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Agreed! Thanks to everybody for their input.

Thanks for helping! Honestly, I have no clue about PDF’s downsides. There surely must be some, or open source software like GIMP and Inkscape (or indeed Affinity) wouldn’t have invented their own formats. Do you know what gets lost when saving to pdf instead of Affinity’s native format?

Hi, I‘m about to switch from Adobe CS to the Affinity suite. One major reason this should work well is that I can actually import my InDesign/Illustrator/PSD files so I‘m not loosing my portfolio. In which way does Affinity allow the same? If I were to switch away from Affinity, what file format keeps all my work importable into other software? I‘m not talking just flat image files or pdfs, but layers and as much info as possible. Or is this another highjacking situation, like in the old days with Microsoft‘s .doc? Is there a .docx equivalent to guard against lock-in? Thanks.