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Hi
I'm Dave Atkinson, a lapsed Serif user but now back on the game with Affinity Photo. Been sitting for hours watching the tuts on the Tube and following along on the old (no so, just upgraded) desktop. I'm coming to the end of an Adobe contract and probably will not renew, AP is just so good. Would love to be able to work dual monitors though.
 
regards
prefocus

New to the Forum and New to Affinity.  I am a Lightroom /NIK user and I am lost with Photoshop.  I am sure I will be spending time at the various forums.  this program looks like all I will need,  just need to dig in and learn it.

I understand everyone's frustration with the delay of Affinity Publisher.  Everyone here has good points.
I use Swift Publisher for now.  It works fine for my printing needs for now.
 
I think we should give the folks at Serif time to put together good software.  They have a lot on their plates.  Plus they are developing for multiple platforms, etc.
I also wanted to have Affinity Publisher to be ready by now, but I am willing to be patient and wait a little so that, when it is released, is better software than rushed bad software.
 
I think we can all come together and make this a stronger community with a little bit of patience.
Cheers!

The developers have already said it would take a minimum of half a million dollars before they would even consider such a project. They are not at all sure they could hire enough designers with the right skillset to do that, how long it would take to bring a viable version to market, or if or to what extent this might compromise the further development of the Mac, Windows, & iOS apps, including the much anticipated (& delayed) Publisher app & the DAM app (for which there is as yet not even an ETA for the first beta.)
 
I admit I have not done much research on this, but from what I can tell, the most highly funded & successful Kickstarter projects have three things in common: wide appeal, a well developed prototype or proof of concept product of some kind, & a promise of a reasonably short time to market if the funding goal is met.
 
It seems unlikely that this project would do any of that.

Guess I'm just "easy" as I like your edited moody result, especially the water puddles on the pier. Don't know if you affected them, I'm just glad you didn't remove them.
 
A "before" shot would have been fun but I don't need it to just enjoy what I see. So my take on the posters' points above: If you want to learn you need a before & after; if you want to enjoy, you only need the result. IMHO, that is up to who posts the sample. :)

Here's my two cents worth.
If this effort of mine proves useful to people, I'll try to create a pixel ruler as well.
 
I created 3 rulers of moveable zero point, accuracy as per Aff Designer v 1.5.5.
 
They are:
1 ruler 30cm,all directions, divided in mm
1 ruler 15 inches, all directions, divided in 10ths
1 ruler 15 inches, all directions, divided in 16ths
 
How to & design details text is on the rulers page.
Using is simply a matter of copy & paste only the ruler itself to your document.
The rulers can also be used in Aff.Photo, but be aware : the default measurements of Aff.Photo are in pixels.
 
Please feel free to improve/change.
If / when you do, I'd appreciate a personal message so that I can learn, thanks.
Hope you'll find them useful,
 
Enjoy,
C.L.
 
 
 
Ruler-30cm.afdesign
Ruler-Inch-10ths.afdesign
Ruler-Inch-16th.afdesign

Hi. Sunil Hoon. India.
Marketing.Branding.Design.
Oh.53
 
Thought I'd mention my age, cos that's the reason I'm here in this Affinity forum.

Hi everyone, I'm Yuri from Italy and I am using Affinity Photo since... well I can't remember exatly... 

...neither some obsessive nitpicking in an error in timing estimation....

Hi I'm PJ from Canada.  Been on this site for quite awhile but have not introduced myself.  I am a real fan of Affinity products and this great group of conscientious developers.
I talk about Affinity Photo all the time when I go into my local camera shop, the Apple Store, in fact anywhere where people are interested in photography. 
 
I have a really big pet peeve that I would like to mention.  I dislike people that seem to be trolls for 'other' products that come to this blog to comment on how lousy Affinity apps are. 
I have at times commented about this behaviour as I do not think that this behaviour is appropriate. 
 
I was really tired of the tactics of Adobe, their money grab subscriptions, and their desire to govern what I do in my life.  Even though I own standalone LR6, the tactics to govern this product really angered me.  
 
I did not feel the need to have this product, LR6, on my new MacBook Pro. To compensate for the loss of catalogue, I use Capture One Pro until serif develops one for their apps.  
 
But I was surprised the other day when I opened the Media Viewer to see that I could load the entire contents of one of my photo stores into the AP's Media Browser, not there yet but what a great improvement.  Check it out.
 
One question, not for me but for those dissatisfied commenter, how can they delete themselves from this forum?  

That was very interesting to watch !
 
Best of luck !  :)
 
(but luck is not needed: Is needed passion, and you have no shortage of that !  :)    )

ENORMOUS KUDOS (yes, I'm shouting, the occasion needs it ! )   to Affinitytutorials and Affinity Jack.
 
That all is way beyond amazing. This is how you help an extremely good and smart suite of applications in growing and spreading.
 
