectly compatible with the special features of another software. Especially since Adobe is adding new features so regularly.

[@Dave102693]

@@KuttyJoe It does?

[@EricBarthDev]

I went to affinity Suite.. all 3 merge to make Affinity Studio. ..and I haven't looked back at Adobe since.

[@LV4EVR]

and v2 is such a huge improvement over v1!

[@Dave102693]

Just watch out for Canva

[@JVJF7]

What are the biggest improvements ​@@LV4EVR

[@elmomertens]

I've been using Affinity since 2017 and I've never wanted to use Adobe ever!

[@jugibur2117]

Does anyone know if Affinity Photo V2 can now also read and write SmartObjects from Photoshop? (for linking / embedding images). I missed that back then for a changeover, thanks!

[@berbank]

Affinity is great. Adobe I've had nothing but (expensive) problems with from 2006-2014. Software, customer service, terms and conditions, everything. The day I PURGED all Adobe stuff from my machines and swapped to Affinity + Blender was a good day. Just make sure you don't go to Canva for any rap-related promos.

[@KHJohan]

The only thing adobe I have is an pdf reader, but I noticed adobe is constantly running stuff in the background

[@designobservatory]

can you explain what you mean with the Canva rap promos? As you know they acquired Affinity recently.

[@berbank]

@@designobservatory kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIXTaqqXmbZ4pbc

[@berbank]

@@designobservatory I can't post a link, but search KZbin for "Canva rap".

[@zurgmuckerberg]

​@@KHJohantheir that's their AI training content curator working tirelessly to improve your experience.

[@yojanselcuevas9829]

As a long time Affinity user I would like to tell you guys to switch while you can with that offer. That's a door from them for you to enter ❤

[@Keyboardwarrior42]

What about DxO Photolab or Capture1?

[@yojanselcuevas9829]

@Keyboardwarrior42 I can't tell anything cuz I don't know a lot about them so you would have to check them put. Just make sure you get the tools doing everything you need and don't have to pay a lot in subscription. If they sell licenses with permanent use, that's better

[@sfoldy]

@@Keyboardwarrior42 Right now all Serif Affinity has is an "equivalent" to Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. They've been doing a great job of enhancing these apps to the point where some of them can do things better than Adobe's apps. Hopefully a greater interest and customer support purchasing their apps will lead to development of alternative apps to Adobe's. And if we're lucky, between Adobe and Microsoft this month, maybe Affinity will be the first to put their apps on Linux! I can dream, right?!

[@Window4503]

They’ve marked it down that low before. I’ve seen them do it at least twice in the past 3 years

[@GiantsOnTheHorizon]

I’ve been using Photoshop’s AI fill tool quite a bit lately. Does Affinity have that feature yet? I’d LOVE to dump Adobe.

[@bgtubber]

I dropped Photoshop for Affinity Photo 5 years ago. I really don't miss much. It's a great alternative.

[@Draenal]

As a hobbyist who would maybe open a handful of Adobe products a couple times a month, Adobe CC's pricing basically pushed me out of my hobby. I jumped on the Affinity deal because these 3 apps are the exact 3 apps I most needed out of the Adobe CC. Looking forward to learning them over the coming months.

[@Ichijoe2112]

There-in is the problem. Adobe, never made 'Software' for the normies. There Software was Astronomically priced when it was off-line, and stand alone. Because it was Commercial Software. The upshot of which is if you're not using Adobe Products to make money, you are using them wrong. Of course Adobe would be to kind to disagree with me, and would be happier to take your money instead. But, you might want to try either DarkTable, or Raw Therapy, (Linux / Mac / Win) for RAW Images, and Inkscape for svg's (also Linux / Mac / Win). And Krita as a Photoshop replacement. (Coof GIMP coof replacement.) Again on Linux / Mac / Win. And they are all free!

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

Krita is great. I use rawtherapee for my raws, I like it better for my use than Darktable (although darktable is also good).

[@Ichijoe2112]

@@josephbrandenburg4373 It's a taste thing, to be far, I prefer Darktable, for the same reason why I like Linux Mint. They do a good job of chimping Lightroom, and Windows XP (GUI), well enough. At least we have this level of choice. But, Linux needs a heavy hitter like Canva, or DxO to step up, and port there Software on an Operating System that isn't Mac, or Windows.

[@Dave102693]

@@Ichijoe2112but that extreme prices was made up for being an business expense and being a one time payment

[@Ichijoe2112]

@@Dave102693 Hence why I called it, and continue to call out Adobes' Products out as being Commercial Software. As opposed to say either Enthusiast, or Hobbiist Software. If you DON'T have a gameplan on how to nullify your Cloud Subscription. Wedding Photography, Posting Cat Videos on KZbin etc... you're probably using the Software wrong, and would be better off using DxO, Affinity, or depending into madness Krita.

[@GeoffInfield]

JUST BOUGHT THE WHOLE SET - THANK YOU! I abandoned and boycotted Adobe when they refused to sell anything and put a drip in your arm to suck money out of people 24/7 NOT using them often. SAVED!!! 🤗

[@ghhdgjjfjjggj]

You said it. They are such a scummy company. I'm rooting for Affinity.

