[V2 is a downgrade]

14 hours ago, François R said:

It's been a long time since I've heard a burnt-out customer, anywhere, deliver such a well-argued, balanced, tough critique and with no sign of hope. And it must give Serif food for thought. I hope it does. 

I personally don't know if I'll keep v2 of any of the programs. The upgrade of Designer and Publisher was far, far too little and too late. And I am in no way interested in unstable applications in my workflow.

I could conceivably continue with v1 of Designer for some tasks and ideas, but one of these days it will be obsolete. Time just moves fast in the software and operating system world.

Time to look for alternatives for Designer, just in case, I guess. Publisher never took off.

I beg to differ. I have built a sustainable small business using publisher.

After my husband died suddenly leaving me with four small children to support. I purchased all 3 Affinity apps during their sale for less than the price of 1 month of Adobe apps. 

I had little skill or experience having been mainly a housewife until this point. After a lot of "blood, sweat and tears" (and lots of cursey words) I learned all I could about the applications. Launched my business, and here I am a few years down the line. A small business owner able to support myself and children. 

Probably not a "professional" according to your standards, but certainly a professional to those I have been able to support. 

I will forever be grateful to Affinity for their generous affordability, and numerous tutorials available during what was a horrendous time. 

And also SERIF during all the hubub and negativity here at the minute, I hope this post will highlight the hope that was brought to one small family. 

Wise words my grandfather taught me- "A poor workman will always blame his tools."

[Affinity V2.0]

11 minutes ago, Bad_Wolf said:

Very satisfied with the Affinity suite and surely NOT disappointed! We cannot have it all and some things have to be left to be looked out for in a future release.

I would also liked a blend tool which was also on my wish list. But I do understand we cannot have it all. Something has to be left to look forward too.

Thank you Serif - Affinity team for  the excellent work done! This is a super-great new release. Indeed, something "big" happened today.

Chris

Well said! Also very satisfied myself. Especially price wise. So far all apps are amazingly fast. Shape-builder in designer, and studio link available on the iPad. Couldn't give Serif my money fast enough this morning!  Cheers Serif!

[Affinity 2 Apps not visible in App Store on Ipad]

Yes. I opened my serif account link on my iPad and pressed the app store link for each download. It worked that way. 

[Trial versions]

15 minutes ago, Cujo1971 said:

I had been working on this back in September, but then got busy with a big project that I just finished. So last night, I tried again, with no success! As a senior living on SS, I just can't afford Adobe's prices any more, and I hate their subscriptions, so I thought this would be a better alternative, but I don't know what to do any more. The community hasn't been much help, and I haven't found any help from the company, either. Ugh!

These links will take you to all the versions of the Affinity software. The top buttons are the latest versions. You will be prompted to choose a trial or enter your license key. Choose trial!

Affinity Designer: https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/macos/designer/1/ 

Affinity Photo: https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/macos/photo/1/ 

Affinity Publisher: https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/macos/publisher/1/

 

These links are available here on the forums as I've bookmarked them some time ago. Probably incase I needed to rollback to a previous version.