emmrecs01

Hello,
I´m not a native English speaker so sorry for any spell-errors. 
We have also looked into the whole Affinity Suite and are very impressed of it. I mean non-Discount you pay 150,- € for a worthy Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign Program. This is WITHOUT any Subscription. Let´s assume Affinity releases a new Major Version every year. WHEN you need the new Features it will cost you at max 150,- € per Year (or 12,5 € per month). When deals like Black Friday and others come you pay as low as 60,- € for the 3 Programs together...
Lets look at Adobe: Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign will cost you as a Single Version EACH 23,19 € per MONTH. Ok there is the Full Suite that "only" costs 57,99 € per Month. That means you will always get the newest Updates for "free" but you pay 695,88 € per Year in order to use these Programs. If you stop paying you can´t use them anymore. 
So Affinity costs at max with 1 Major release every year 150,- € and if I don´t want / need it, I can still use your purchased Software. Adobe costs me 695,88 € per Year and if I stop paying I can´t use any Program.
I mean this is the worst case and I assume that "Upgrade" Packages will be cheaper when there is a new Major Version. 
Let´s Assume you Purchased Affinity in 2015 (Windows Release). That means to this day: 150,- € for all 3 Programs from Affinity -> Free Updates. If you used Adobe on the other hand you had payed 3.479,40 € for the 5 Years... Let that settle in. 
Good Software is worth the Money and 150,- € NON-DISCOUNT for those 3 are really worth it. I mean with the last Discount they were 21,- € each... That costs as much as a Trip to the Cinema 🤣
 

That is not how the trial always works. We reset the trial, so it can be used by those who have already tried it in the past, when we decide to, so it is not automatically going to happen for 1.9.0 and again for 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 etc. We may well reset the trial for 1.9.0 as has been done a few times in the past, but it may not be reset till say 1.9.2 or 1.9.3 or perhaps not for 1.9.x at all. It is a business decision based on sufficient major new features not a programmatical based on release numbers. Any trial for version 2.0 will work for all users (I think it is bound to be reset) but we do not guarantee anyone can retry the trial earlier than that, to allow users to try the software again.

@FrankT you need to update to the latest beta, 1.9.0.852, which is what @MEB was referring to.
Jeff

I recently watched one of @dmstraker Dave Straker’s InAffinity tutorials about “Pastel Colour Grading…” and it gave me some ideas. So, thanks to you for the inspiration, Dave!
I’ve attached another macro for creating a specific Artistic Look – this one called a Pastel Watercolor Effect. The attached file is a macro category (even though it only contains a single macro); you can import it into the Library Panel in the Desktop version of Affinity Photo, and it is compatible with the iPad version as well. (In my own preliminary testing, the macro works fairly well on an iPad, although there are some issues with missing items in the dialog box that appears for setting parameters.)
When you click the macro, it creates a number of layers inside of a group. The group is called “Pastel Watercolor Effect” and it can be turned on and off by simply showing or hiding the entire group. When you invoke the macro, you will be presented with a number of options in a dialog:
1-6] Lighten Color - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Red, Green, Blue
All of these color ranges are initially set to a value of -200%. As you move each of the sliders to the right, that particular color range will be selectively lightened. If you set any of the sliders all the way to 100% then that color range will go to white.
7] Set Amount of Pastel Blurring
This slider defaults to a value of 25 px. Setting it higher or lower will adjust the amount of “smudging” that the pastel layer displays.
8] Set Intensity of Outlines
This slider defaults to a value of 0.7. You can set it to values between 0 and 2, with higher values giving you darker and more intense outlines. If you set the Intensity slider to 0, the black outlines will effectively disappear.
9] Adjust Brightness
Brightness defaults to a value of 20%. You might want to increase it if (i) you have increased the outline intensity significantly, or (ii) to compensate for changes (particularly decreases) you might make to the Contrast.
10] Adjust Contrast
Contrast defaults to 0%. Adjust this to taste.
I’ve attached 2 photos (below) to show Before and After versions using this effect. Included in the photos are the settings that were used (which are a bit different from the default values).