[@edmarsouza2479]

Just upgraded my 1.0 suite to 2.0 universal license, I got another 25% discount on top of the 50% one (only $62.24 USD altogether), definitely a steal.

[@AndrewMZcroft]

Amazing new, Im going to take a look at this sale cause i also have af d and ph 1.0

[@drewo.127]

Universal license? Is that the same as a perceptual license?

[@toolazytobeoriginal4587]

​@@drewo.127sorta. All of the purchase options are perpetual and get updates until next major version is released. Universal is just all 3 (Designer, Photo, and Publisher) in one, cheaper package

[@tlilmiztli]

That is crazy! :D So cool!

[@toolazytobeoriginal4587]

​@@drewo.127Yes. It's just all 3 in one bundle

[@MarioTorre]

Affinity Suite + Capture One + DaVinci Resolve + Moho

[@DerWenzel]

I had issues and issues with Adobe products. I used adobe for at least 15 years. Two years ago I switched to affinity, never looked back. Somethings were different and of course a lot of the photo editing tools are missing, but I don’t need them anymore so I didn’t mind. Paying just once for an application that has a support for multiple years. It’s just wonderful

[@rfsbsb]

I bought the whole Affinity package last year on black friday and I can't recommend it enough.

[@chrisrag]

What was the Black Friday discount ? FOMO is starting to kick in so I want to know if it's okay to wait before buying

[@jetah50]

@@chrisrag reddit is saying 40% off for BF. So 50% off now is a better deal.

[@chrisrag]

@@jetah50 Thank you

[@rfsbsb]

Yeah I think 50% is a better deal than I got

[@andhegames8669]

Kicked Adobe to the curb 3 years ago, Affinity's great. Upgrade time.

[@3dchick]

Long time Affinity user. One my favorite parts is cross platform. I can use on my Windows, send it to my Macbook or draw with my iPad. Love that.

[@Mahm00dM0hanad]

If you buy three of them you can launch anyone and access the others in the same GUI while working on the same file, it’s awesome

[@OLucasQueJoga]

Publisher is WAY better than indesign, it’s a straight up upgrade

[@Wilkins_Micawber]

I’ve been using Affinity Photo for 4 years now. It’s a seamless transition from Adobe. The best thing is, I own it, not rental.

[@juanmonfort6598]

For some reason, it was a necessary bad for Adobe Flash to die so that it wouldn't suffer the same fate as the other pieces of software under the new terms.

[@FlameForgedSoul]

Not entirely sure what point your aiming for there, but Flash was _demonstrably_ bad, bloated, insecure and closed source. We don't Stan Apple, but Jobs forcing their hand was a net win, Dearest.

[@Window4503]

*necessary evil is the phrase

[@shayneoneill1506]

@@FlameForgedSoul The one thing that we did lose with flash is the animation. That thing was frigging amazing for animators. With all that said;- Moho exists, its cheap as dirt, and it does most of what we used Flash for when it comes for creating animations.

[@Lu9_ST]

@@shayneoneill1506 i mean, flash as an animation software didn't go anywhere, it lives under the name "Adobe Animate" now, it's just the flash _player_ and the flash _standard_ used to create games and animations in a made-for-web format, that died - but even in regards to that, we have the Ruffle project now - a flash emulator of sorts without the security risks of classic flash player, even allowing you to run it on mobile devices, so in theory, flash support was kinda _strenghtened_ more after its death.

[@fablewalls]

@@shayneoneill1506 flash is still alive - it's called "Adobe Animate". The only thing that was killed was Flash Player.

[@IllyasArt]

Switched from Adobe suite to Affinity many years ago, and am still blown away from how much better Affinity's products are. Are they missing some very obscure things that the Adobe suite does? Yes. But what do you get for one payment, and no sub? A more performant program, they practically do 99% of whatever Adobe's programs do, and they crash less!

[@KuttyJoe]

"Very obscure things that Adobe suite does" LOL You mean like the things that people begged Affinity to do for 10 years until Affinity finally added it. "A more performant program, they practically do 99% of whatever Adobe's programs do, and they crash less!" I think it's more like 30%. That's why it's cheap. If it could do 99% of what Adobe does then the cost would be 99% of the cost of Adobe software.

[@IllyasArt]

@@KuttyJoe Adobe, is that you!?

[@KuttyJoe]

@@IllyasArt Your post reads like it was paid for by Serif.

[@IllyasArt]

@@KuttyJoe God, I wish.

[@garretreed9709]

@IllyasArt I mean if you used Adobe Suite MANY years ago, the modern software is PRETTY nice! the new features really speeds up our workflow. For instance the select subject and some small things photoshop does better. But we are still missing an equivalent replacement for Lightroom CC 2024 and After Effects. OOOH and Illustrator making 3D inflate effects easier to create and being a trend setter is nice.

[@ShiroiAkumaSama]

Affinity got sold to Canva some time ago, Canva has a lot of subscription based models, so I guess at some point in the future Affinity will go subscription too, just a matter of time.

[@gamefromscratch]

It was covered later in the video, but Canva pledged to keep a subscription free option forever. Now pledges are only as good as the trust you put in the company making them, but it's a positive start.

