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From what I have read here, and based on previous experience, most users agree this software will either go subscription or be integrated in the Canva web software. It could also disappear forever. If they seize the day and actually invest in the software, they could seriously challenge Adobe. But if they go subscription, I'm out.
For professional drawing one could consider Corel draw which is more expensive, but yours to keep.
There is also Corel Painter for realistic stuff.
Also Clip studio, but they also have some perpetual license shenanigans now, where you get v.3, but not the updates to v.3.
Alternatively, I can keep using Adobe CS6 on a partitioned mac ssd.
Of course you could keep using Affinity v.2 as well.
Otherwise, it's back to Adobe.

You should be kidding because no one works that way.
They are all used together and not for one specific purpose.
That should be Affinity's goal (and  it sort of appears to be going that way).
I've been in this business for 35 years. That's the way it's done.
That is the way professionals work.
No one relies on one app as being good for just photos or illustration or anything else.
You go from one to the other all the time.
Solution is :
Affinity Designer should have a "no antialiasing" export option as Illustrator does.
Add bitmap mode to Photo and the problem is gone and you will get a lot more illustrators as customers.
Like I said: should have been there from day one.

People don't use Affinity Photo or Photoshop just to deal with photographs. Are you kidding or what?
Bitmap mode is used frequently for black and white line art because it reproduces sharper  as explained in that previous thread and for other uses.
People have asked for it from day one and nothing has happened in how many years, four or five?
The fact that it is not there, along with proper percentage scaling tools or even basic duo tone stuff,
suggest that this is destined to be a hobbyist program and not a true Photoshop replacement, unfortunately.
 
None of these things are difficult to implement and should have been there from the start.
 
 
 

People don't use Affinity Photo or Photoshop just to deal with photographs. Are you kidding or what?
Bitmap mode is used frequently for black and white line art because it reproduces sharper  as explained in that previous thread and for other uses.
People have asked for it from day one and nothing has happened in how many years, four or five?
The fact that it is not there, along with proper percentage scaling tools or even basic duo tone stuff,
suggest that this is destined to be a hobbyist program and not a true Photoshop replacement, unfortunately.
 
None of these things are difficult to implement and should have been there from the start.
 
 
 

You should be kidding because no one works that way.
They are all used together and not for one specific purpose.
That should be Affinity's goal (and  it sort of appears to be going that way).
I've been in this business for 35 years. That's the way it's done.
That is the way professionals work.
No one relies on one app as being good for just photos or illustration or anything else.
You go from one to the other all the time.
Solution is :
Affinity Designer should have a "no antialiasing" export option as Illustrator does.
Add bitmap mode to Photo and the problem is gone and you will get a lot more illustrators as customers.
Like I said: should have been there from day one.

People don't use Affinity Photo or Photoshop just to deal with photographs. Are you kidding or what?
Bitmap mode is used frequently for black and white line art because it reproduces sharper  as explained in that previous thread and for other uses.
People have asked for it from day one and nothing has happened in how many years, four or five?
The fact that it is not there, along with proper percentage scaling tools or even basic duo tone stuff,
suggest that this is destined to be a hobbyist program and not a true Photoshop replacement, unfortunately.
 
None of these things are difficult to implement and should have been there from the start.
 
 
 

The problem is this:
It is five years already (an eternity in software design) and the programs are still riddled with bugs.
Some features that are being mentioned were talked about years ago.
You can't live off potential forever.
They have to take a big step forward at some point and fix the bugs that are there for starters.
 

The problem is this:
It is five years already (an eternity in software design) and the programs are still riddled with bugs.
Some features that are being mentioned were talked about years ago.
You can't live off potential forever.
They have to take a big step forward at some point and fix the bugs that are there for starters.
 

The problem is this:
It is five years already (an eternity in software design) and the programs are still riddled with bugs.
Some features that are being mentioned were talked about years ago.
You can't live off potential forever.
They have to take a big step forward at some point and fix the bugs that are there for starters.
 

Affinity has been around for a while now and at this point, it is still not a replacement for Adobe.
There are a lot of good things, but the development is just taking way too long.
There is a golden opportunity that is being missed, because a lot of people are fed up with Adobe.
So what exactly is the long range plan and what are the features that are going to be added?
There is a lot of stuff that is not there (including proper plugin support) and I wonder if any of the developers are actually listening.

Affinity has been around for a while now and at this point, it is still not a replacement for Adobe.
There are a lot of good things, but the development is just taking way too long.
There is a golden opportunity that is being missed, because a lot of people are fed up with Adobe.
So what exactly is the long range plan and what are the features that are going to be added?
There is a lot of stuff that is not there (including proper plugin support) and I wonder if any of the developers are actually listening.

Affinity has been around for a while now and at this point, it is still not a replacement for Adobe.
There are a lot of good things, but the development is just taking way too long.
There is a golden opportunity that is being missed, because a lot of people are fed up with Adobe.
So what exactly is the long range plan and what are the features that are going to be added?
There is a lot of stuff that is not there (including proper plugin support) and I wonder if any of the developers are actually listening.

Most professionals I know don't see it as a replacement at this point.
It can be used in addition to Adobe, but there is too much missing.
Not telling people what is planned makes no sense to me and limited resources is an excuse.
If they were listening, some basic features that people have been asking for (proper percentage scaling boxes for one)
would be there after, what 4 or 5 long years? Not sure where they are heading with these programs at all.

Affinity has been around for a while now and at this point, it is still not a replacement for Adobe.
There are a lot of good things, but the development is just taking way too long.
There is a golden opportunity that is being missed, because a lot of people are fed up with Adobe.
So what exactly is the long range plan and what are the features that are going to be added?
There is a lot of stuff that is not there (including proper plugin support) and I wonder if any of the developers are actually listening.

Saved it as a Tiff in Photoshop and I turned off font layers.
Start up Photo and then click open and find the file. Should work.

For professional day in and day out work what you need  is a proper scaling tool (and I am not the first person to say it) as in Illustrator or those boxes in Photoshop and Indesign. It is a must.

For professional day in and day out work what you need  is a proper scaling tool (and I am not the first person to say it) as in Illustrator or those boxes in Photoshop and Indesign. It is a must.