 

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As with all of the macros I have submitted, please note that I am only one person and have tested this on a limited number of images on a single computer. There is no way to have foreseen every possible scenario. I am hopeful (but obviously won’t guarantee) that you’ll like the results.
If you do like the macro, please keep it and enjoy it. This is “pay it forward software,” the happy result of an abundance of learning gleaned from the members of this forum who are so generous with their time and expertise!
Pastel Watercolor Effect.afmacros

Your post was closed because it is a duplicate of an earlier post you made.  @Gabe simply, and entirely reasonably, asked that if you wished to raise the issue again you make a further post to your original thread.  In that way, ALL discussion of the specific problem is kept "in one place".
In my opinion, that is in no way "patronising".
Jeff

Your post was closed because it is a duplicate of an earlier post you made.  @Gabe simply, and entirely reasonably, asked that if you wished to raise the issue again you make a further post to your original thread.  In that way, ALL discussion of the specific problem is kept "in one place".
In my opinion, that is in no way "patronising".
Jeff

Your post was closed because it is a duplicate of an earlier post you made.  @Gabe simply, and entirely reasonably, asked that if you wished to raise the issue again you make a further post to your original thread.  In that way, ALL discussion of the specific problem is kept "in one place".
In my opinion, that is in no way "patronising".
Jeff

Your post was closed because it is a duplicate of an earlier post you made.  @Gabe simply, and entirely reasonably, asked that if you wished to raise the issue again you make a further post to your original thread.  In that way, ALL discussion of the specific problem is kept "in one place".
In my opinion, that is in no way "patronising".
Jeff

Your post was closed because it is a duplicate of an earlier post you made.  @Gabe simply, and entirely reasonably, asked that if you wished to raise the issue again you make a further post to your original thread.  In that way, ALL discussion of the specific problem is kept "in one place".
In my opinion, that is in no way "patronising".
Jeff

Your post was closed because it is a duplicate of an earlier post you made.  @Gabe simply, and entirely reasonably, asked that if you wished to raise the issue again you make a further post to your original thread.  In that way, ALL discussion of the specific problem is kept "in one place".
In my opinion, that is in no way "patronising".
Jeff

Your post was closed because it is a duplicate of an earlier post you made.  @Gabe simply, and entirely reasonably, asked that if you wished to raise the issue again you make a further post to your original thread.  In that way, ALL discussion of the specific problem is kept "in one place".
In my opinion, that is in no way "patronising".
Jeff

"Thanks" for "patronizing" (?) me regarding my posting, where I reported that even the most recent Beta still does not properly recognize Image-Orientation.
(While a 7 year old Operating System - Windows 8.1 - has no issues with that rocket-science - task...)

"Thanks" for closing my posting to further replies.

I am considering an answer similar to yours:
Please don´t close postings to stop discussions. Instead, fix the bugs that are unsolved since at least one year!

Thanks.

I really don't understand the problem here.
We have a feature roadmap for version 1. All updates for these features will be free. What ever version you have purchased will receive all the feature promised.
Version 2 has not even been discussed so we have no clue what version 2 is going to look like or what features it will have. When it rolls around and we get it presented to us, I'm sure it will be worth every cent. If it isn't, continue using the version you currently have (which you own for ever).

@Richsul@earthlink.nwr
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Jeff

As the old saying goes, it will be ready when it’s ready! You can use the 1.9 beta version for projects that need the new features, as long as you don’t need to share your project files with others who want to continue using version 1.8.

To help explain my earlier comment, a bit of my experience. I first started working with computers and software while in high school in the mid 1960's. I first learned programming in FORTRAN IV in a summer class in Altoona, PA using the McCracken text. We worked at teletype units connected by phone lines to the GE-215 computer in another part of the building. I have been around this stuff for a bit now. The most impressive aspect of the Affinity software line is the performance to price ratio at their regular price, and this low price gets significant discounts several times a year. I will purchase one of their tools that may not be fully useful to me yet (I really, really need footnotes to work nicely in Publisher) just to support the company. I was there at the start of the home computer era when folk paid high prices for little performance just because it was new and available. I worked with Solaris on Sun work stations with wonderful software on really nice equipment, but the software was rented at very high price, and if the rent was not paid, the licensing software locked out your data. See where Adobe learned its current strategy. Same experience with IBM in another venue. This does not happen with Affinity products!
If finances are a real issue, there are plenty of open source choices one may work with—I have spent time with these and have learned much. While learning general concepts and strategies with open source software, choose how you spend discretionary funds. Instead of those little extra things we just enjoy because…, save the money instead until you have the funds needed to purchase Affinity products—when they have a reduced price. I often told my students that the three most critical qualities for success are attitude, attitude, and attitude. Be positive, be wise, and be patient.
Best wishes to all adventurers in this fascinating domain,
—Joseph
Double word error edited.