[@hipflipped]

Correct. Canva (which now owns Affinity) depends on subs for their product line. Eventually subs will come to Affinity too. And they'll do a few things. They'll hammer users with how "great subscription are for you!" while eventually making perpetual licenses more expensive or simply a worse value than shitty subscriptions.

[@kyb9623]

@@hipflipped there's absolutely zero, historical precedent for your claim (sarcasm) 😉

[@Leonard_MT]

Well I guess that means to act now before that happens...

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@hipflipped This only works with products that many people depend on and can't just drop on a whim. Adobe can have that subscription because people pay for it, whether they like it or not. Meanwhile my impression is Affinity's popularity is mostly based on not having subscriptions and they are easier to replace. It would be foolish of them to go for the subscription model. Still possible, but they would regret it.

[@ghostradiodelete]

I took the plunge so you don't have to. Affinity Photo 2 has no ability to properly render a pixel font, it gives you some control over it but I've had trouble getting it to render properly, whereas Gimp does it without any issues and is totally free (2.99.18 dev build). If you want anti aliasing off, say your gamedev art is pixel art, you'll have to select all the layers, click the cog wheel in the layer panel, and choose Force Off for antialiasing. I'm keeping it for now, but I'll likely be doing most work in Gimp and Aseprite.

[@yt.damian]

I love my GiMP. I also have Affinity but only use it when a file wont open in GiMP.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Why would you use a photo editor for pixel art? Use Pixelorama, Pyskel, Aseprite or something similar.

[@ChuckstaGaming]

@@yt.damian Same here. I've used Gimp for years now, ever since I became a good boy and stopped going the Long John Silver way. I am tempted to try out Affinity.

[@deuswulf6193]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino Because photoshop is a great tool for pixel art as well, so people automatically will assume Affinity Photo can fall into the same category. That said, I much prefer Krita over GIMP, if given the choice between the two.

[@SensibleChuckle]

Gimp always disappointed me every time I tried to like it.

[@scatterbrainart]

I used Adobe products for over 15 years. I started out with a cracked version of Photoshop 5, and as soon as I could afford it I would purchase every new version of creative suite. I ditched them when they announced their subscription model. It was hard learning new software, but in the end it was totally worth it and I have not looked back.

[@tymondabrowski12]

Krita will be soon 50% off on Steam too! The sale should start on June 11th (and yes, of course on a website it's always free). It's because of the 25th birthday of Krita, it was planned for quite some time already. Maybe the Adobe antics were a birthday gift.

[@simonced]

If you want support the devs, yeah... But Krita is free to direct download from their website. No need to add DRM to a free product. Also, there is a Donate button on their home page.

[@tymondabrowski12]

@@simonced yes, of course. It's just a funny coincidence for me. And some people like a set amount and some others like "% off". (Though there is definitely a question how to make Krita Fund as successful as Krita on Steam is, financially - afaik right now most of the income comes from Steam).

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

​@@simonced Steam is mostly for being an auto update tool though, and if a software doesn't have DRM to begin with, it wouldn't have it just because it's on Steam. You can run DRM free software downloaded from Steam without opening Steam first.

[@simonced]

@@FlameRat_YehLon About the auto-update, steam is not required. Many tools even on Linux auto update aven when downloaded manually (logseq, vscodiium etc...) But I didn't know there were non DRM softwares on Steam, It's total ignorance on my part, but does it mean you can then launch the software without steam running? That could be one good way to do it, I see the appeal.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

@@simonced Steam can auto update software without needing to launch the software (or needing the software to have its own update checker running in background), which can be a plus. It's not the only way to get auto update of course, but if you already have Steam you don't need to install any other software to do it, which is a free benefit. And yes, DRM free software from Steam can be run without launching Steam first, and you can even copy just the software itself to another computer to use it.

[@kennythecomiccollector]

When Adobe announced their subscription plans, I quickly went out to purchase the last desktop versions of PageMaker, PS CS6 and LR 5 as I didn't want to be caught up in the constant renting and price increases. I still use CS6 and LR 5. Several months ago, I purchased the Affinity v2.x suite of products. With all of these, I'm able to do all of my design and layout projects. If Affinity should move in the subscription directions with say v3.x, I'll just stay with the v2.x suite.

[@tenbear5]

They’ve pulled the verification servers so even if you have legitimate software with the correct codes you won’t be able to reinstall it. If you question it, despite being a registered user, they will accuse you of piracy (theft) and point blank refuse. i couldn’t supply a receipt from over 10 years past purchase date, but even if i could, they’d still lock you out. No mention of a reimbursement for what you thought was a perpetual licence you’d paid for & thought you owned. I’m surprised there isn’t a lawsuit against them, their behaviour is so out of order.

[@kennythecomiccollector]

@@tenbear5 That’s odd. I don’t know when that took effect, but I was able to install PS CS6 and my LR 5 on my Win 11 system and register them with my purchased license codes a about 4 months. I can’t remember, but I think I had to use a specific link or some other method to get the registration to go through. At the time, I think I searched around on the web for a way and found a method that worked.

[@tenbear5]

@@kennythecomiccollector Nope, they’ve pulled all verification. The software is effectively useless. i don’t know how they can get away with it.

