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The msix installation files are a complete non-starter for me as well. I like to decide for myself where to install a program.

Serif would shoot itself in the foot when they switch to a subscription, or a permanent internet connection, then I can also take Adobe right away. The only chance in the market for Serif is the perpetual license, the price and of course what you get for the money (and that's really remarkable). In the words of Grant Petty, CEO and founder of Blackmagic Design “Cloud licensors are like slumlords. You have to keep buying from me and the more you’re loyal, the more you’ll get penalized. It’s like your dog does something nice and you beat it with a stick.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2022/04/11/how-an-aussie-from-the-housing-projects-became-a-billionaire-making-gear-for-next-gen-spielbergs/ As far as I'm concerned, they can also launch a paid version every year, provided that appropriate features are built in. That way, money will definitely come into the till. I hope for an early V2 and also a Update-Bundle price for Affinity Studio would be nice.

Make a (temporary) style. RMB - Create Style create-style.mp4

Here's a little workaround for 1-bit images in Affinity Photo. From here download and install the macro "Paint by Numbers". https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/83173-paint-by-numbers/ Reduce the desired image to 2 colors using Paint by Numbers. Raster&Trim. Select the image with CTRL+A and copy it. Paste into IrfanView (or similar). (The two colors are taken over, but IrfanView blows it up to 24Bit internally. In addition, the display is "smoothed out" .) Under Image -> Reduce color depth -> 2 colors Save as Tif (for example)

Hi stokerg, that's nice, but I don't have a problem. I'm on WIN 10.

Hi, Hewal, maybe that has something to do with it. https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2021/10/07/windows-11-amd-cpus-koennen-bis-zu-15-an-leistung-einbuessen-patch-in-arbeit/

Do it in the designer, it is really faster. corner.mp4