[Affinity Photo v2 .exe file location]

1 hour ago, Mark Ingram said:

I've updated the binary to default to Photo now. Please try the new version.

The new version works now with 3Dcoat and this variant works also with Blender, thank you very much. 👍

 

[Affinity Photo v2 .exe file location]

9 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said:

we can change it so that Photo is the dafault for a as well then they will just pass the filename as the only parameter. I think that would work fine

to make it for your customers easier, could we get such exe files branded for every program?

the current version with its many arguments  seems perfect for relaying to other developers /plugin writers.

[Affinity Photo v2 .exe file location]

@Mark Ingram

how would that aflaunch.exe be used when there is no way to add those arguments in the other program?

[Testing V2 with V1 still installed]

they are separate installs so it should be save, make sure to not overwrite files you want to later use again in V1.
a popup should come saying it wold be good to make a copy of the V1 files you use for V2.

[Affinity Photo v2 .exe file location]

21 hours ago, Sangoma said:

Somebody might like to try this.

Create a directory called Affinity in the Programme Files directory, and copy this into it (it doesn't have to go there, it runs from anywhere)

It has worked for me on two machines I have tried it on

 

How have you build that exe file and what does it contain?

[File path for Affinity Photo / Start EXE-File]

Deleted this posting to not confuse anyone.

[Extremely disappointed that this installs as an "App" and not regular software program]

2 hours ago, Mark Ingram said:

Sounds like a bug report needs filing with the developers of 3DCoat. I’m happy to assist if they need any help or info. 

I narrowed the issue down a bit, I got it working via : renaming the msix to zip, unzipping it and using the path to that unzipped exe.

As long as the properly installed and original msix Version is open and running, The I/O  will go now straight to the msix program.
3DCoat will now sent the files as it did before in V1 now with V2.

[Extremely disappointed that this installs as an "App" and not regular software program]

6 minutes ago, Mark Ingram said:

Which app is showing that error? 

3DCoat
3dcoat.com

But I can confirm that those install aliases work with Blenders Image Editor linking. (Edit Externally as well as "Screen Grab" Feature with quick Edit   and Apply.

[Extremely disappointed that this installs as an "App" and not regular software program]

1 hour ago, Mark Ingram said:

We already have app execution aliases installed to:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityDesigner2.exe

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPhoto2.exe

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPublisher2.exe

You can call those from the command line or from other applications.

Those are (with changing the username to my own)  not working "System can´t access that file" .

[Extremely Disappointed, Existing Customers must Purchase Affinity V2]

as of now 1€ is worth $0.99
I guess it is the taxes added, it would cost 100,83 € without tax.

 

 

 

[Affinity V2.0]

3 hours ago, postmadesign said:

I now use Font Explorer, but it has been discontinued.

my recommendation for organizing fonts, images and a ton of other files is Eagle from https://en.eagle.cool  It makes a system wide activation for fonts and is simply rad.

Edit; Eagle works on windows systems too.

[colour chords - visual guide.]

Here is a more visual representation of the colour chord options which are available within the Swatches menu after right clicking on a colour and choosing Add Chord to Swatch.

The text as well as used colours are from the documentation.

[Sketchbook: Timur Ariman]

A clear road ahead towards the Affinity Suite V2.
The street was done within V1 of Affinity Photo with mixing a couple procedural layers, filters and shapes - from scratch!
Lighting, water puddles as well as some crack enhancements where done in another program all for early R&D gamedev purposes.

[Sketchbook: Timur Ariman]

@iconoclast thank you very much for the kind comment

[Sketchbook: Timur Ariman]

Hi everyone!
This marks the start of my sketchbook.

EDIT; here is the optimized version with shadows, thanks for the tip!@MBWanderer
 

[Harte Auswahlkante]

Man könnte auch Auswahl Glätten nutzen bzw. Smooth Selection (Englische UI)

[AI picture generators urgently required]

4 hours ago, mrqasq said:

Would you care to describe how this affects the industry, and what is this really used for?

Within the Affinity Product Line? many use cases;

1. Think of it as an addition to the Studio->Stock Panel - an enhancement or replacment to Pexels and Pixabay.
    its going to be the end for many stock image/video sites or even the boom for them if they have more open licensing.
    
2. Quicker to create or transform existing images or parts of an image into the style of X.
   2.1. training the AI on your own style/selected images to again create unique stuff.
          This can be done with as low as 5 images.
    
3. Brainstorming/moodboarding helper.
    
4. Helping artists to explore different artistic choices and placements.
    
5. Avoiding bad press like Telltale had with too obviously using an image of a murdered diplomat. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41524653
    
6. Enhancing a scribble/turning it to a finished drawing.

All of this results in more productivity  and churning out more content.
 