[@garretreed9709]

with Canva a subscription wouldn't be a bad model (based on their statement) MAY be an option in the late future to add functionality NOT to access software. So I am thinking for those that need / want to have projects on the cloud; similar to Adobe Cloud where everything is accessible, then that would be beneficial.

[@tenbear5]

@@garretreed9709 No, strongly disagree. The subscription business model is a directive from the WEF designed to strip you of ownership. ‘You will have own nothing, & you WILL be happy’.

[@theautomaticfiend]

V1 runs fine on linux as i understand it, v2 requires a custom version of wine and isnt perfect.

[@Ichijoe2112]

Is anything under wine? I remember getting M$ Office, and Adobe CS 6 working under Wine several yonks ago. It worked.... More or less. There wasn't any repulsive Recall, or other Ad/Spy-ware in Vista/7 at the time to engrain my hatred of all things MicroSoft, as was / is the case with 10 & 11. I was into Hackintosohing for a while. But, the current release broke to many things for me. To want to waste two weekends to get back up, to have it break again at the next point release. (As seems to be the case now.). Thankfully Inkscape, and Darktable are pretty beefy for my intermediate use.

[@theautomaticfiend]

@@Ichijoe2112 well, yes, they're windows programs so they run under wine. Office and Adobe as I understand it do work, just not the installers which you kinda need.

[@Ichijoe2112]

@@theautomaticfiend Not sure how it is, my experience was more to how it was way back about 12 BC years ago some (Before Cloud). Like I stated, Windows was as hit, and miss as it always was, but at least it wasn't creepy! Thus getting all this 'stuff' to play nice under Wine, though possible, and for all I know, continues to be.... Was arguably more effort than just running native Vista, or 7, so why bother? With all the creepy Spyware in Windows 10 & 11, plus the added Adware, and now Recall. I'm done with MicroSoft. Im just done. Full CMYK would be nice on GIMP / Krita / Darktable & Raw Therapy, as well as in Inkscape. But these are NOT showstoppers in the way MicroSoft, and to some extent Adobe have recently announced. Hopefully Canva, will see that the market shift to other Operating Systems and in so doing bring MicroSoft back down to Earth.

[@SensibleChuckle]

The bar for "fine" isn't good enough. I am soooo eager to switch to Linux! I want affinity and DXO working natively or at least perfect in the windows sandbox before I can dump windows.

[@Ichijoe2112]

@@SensibleChuckle I can't find fault with that. We need to encourage these Developers that they need to move their Products off of Windows, and onto a usable OS. Mores the pity that (Cr)Apple have no interest in opening MacOS Up to non Mac users. This alone would slap MicroSofts ambitions with things like Recall. What else are you going to do? Move to Linux Mint?!

[@LMHPOLY]

The combination of Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo is the best replacement for me. I've been using it for about 5/6 years now, and I forgot that Photoshop exists. I fell in love with it and can do whatever image manipulation, vector art, or texture painting I need.

[@rodvik]

bought Affinity last year. Its simply great.

[@magomusica]

Honestly man you’re a hero. Your videos are always so succinct and exactly the info I hoped to hear, no fluff, perfectly paced, stream of conscious and flow that works with my brain. Thanks for what you do!

[@simplesimon755]

I appreciate this video because I have been trying to figure out what my options are to replace Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere. So far it sounds like Affinity, Luminar, and Davinci are the way to go. Thanks!

[@f8haus]

DxO PhotoLab beats the pants off of Luminar (I own both) in every single possible way.

[@MeshVoid]

Use Krita to get rid of Photoshop. It's amazing and very similar, free and open source, meaning they'll never screw you the same way Adobe does.

[@Ehren1337]

Photoshop / Krita Lightroom / DarkTable AfterEffects / DaVinci Resolve Illustrator / Inkscape And of course "Blender".

[@kevykevTPA]

Why would you need both Affinity and Luminar? To be clear, I'm speaking strictly of photo editing functions, similar to the lightroom/photoshop combo that so many of us are trying to get away from. I'm a serious but amateur photog who had, at one point, aspirations of making a living at it, but a disability came knocking that landed me in a wheelchair and meant that from any practical perspective, I wouldn't be running around weddings or other traditional venues and snapping off photos as fast as my trigger finger can move. But I still do go out and take many photos that need to be sorted and edited, including mostly simple things... RAW processing, color balancing, contrast, removing unwanted elements, merge to HDR, panorama stitching, and I love low-light stuff, so controlling noise is a big one for me, though I am giving SERIOUS consideration to adding an r6 Mk II as a replacement/addition to my m6 Mk II.

[@f8haus]

@@kevykevTPA Affinity and Luminar are radically different tools for radically different ends in the same way that Photoshop and Lightroom are. (Luminar has scene re-lighting [and much more besides] for example.) I have DxO PhotoLab, Affinity, Luminar, and Nik's Collection and find myself using all of them at various times.

[@learningtoride1714]

If only affinity supported Linux

[@LV4EVR]

Oh man, if they did _that!_ I want to move from Windows to Linux and this is the one thing holding up the process. Plus, it's _such_ a phenomenal value, I think a _ton_ of Linux-only users would buy.