That story reminds me a real lot -even a bit painfully-   to certain LOVABLE meetings with a bunch of illustrators which I deeply -very much-  respected, loved and for whom had (have) great admiration (they admired me too, huh... :D), in my country. It was not as organized and well driven as yours, but was really good, too. We also met in an online community and from there went to also expand it offline. At some point the community broke, mainly as the site, which was the central nerve of communication kind of got broken. I had to cease all activities too, due to life duties. But I am aware several of the most solid friendships from there yet stand today, very current. So, I guess, a pair of applications or as was our case, the joy that certain activity (illustration, photography, design, etd) gives you (or simply the joint for sharing same freelance profession) can go a long way, even if just started on inet (I always value higher direct RL relations, but it's became clear to me that internet "can" be a good way to start really good stuff. Hey, not all has to be bad or crappy on the internet....)
 
Great kudos, I had no idea this all existed...  And long life to it !

ginaadrson,
 
Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums
 
Affinity Video Editor supports 4K video as well as it supports standard formats & sizes, and that is NOT AT ALL.
 
Affinity Video Editor does not exist and we aren't planning on making a video editor application. These other posters are just talking to each other having accepted that.

Hello all! I am Erik from Antwerp, Belgium.
I am a fine-art painter but prefer to call myself a 'creator of images' as I also do photography and photomanipulation and even digital sculpting in ZBrush.
I  use Photoshop CS5, which I know quite well, but for which I never saw a reason to upgrade. In fact: I use it less and less because Krita is better for painting and drawing, and Capture One is perfect for my RAW files.
Earlier today I got a mail from a friend, mentioning Affinity. After watching a few video overviews and tutorials, I grasped this was what I would have liked Photoshop to become, and purchased my license immediately.
I really look forward to use it and team it with Capture One. Really.
For those interested: I am on a home-built i7 Windows 7 Pro machine.

Hiya! I'm Eeva from Finland. I've been working as graphic designer for 16 years and most of it as freelancer. I recently changed all my tools from Adobe to Affinity as the versions I had were getting old (CS4) and I didn't afford to update to the latest versions. Also it would have required total update of my hardware which I wasn't too keen on doing so I was more than happy when I found out about Affinity's tools. One happy camper over here :)

Hi Everyone,
 
I could write how great Affinity is, and that after all these years (starting with photoshop 4) I'm switching because I believe affinity is better... 
 
Sorry starting over, you really made a magnificent product
 
Thanks.
 
Ronny

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Neil. :)
 
These forums are for posts relating to Serif's Affinity range. Please create a new thread on the CommunityPlus forums for any issues relating to the 'Plus' range of products.

ENORMOUS KUDOS (yes, I'm shouting, the occasion needs it ! )   to Affinitytutorials and Affinity Jack.
 
That all is way beyond amazing. This is how you help an extremely good and smart suite of applications in growing and spreading.
 
That story reminds me a real lot -even a bit painfully-   to certain LOVABLE meetings with a bunch of illustrators which I deeply -very much-  respected, loved and for whom had (have) great admiration (they admired me too, huh... :D), in my country. It was not as organized and well driven as yours, but was really good, too. We also met in an online community and from there went to also expand it offline. At some point the community broke, mainly as the site, which was the central nerve of communication kind of got broken. I had to cease all activities too, due to life duties. But I am aware several of the most solid friendships from there yet stand today, very current. So, I guess, a pair of applications or as was our case, the joy that certain activity (illustration, photography, design, etd) gives you (or simply the joint for sharing same freelance profession) can go a long way, even if just started on inet (I always value higher direct RL relations, but it's became clear to me that internet "can" be a good way to start really good stuff. Hey, not all has to be bad or crappy on the internet....)
 
Great kudos, I had no idea this all existed...  And long life to it !

After playing around with Photo on iPad for some time today, I just can say this application is crafted with love down to the detail. The user interface is amazing, so polished and clean, editing is super-smooth, as was to be expected, and apart from … yes, some little feature requests that immediately suggest themselves …  ;) … it is really a great accomplishment … again …  :)
 
Congratulations everybody,
this will be of great use for me,
Alex  :)

Not really... ;)

Hello dear Frank, I also agree with Jack's words And I am pleased to be a member of this great german Affinity Forum. There is a friendly co-operation and very praiseworthy is also the quick help with questions. Keep it up...Conny

Hi, I'm Selwyn. I've used Photoshop and Illustrator in the past as a casual user but was always on the lookout for a decent equivalent without the subscription charges. Since I've discovered AD and AP I'm totally in awe! It is so straightforward and has some great features. I've recently got the AD workbook so am going through that and have just recently downloaded AD for iPad Pro. I can't wait for AD on iPad (as I'm sure most people are!).
 
I'm currently just getting used to software and trying certain things out. I'll share my work as and when its completed.
 
Keep up the good work @MattP (and the rest of the Affinity team).

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, TBRYAN20. :)
 
Your questions would have been better posted to a new 'Questions and Feedback' thread, but since we're here:
 
 
You can't. This feature will come with Affinity Publisher.

 
 
3D and Bevel/Emboss effects are available via the Effects panel.
 
 
 
Again, it looks as though we'll need to wait for Publisher. Please see this post for a workaround.
 

 
Have one on me! 
 

Hi my name is Stuart, like a lot of people I've arrived here from photoshop. My main interest is landscape photography and general family pictures etc. So far I'm liking the software but do find the conversion from PS to photo a little fraught at times. Looking forward to reading through the forums and picking up some great tips..
 
Stuart

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Richard. :)
 
 
Does this answer your question? :P