[Midjourney]

AI Systems which integrate neatly into Affinity would help a lot.

Best would be an AI which has 100% offline usage, rendering on my own PC via CPU/GPU, where the training Data is locally on my PC.
Being able to train it myself with new material and tagging system, clear license which says; input text and otherwise added material and output belongs to me)

There are a couple solutions out there for using AI in 2D programs with text to image, the combination of inpainting and new interpretation of drawn input;

 

 

[Affinity OpenCL, GPU Computing and Vulcan discussion (split)]

On 11/1/2021 at 10:40 AM, LCamachoDesign said:

I think Serif may have had their hands tied, and promptly been shot in the foot by someone else.

I don't know anything about these APIs, but the decision to remove OpenCL leaving the large sponsors out in the cold, calling it out as stalled and buggy, really doesn't give me confidence about OpenCL.

And as you know, OpenCL is exactly what Affinity uses for hardware acceleration. In fact I think it's the only API it could use. Unlike Blender, Affinity is used in many lightweight laptops and 2-in-1 tablets, and these exclusively use Intel's integrated chips. They have no other option but to use OpenCL, or nothing at all.

Hello @LCamachoDesign
corrected some stuff from you.
Since 2019 probably earlier the decision from the Developers was made to move and port from OpenCL to Vulkan.
Serif too can switch and support that API, bonus is, Vulkan supports far more hardware, can give performance boosts to Users and is the API going forward.

[italics from Word to Affinity Publisher]

I was able to import italics and bold text when going Edit>Paste Special>Rich Text Format

[Is there a way to turn off the toggle-behaviour on tools?]

go to Edit>Preferences>Tools>Use Shift key to cycle tool groups

now to change tools, you have to press the shift key and  the key you wanted to use to switch the tool.

[Adobe made an announcement. Now there are no more excuses. It’s time to switch from Photoshop to Affinity Photo.]

Sure , its from 2020 and previewing a texturing/previewing method for 3D Assets within Affinity Photo.
That would have spiced up the video.

[Adobe made an announcement. Now there are no more excuses. It’s time to switch from Photoshop to Affinity Photo.]

Adobe has several dedicated products for 3D work, retiring the in my opinion shabby solutions within Photoshop seems logical.

@Digitally Fearless
There is an excuse why should I use a program which doesn´t have certain features I might need?
What benefits does Affinity give me? The User who stumbles upon your clip is going to ask that.
Can you show something which helps the probably highly disgruntled users of Photoshop to visually understand what the best is in the current situation?

For the Video itself, It would have helped if you had gone into detail which features are removed and showing a screenshot of a news-article and explaining what it means.
What alternatives are there and why Affinity Photo is a good fit?
Saying that features from the competition got removed and now you can use Affinity Photo due to feature parity is sadly not a good advert nor convincing.

Going into soft clickbait/speculation mode in a youtube clip can also help, saying to potential sidegraders, that Serif teased a 3D painting solution which might come (be vague there - until its in a beta which you can show) might also help in understanding that Serif might cater to the users which are stranded in nowhere.
 

[Would Like to Find Affinity Software Sold in Local Retail Stores Sometime in the Future.]

You are right that backups, offline usage and archives are important.

As mentioned above by Pšenda, Serif is selling its Affinity Product Line as exe files in their own store. https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/designer/#buy
You can absolutely do backups and save those exe files wherever you want.

Affinity apps doesn't require an internet connection to work.
Affinity doesn't seem to require a connection to work nor requires to connect from time to time to validate the license.
The only time you have to go online seems to be for activation.

Edit; seems like Affinity doesn't even need an internet connection for activation?

Edit2:
you might have some luck with Microsoft and they allow a refund?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/returning-items-you-bought-from-microsoft-store-for-exchange-or-refund-81629012-aa4f-f48b-2394-8596f415072b

 

[Would Like to Find Affinity Software Sold in Local Retail Stores Sometime in the Future.]

Physical Stores for selling software? I think corona must have killed even the last stores which sold exclusive software products.

@RNKLN for software as in programs its probably not to be seen unless catered towards old folks?
The only software which might still be sold in a physical store could be  games and only if its collectors editions with physical goods in it?
There are even game consoles which are all digital without a trace of a disk drive.

Even back in 2010 to now, it got more common that software products sold in a physical store only had a disc sleeve with a paper in it which had  the key for unlocking the game/program on it, that cut down the costs for printing discs and also the weight costs but resulted in backlash from people with slow internet connections.