[@learningtoride1714]

@@LV4EVR I am in the same position. Just never got on with GIMP

[@Ehren1337]

@@LV4EVR Photoshop / Krita Lightroom / DarkTable AfterEffects / DaVinci Resolve Illustrator / Inkscape And of course "Blender".

[@GiantRobo77]

Agreed....desperately need a linux app of designer

[@musicdudem6673]

Just get a computer w windows for that kinda stuff lol don’t make life over complicated. There’s a reason nothing works for Linux, sitting on the sidelines of life waiting is a huge sacrifice of time and goal reaching

[@matslarsson5988]

Adobe is not subscribing to my money any more.

[@PeterSedesse]

This is why you stay away from publicly traded companies. Every CEO right now is being hammered by investors to 'add more AI'

[@tygher]

I picked up the Affinity Suite today. I think it will take some time to transition but the fact that all apps work on my iPad, Mac or PC as well has me convinced.

[@clovis_the_spook]

Wow! I've been thinking of switching to Affinity a lot recently. This is definitely the last thing I needed

[@morgan0]

3:30 i took an art class and we were all supposed to use adobe stuff. one of the projects was a vector illustration based off of a photo. i started it in illustrator like i was supposed to, but mainly did it in designer. at the end, i exported versions of the highly detailed drawing, and regardless of the format i exported in, while designer was slowed but still very usable, illustrator was like watching a powerpoint presentation. something like several thousand shapes, illustrator just would not have made that possible. v2 does seem slower overall, or at least was at launch, but it is better in terms of features and i would hope they're continuing to work on performance improvements.

[@DelondialLottracus]

Bought Affinity 2 today. Even if it doesn't do EVERYTHING Adobe does, it's dirt cheap, and I sleep better. No ragrats.

[@f.d.6667]

Our whole creative team switched to Affnity in 2022. Yes, we needed to re-learn a few things and change some processes but in the end the money we saved pays the salary of one senior designer. I cancelled my Fusion 360 subscription and BOUGHT a new CAD license. *No more subscriptions for us!*

[@Yarkspiri]

Publisher also has a great feature where you can seamlessly switch between the attributes of Affinity Photo and Designer without having to open them up individually.

[@Bread-qz3ht]

How much do you upload its insane

[@gamefromscratch]

Lol, normally 4-5 videos a week is my target, but when news happens I try to be as timely as possible. I like to think if you're a game developer or game developer-adjacent and news relevant to you happens, you don't need to go anywhere else to hear about it! ;)

[@ZoroBoiInd_laman]

Bro can you make toturial?, like 5-17 video about gamedev. Using Flax engine and O3de and fyrox plz

[@sean7221]

Zoro, how about you make that tutorial yourself

[@joshua42777]

​@ZoroBoiInd_laman have you tried the flax documentation? It's very good

[@PlazDreamweaver]

Clip Studio Paint is a better PS. It's also much cheaper. Idk why more people don't use it. It's literally PS, but better. You have a perpetual license for $50 for pro without a sale. EX is $200 outside of sales, but you only want that if you're creating manga or animating. Again, it's perpetual. You do pay for version upgrades, but it's optional if you don't care for what each major update offers, and they're like $20. Another big plus is community created brushes and assets that are easy and simple to install. It used to be just $50 once and that's it. But to be fair, they weren't updating CSP with new features then.

[@daytaur]

Agree. I use Clip Studio Paint Pro for many year now. I believe I bought it for something like $19. I never paid anything since then. It has some really nice features.

[@BigWavesKays]

I have all 3. Clip studio is great for comics but not really for animation. It’s just too tedious for that. But it has way more than even Photoshop has which is hilarious. and affinities only problem is their UI and shortcuts. Adobe is great but that AI is trash and the subscription is whack unless you can smoke them with an educational email for the suite discount.

[@tymondabrowski12]

Isn't CSP moving to subscription too, in the next version? It is really good for drawing though and the current version is a one-time fee so still worth it right now, though, of course.

[@BigWavesKays]

@@tymondabrowski12 the clip studio v2 and v3 aren't game changers so even v1.5 is 95% of it. if you get EX it'll be alot so catch it on a sale BUT if you really like drawing and painting its Top level no debate. they have the subscription model and one time payment also; I believe only the mobile version forces you to get a sub but its literally a side by side clone of the desktop version.... Idk if you would want to fit all of that in a tablet but the choice is always yours

[@AscendantStoic]

@@tymondabrowski12 No, Version 3.0 which came out recently still has the perpetual license option as far as I can see (just checked it)

[@sicklymoonlight]

affinity designer/photo + davinci resolve (+ audacity) + blender is the ultimate combo

[@mjscgi321]

I think im heading to affinity, ditched the full creative cloud sub, 3 years ago and stuck with the photoraphy subscription till now, davinci resolve replaced premiere, and now afinity can replace photoshop. Adobe have really helped make the desicion for me, my work is my own and my clients, i cant permit a outside entity to gobble it up. So long adobe, your captive audience are jumping ship.

[@OverStyle]

Thank you for keeping us updated on all gamedev related updates!

