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I too would like to know the name of this 7€ program and can offer comparisons with Vectormagic if wanted.

updates 1.x.x where covered in the V1 releases. Since it is a perpetual licence, you can use it further without a need to purchase v2. v2 is an upgrade and you would have to purchase to use it after the trial on your account/pc ended. updates in 2.x.x will again be covered in the bought license. V3 is an upgrade, you would have to buy it . v3 updates 3.x.x. will again be covered in the bought license. V1 is officially feature frozen, no new features will be added. There is a pin in the FAQ that V1 customers will get compatibility patches for their Systems like windows 10/11 and on the Apple systems etc.

here is a screenshot form Ipad, on the top right within the Layer stack, there is a trashcan button. you could watch the Intro videos on youtube for iPad for an easier start.

Have you downloaded the old Version 1 Installers from your account? https://store.serif.com/de/account/downloads/ The current 30 day trial is for V2 which is not covered with your Version 1 licenses. To have a working license for V2 after the trial, you would need to purchase it.

@TheFlow By any chance, do you have the Ryzen Powerplan (inside your Energy-settings) installed? (on windows 10 and 11) you would need to install the AMD chipset drivers to get the correct one for your cpu. https://www.amd.com/en/support The Powerplan helps your OS(win 10/11) in selecting the fastest single core on your CPU for every application/program etc. https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-and-Microsoft-finally-acknowledge-poor-L3-cache-performance-and-CPU-scheduling-issues-with-Ryzen-processors-in-Windows-11-after-nearly-three-months-of-complaining.569990.0.html It takes roughly <12 seconds on my PC and Ryzen 2700 to get to the "New" screen. the CPU is only one gen higher than yours.

Great that it is useful for you. Those Buttons in your image are for aligning layer content and depending on the use case (placing an image logo via macro) they are of course a great enough alternative to the "place..." feature.

dragging a png into the opened document allows the macro to be recorded but there is no dedicated placement and snapping feature.

Hi @michie ah that helps a lot in understanding the intention.👍 For the decision making, best to sleep over it, there is a bit of time since the discount goes until 14th of december.

@DarkClown ouch, hope the staff can help you! I think it would be best to put this (annoying account/license) issue into the customer service category or maybe even write a direct email? https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/51-customer-service-accounts-and-purchasing/

some possible reservations against msix is to avoid any still looming potential security breaches. Microsoft had to disable the msix protocol this year due to malware attack vulnerabilities. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/disabling-the-msix-ms-appinstaller-protocol-handler/ba-p/3119479

Neat, patiently awaiting that MSI release which will make workflow and pipeline work much easier. 👍

point is; the Thread here is about a user who complained not to get V1 licenses. Serif team responded and says they can give V1 licenses when V2 is purchased. its a fantastic deal especially considering that V1 will get some compatibility patches.

currently there is no open document again Button available. script api is not there yet, no release info for it. More info from the devs about scripting, it is planned but not available yet. Affinity will support Javascript and also have a 'C' based API binding interface that people can use to write plugins. Links to the developer statements;

There will be compatibility patches for V1, it isn´t abandoned. Just feature frozen and not on sale anymore.

There is a post about future V1 Os compatibility patches. so it is not abandoned just feature frozen and not on sale anymore.

@Lorox Fear not that V1 installation could ever get overwritten by V2. V2 uses an entirely different installer and saves itself on a different folder structure.* For anything else the comment by MikeTO has it covered. *speaking for Windows. no idea about macOS IpadOS

i think that Bugfixing is good can be agreed on by everyone. 👍

Can it be purchased for 8$ a month like on that tweeting platform or is it a genuine one for free?

outside PSD file update and automatically updating the currently opened PSD file for easy editing and sending back to 3Dcoat does not exist. 3Dcoat overwrites the PSD and you have to reopen the file if you made changes in 3Dcoat. Do not forget to activate in Preferences Enable Save over imported PSD files. Blender is slightly different, it will create new image files which will have after each sent to command get a number like 01, 02, 03 and so on. It feels more like the wished feature.

For 3Dcoat you have to use a different approach. Please download this officially from Serif posted file; https://forum.affinity.serif.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=248644&key=119287f3c07b431d31927625f5879f38 Extract the aflaunch.zip contents (aflaunch.exe) where you want. Within 3DCoat in the External 2D Editor, you have to paste the path to the aflaunch.exe (Link to original forum post below)

@michie Buying the Affinity Suite V2 Universal licence and getting V1 retroactively would mean; you only pay 1.02€ more than I did for V1 alone and I bought at EVERY launch offer. 39,99€ Affinity DesignerV1 2016 November 39,99 Affinity PhotoV1 2016 December 38,99 Affinity PublisherV1 2019 June ________ 118,97€ Affinity v2 Universal 119,99€ I had to pay 238,96€ to get access to BOTH V1 and V2. you get it for just 119,99€ It seems you are not realizing how generous Serif is with the above posted comment with getting you a V1 version.

another option to solve it,is to use the so called alias path which should be usable in your case. please try to paste this in; C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPhoto2.exe the username needs to be replaced with your Windows username. For your Windows username; go to your windows Startmenu (press windows button on your keyboard and click on the upmost button to reveal the username. same result but another way to know your unique username, type into the windows explorer the following; %LOCALAPPDATA% press enter.

@pjwaixingren For 3DCoat you have to use what the devs so far have posted on the forum, download the from the devs posted exe file, place it anywhere and link to that file in 3DCoat. For Blender just type in AffinityPhoto2.exe

Hello @MiWe we where advised to not share exe files on the forum and instead link to the solutions from the devs instead.

@pjwaixingren The Devs have uploaded this working solution so far, you have to link to that executable, it can be placed in a random folder of your choosing. I have it like this and it works (with everything else set to default settings - temporarily for testing purposes) For the question regarding why it is not working; please read this statement regarding the new fileformat called MSIX.