I think It is fair that you have to pay for something new, and a NEW version deserve a payment. They are doing an excellent work with this software and for a very low price they are giving you a great product!
As long as they don't do like the other company, and they always sell with perpetual licence for me It is fair.

@Woodkopf @Chris B
Coming rather late to this thread, but I downloaded the zipped folder of the four images, used them to create a Panorama in beta 1.9.0.820.  No problems encountered.
My computer spec is below - I am using an AMD Radeon R7 360 GPU, with latest AMD drivers installed (just checked, Radeon Software v 20.10.1) along with Intel HD530 on my CPU.
HTH
Jeff

Ye, this is just FUD, is it deliberate or intentional, I'm not to judge, still sounds like someone didn't read anything and just went on a damaging rant.

Come on, Nico, this is ridiculous ... you can't compare it with Adobe in any way! No one is forcing you to do anything - it's optional and for some customers useful! You are not the center of the universe - despite the fact that germans still sometimes think they are (Zwinkersmiley)!  Read and understand! And I don't think it's appropriate to start blackmailing in such agressive and inappropriate way now!

If you're not happy you could always start an Adobe subscription?
Paying for upgrades was made clear from the start, even though I have a moan here and there about a few things, we've  still had nine FREE updates (so far) featuring speed, stability improvements, missing / new features and bug fixes - that's amazing value for money

Oh yea I totally get that. I just like Save As better. Its what I am used to. Also a wiki description of something is entirely different that a Webster Merriam definition. As Wiki can take something wrong like a trend of society (which uses words wrong all the time) and describe it. It doesn't mean it is correct. It just means its been adopted to be used as such. There are many new things like that that I hate now-a-days. All technically incorrect usage.
You are right though, Save As when used how I like it is just literally the same coded function as how Export is now in Affinity. I'm just trying to preach how it should remain Save As. As it not only makes more sense, but is more correct verbally.
I just always gravitate towards clicking on Save As, cause its what I've been used to. Thats personal I know. lol

Anyway, this whole thing has ran its course. I was just pointing out that I do not like it. And I am sure many others feel the same way.

I’ll just leave this here....
What Does it Mean to Export or Import a File?
 

and 
This shows you do understand and agree when you bought you understood it was updates only. So far you have had the free updates you say you expected. Now you have found we will also do Upgrades, which others always understood and now you do too. Your remaining updates will still be free, all of 1.x updates adding new features and fixing bugs. Furthermore, as everyone has said, you are only "required" to pay if you want the new version. The Upgrade to 2.0 will be optional.
That's honestly fine for you and many others who are happy with the current feature set.
Regarding your expectations, I think we have been consistent whenever anyone has asked. I suppose our marketing could have initially said that Upgrades would be paid for, but show me any technology company who have ever launched a product that says "Here is Version 1, here are it's current features, we will even add more to it for free, but then you may be interested in Version 2 and Version 3, but we don't know what it's features are yet or when it will be released or how much we will charge, but trust us when we say we will charge for it". What tech company ever talks about a future version when selling the latest current one? When we started selling Affinity we were risking everything on new unproven software and so how much sense would it be to launch or sell it talking about version 2 which was more than 4 years away?
I really hope you did not buy the software because of something that you hope or expect it will do some day. It seems from your replies that you may have. I do not think that we are responsible for that, as to my way of thinking that would make for a very strange business model. Perhaps it would work and word of mouth from satisfied early adopters would convince others to pay for ongoing development, but that is not the approach we have taken at Serif. I do not think you will be alone in this misunderstanding, but I do not think you can point to any other company of our size who does this so I do not think that you can expect us to have seen that it would be common to be so misconstrued, I hope it is not, and sorry if we were not clear enough for you.

Not me