[@PASTRAMIKick]

a few months ago I told myself I'd pick up the suite if they had a big sale like this, that time has come

[@olenap7953]

Thanks for the heads up! I used up my trial license a while ago and have been planning to buy. 50% off from the normal price is a no brainer purchase for an app this good

[@mma93067]

The one time a real adobe competitor comes along, they don’t support the tux either 😭… save us from GIMP hell

[@RWD_Faiz]

If you are using an iPad, they also have a bundle for all 3 apps the iPad. It should come to about $20.

[@MAKEORAMA]

I did the same move from 50€ / month Adobe suite to Affinity, Davinci Resolve and Luminar AI without a snitch of looking back.

[@mickjayplays]

I've had the Universal license since v2 dropped. The only thing keeping me with Adobe is the fact the industry standard (and other reasons), the lack of a few key features in Designer (image trace and vector halftones), and the fact that I can't find an alternative to After Effects that allows me to do 2d motion graphics as easily as AE. If I could make Apple Motion do everything I do in AE, I'd probably drop Adobe right now and just deal with the feature parity problem in Affinity Designer.

[@LV4EVR]

For image trace, I use Inkscape. To me, it does a remarkable job, and allowed me to kiss Adobe goodbye. For the motion graphics, have you really explored Fusion inside DaVinci Resolve? It's a really different workflow (I came from PP/AE) and took awhile to adjust. Now, I'm so accustomed to Resolve, I couldn't go back. My experience/expertise is _not_ motion graphics, but from what I've played with and/or seen, it's very capable.

[@blastofffpv]

My thoughts exactly. A decent 2D AE alternative would make me adobe free as well. Thou industry's heavy use of adobe fonts makes it also difficult to switch completely.

[@TraitorFelon.14.3]

Blender

[@mickjayplays]

@@TraitorFelon.14.3 Yeah but no. You can do a lot of great animation stuff with it, but I'm mainly using AE to create track matte stinger transitions for OBS. Lots of programatic stuff that Blender's just not built for. Thanks, though.

[@MrKepzie]

There's Left Angle Autograph, it can do everything AE does and outperforms it in many area

[@JSAbbott]

I've been using the Affinity suite for the last few years. I still find some problems with them (especially Designer) but I hope they will catch up to Adobe Illustrator somewhat soon. Unfortunately, I'm still stuck with Adobe for a couple of things. I use Substance Painter and Designer (but plan on switching completely to InstaMAT as soon as it updates a couple things. I also use After Effects and there just isn't anything equivalent. I can do a lot in Fusion but my brain just cannot grasp the node work rather than layers. I also use AE for compositing and VFX and rarely for motion design/animation which means there really isn't any alternatives.

[@kswsquared]

I've yet to get Publisher, but Affinity Photo and Designer has been a very good experience for me so far, especially Designer. Things just flow.

[@explaysive_TV]

Awesome, thanks for the heads-up. I have been mulling over upgrading to v2 and the universal license upgrade is also 50% off. Around €68 for the universal license upgrade is almost criminally cheap. I am expecting the cops to knock down my door any minute now.

[@jshdnmfkndnfmmc3369]

Other apps had promised to never go subscription only. And then they did.

[@HR-wd6cw]

Because Affinity (Serif) was sold to a company that does subscriptions. This is the thing people aren't realizing. They too will have to eventually go subscription or find something else. It created quitea bit of an uproar over at DPReview as Photographers weren't exactly happy and some switched back to Adobe because of the inevitable subscripton model coming to Affinity. at least there they said that for PS and LR, they would be getting a much better value. SAme for people who bought into Luminar Neo too late (although Luminar does still have a perpetual license, it doesn't get updated basically except for bug fixes but Luminar also made their product so limited most people just pay the subscription to get the extras).

[@WeekdayWeekend]

I love the idea of Affinity Photo... but after about only 20 minutes, I am not sure I like it. No snap to horizontal or vertical center, text didn't even resize when I highlight it and change from 12pt to 72pt... keyboard shortcuts are very different for things other than the basics... Affinity says their variation of the shortcuts are "better," but they also should understand that a difference in workflow is the BIGGEST reason Photoshop users will try and then immediately HATE Affinity. Photoshop users have been using Photoshop for 10-20 years, so you really need to be as close as possible. I really really wish more companies like this, who are directly competing against the "big dog," would simply say at first launch, "would you like to automatically set your keyboard commands to match X software?"

[@paul2d]

I have used Affinity Photo for several years now and have been more than satisfied with the program.

[@TheLongestConfidence]

I basically only used Adobe for Indesign. Affinity Publisher doesn't have all of the features you might use, but v2 took care of everything I was missing for doing book layouts except grep styles, which you can live without. It's a bummer that there's no Linux version; getting it set up in wine seems to be a big chore and might not even work. I gave up trying after compiling software for several hours and still not having anything that would run.

[@txma.]

I bought a copy of Affinity Photo 2 and have been working on learning it over the past few days. I've taken a hiatus from design work until I feel proficient in the software, mainly because I think it'll be worth it in the end

[@naytron210]

I've been using Affinity Designer professionally for about four years now. It's come a long, long way, and is really only missing a few key features at this point that keeps it from being a drop-in replacement. I love it so much more than Illustrator -- it has a much more intuitive interface and is therefore much faster to use, and it has a much lighter memory footprint which makes it run much more smoothly on my aging machine at the shop. I can't speak as much for Photo or Publisher, but aside from a few frustrations, Designer is top-tier.

