Artsketch

Maybe italian VAT?

Maybe people are afraid and angry that "lifetime" V1 isn't working anymore on next MacOS and iPadOS? It is ok to sell the V2 upgrade, but why exclude at least a necessary update to keep V1 running on next OS? Maybe it isn't necessary.

The UI on the 12.9" iPadPro is one step forward, two steps back. Has anyone considered the font sizes and visibility of the icons at low display lighting and matte display drawing sheets? Any intention to make the UI for iPad usable again?

Can you use pixel brushes in Illustrator instead? No

Yes, sometimes I prefer Photoshop CS5 over my Photoshop CC subscription. With JumpDesktop I'm able to access and use these older software on all my new devices. Affinity V1 iPadOS versions would be difficult because iPadOS downgrade isn't easy, when necessary.

I believe they provided some betas to selected users and influencers. But that didn't seem to be enough. Especially the iPadOS UI on 12.9".

I still can use my Adobe CS4, CS5 and CS6 apps on my Intel macMini and older MacBook, without subscription. I reinstalled and activated them several times and requested free download links.

Adobe prior subscription model was selling version upgrades approximately for a 1/5 of the full price. If you don't upgrade you still got some free updates. Now we have each year a new macOS and iPadOS release, with the possibility to make older software sooner unusable on newer OS releases. Serif can provide such minor updates without new features only to maintain V1 usable and secure if they want. I remember an extra free update of QuarkXPress 10 to make it usable on the newer OS X El Capitan. Nobody knows if the Affinity Suite V1 will be working on macOS 14 and iPadOS 17. On iPadOS some will have to stay at Affinity 1.10 until the UI is fixed, to avoid eye strain and harm.

But now there are more digital Black Friday deals in Europe. I'm sure you can get the 1 year Photoshop + Lightroom subscription at €89 again.

Affinity Designer never was overpriced with its unique vector and pixel capabilities in one app. Since 2021 the Apple Pencil works too as it should.

Sorry, yes I could but haven't.

They raised the price to fool everybody with 40% and other perpetual discounts.

The are useful shape builder, vector warp and new knife & scissor tools in Designer but in Photo not much innovation yet. Alt least there is some non destructive raw development now.

keep sleeping

Yes, but Serif made a big mistake not informing existing users that there would be a 2.0 Version this year without any discount for existing users. Not everybody can be fooled with this 40% nonsense. The reputation damage is much higher than offering symbolic 10-20%.

Until next macOS and iPadOS isn't compatible any more

That need skilled developers and effort.

But is Serif paying this VAT to the EU states?

Where is it for Affinity on iPad?

I'm using as workaround my analog magnifiying glass for iPad.

https://twitter.com/affinitybyserif/status/1590346498390327297

On twitter there was something like next Tuesday, if I'm not wrong

The new UI especially on iPad is very bad designed. But you won't hear anything like that from any of the paid YouTube influencers.

That was long, but I hope they can provide shorter upgrade cycles, maybe 1-2 years.

I would appreciate it very much too if there would be auto trace in the next V3.