[@gamefromscratch]

Yeah I have to agree. To be honest, for reasons I can't really put together, but I always bounced off Illustrator. Something in the UI or Workflow always fought me and using it was a non-stop struggle. Meanwhile Affinity Designer has fit like a glove. There have been a few missing features, and when you Google that feature you often find people have been asking for it for like a decade, but 99% of what you need is there and works well.

[@Athanor3d]

Great to hear, I bought the Affinity suite a few months ago and like it a lot, so much to learn though! Macromedia Freehand was my favourite. We all know how that ended...

[@LV4EVR]

@@Athanor3d I'd say it took me a year to fully adjust to the Affinity workflow. During that time, I'd regularly fire up CS6 because _I_ was much faster there. Took on a _massive_ project last year and did it all in Affinity v2 (Photo and Designer) and ... it was great. Enormous file sizes, and never had any crashes or even slow downs. Not saying they never happen, but in my work v2 has been rock solid.

[@HollywoodCameraWork]

Yep, just did it. This was the push. Quick impression, Affinity is way snappier and more polished than Photoshop and Illustrator, which have been falling apart for a while. It feels like a new, fresh, and much improved Photoshop. I'll get DaVinci Resolve installed as well, find a workflow, and then I'll be canceling Creative Cloud.

[@psy237]

Using affinity since it's birth and slowly it's getting to a really good place. It had several bugs and missing yet needed features that are now fixed and implemented... I can only say affinity has reached a point where you can easily replace Adobes CC suit with affinity. I couldn't say that before, but now for sure. The only thing missing is native linux support :(

[@designobservatory]

Yes, Publisher is fully functional as a replacement for Indesign. I have tossed Adobe completely since 2018 and had no problem whatsoever to produce illustrations, photos retouch, graphoc designs from brochures to books with the Affinity suite.

[@esca-t4k]

Just bought a licence for Affinity. Looking forward to learning a fresh program to be honest.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

All it takes for those 4 pledges to vanish is profit demands by investors and shareholders. I'd be more focused on what they do rather than what they say. Those pledges and the information about it could just disappear like what happened with Unity or changes could be made under the covers...You can't trust any company.

[@gordonelwell7084]

The reason I converted to Adobe in the first place was the robust layers capability (merging, duplicating, blending, opaqueness, etc). Also, I often will open a dozen or more layers into a single edit file, then use the various blend modes for each layer. Are these features in this program? What limitations are there to the editing of images?

[@theorize999]

Good man, thank you. I’m glad to see there are still people with sense out there

[@ervilhas]

I recommend you guys to first try the Affinity's trial version, I just bought Affinity's complete package, hopping to replace my old PS CS6 but I'm afraid there are some basic features missing, like index color mode, or a proper color range selection, there are lots of posts in the forum requesting those features dating back to 2018 😟

[@woodcraft_cz]

Just bought, going to try it out and see how I get on

[@pedroguidatv]

Yup, as I commented in yesterday's video, once you get Affinity Studio, you don't look back. There's more options, as others mention, like Krita, but personally I found Affinity more productive

[@coinopanimator]

Whats Corel doing during this time? We used to used corel draw in the sign shop back in the day.

[@ratz34]

Love Affinity Photo! I feel the same way in that I feel like I stole the product because of how little I paid for it vs how much I use it. If you use photoshop, buy Affinity photo, install it alongside photoshop and give it a try. Once you retrain your muscle memory you will never go back.

[@arkadegamesllc]

Affinity offered a sale of their products during the pandemic and I checked them out. Haven't bothered with Adobe in my personal projects since. Recently, I upgraded to V2 of the suite and couldn't be happier.

[@weeklyfascination]

I've been teased for using Final Cut Pro for years. I've even heard people say that they won't hire anybody who puts FCP on their CV. I've also been told by over-confident editors that Premier is just superior, even though they can't say why. I'm not going to gloat. I'm just going to continue to use FCP. Also, just started learning Davinci because I've heard good things about it.

[@brfny7002]

Just got the affinity suite, they had that sale and it is aaaaallllllllll MINE!

[@ErikMKeller]

I switched to Designer and Photo a couple of years ago and never looked back. I worked with Illustrator so long that I still try to use its shortcuts in Designer but Adobe lost me with the forced subscription and that pesky CC program eating up CPU and RAM on a constant basis. My only gripe is with their handling of ACES, maybe the v2 is better at that, but I didn't upgrade yet. Just in case if you need to know, opening ACES or Rec2020 files goes too much into the reds, but this can be compensated easily.

[@zeronyne]

The Canva acquisition is worrisome. Many other developers started by providing “both options”. I could see Canva absorbing what they want and then sunsetting Affinity.

[@nattzero5315]

Well I've been using a pirated version of Designer for a couple of years now (don't blame me, my country sucks), and a bit of Photo too. I was planning on getting it on some Black Friday sale or something like that this year. But hell yeah here I gooooo! I'll get the full bundle.

[@CodeCowboy64]

Switched to Affinity a while back. Love it.

[@TheDreamXable]

Anyone knows, if i can import my photoshop brushes to affinity and use it to draw instead of photoshop?

[@oknoprawdy]

I have a few hundred Photoshop brushes that I imported into Affinity, I bought Photoshop brushes and then imported them into Affinity, it works perfectly.

[@henreh99]

I've been thinking of switching to Affinity for a couple of years now primarily because of it's more sensible approach to colour. My only hesitation was the dozens of actions I'd made with PS and familiarity I've built over 15 years as a professional photographer. This is the final reason I need to switch fully to Affinity. Feels good to almost be free from Adobe having replaced Lightroom with Capture one and Premiere with Davinci - both waaaay better than what Adobe offers.

[@MorgaineChristensen]

Thank you for sharing this video. I am a hobbyist Photoshop user since 2006 always flailing around trying to learn how to use the product for my creative endeavors. However, I am not and have not been happy with the subscription model Adobe introduced. I am now retired with a lot less income but still wish to pursue my hobbies with something similar to photoshop so I don’t spend agonizing months trying to learn new software. It has come to the point though I must reduce my expenses. I am going to give Affinity a go since so many people seem to be migrating from adobe especially and there is a sale on. I so hope Affinity doesn’t fall into the subscription trap.

[@TiagoTiagoT]

Do they phone home or is there no risk of the apps you buy getting remotely stolen from you if the company goes under or decides to switch their business model towards a more nefarious direction?

[@suburbanview]

I opened a full (more than 100 Layers) AI file in Affinity 2.5.2! Lets see if I can finish this project in Affinity! It did affect the fonts,(easy to fix) but the gradients look amazing, keeping the effects I used in Adobe. The jpegs are good too

[@Akram-Now]

Imagine affinity making a video editor

[@pablofreitasmachado8076]

If Affinity had some support for Linux, i'd buy it in a heartbeat ( yeah yeah i know there's ways to make it sorta work trough modified wine, and also, yeah, there's no adobe on linux whatsoever) .

[@JosiahBradley]

But on Linux you already have open source tools.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@JosiahBradley Do you really think people asking to pay for Affinity on Linux didn't already try all the free alternatives?

[@JosiahBradley]

@@SaHaRaSquad yes.

[@RunePonyRamblings]

​@@JosiahBradley > Blender laughing meme > J. Jonah laughing meme Hmm, which to choose...

[@tonypmedia]

All companies say thing gonna do something and never stick to it. What pisses me off is Affinity sold out on us. They said no one will come in and take that away. Canva owns them now... they can do wtf they want! Been with Affinity since their inception AND live first release video. I never sign up for silly subscription stuff to use and used photoshop back when it was a purchase only... I stopped when I saw them change over. Ok affinity this is your clear open chance to get generative fill on your app! You'll convert dam near the whole adobe community!

[@_mickmccarthy]

You love to see it! Big fan of Affinity, hoping that the Canva partnership doesn't hurt their stance, but fingers crossed!

[@redguy2076]

A couple of months ago, I decided to start ending my relationship with Adobe. I literally was waiting for Affinity to do a sale on their own but I gotta thank Adobe for hating us customers so much. I won't lie though as I may still need a Jack Sparrow version of Photoshop for its printing capabilities. Luckily, that's a core feature since way back.

[@ShiloBuff]

I never get enough of this type of news. I love when a company F's up and a more respectable company shows the love. I havent used Affinity for years, but I recommend it!

[@alexk4709]

Just want to note, I was very excited about Affinity designer, as it seemed like it met all my needs - for me it was insanely unstable on Windows, Mac and also on iPad (which is a separate purchase) - the amount of lag and crashes felt impossible to work with. I thought it might be my configuration, but I don’t understand why it has issues on all platforms

[@davidbreier84]

This has been exactly what I've been waiting for. Just upgraded from v1 for less than 70€ for the universal license. That's a deal if I ever saw one!

[@roadrunner156]

I don't know if I will completely remove Photoshop and Lightroom from my system, BUT I took advantage of the offer and bought Affinity Photo for $35. Adobe annoyed me with its policies. I am learning how Affinity works; I am not sure it can replace Lightroom (although I hate their catalog system). I'll have to explore more about Bridge and I can make my final decision soon.

[@Rannument]

It became necessary for me to get professional design software after getting into university. I had no other option but getting adobe. Until I discovered affinity right before the start of my education. I saved so much money

[@irvb18]

The best alternative to premiere pro would be Davinci Resolve

[@helenelarsen25]

I agree 100, I have them all 3 on both Ipad and Pc, they are so nice to use.

[@LarrysLibrary]

And they also give you a 62% right now as upgrade from v01!

[@tmanook]

No subscription is a big deal. The suit looks very interesting.

[@projectadrift7711]

Never paid any attention to affinity but always hated adobe's business model, I'm going to get on the affinity train now.

[@davidtitanium22]

I love that the comments are talking about how long they'd been using adobe like they got over a lifelong addiction, stay sober people!

[@EladBarness]

Such a shame they don’t have “content aware” stuff that’s the biggest missing puzzle for me there, in fact, if they released a paid plugin for that I would 100% switch, if someone has a workflow to get passed that I would love to hear!