Ali
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15 minutes ago, Brian_J said:
Welcome (back) to the jungle. 😂 In the 18 months I've been in these forums, I haven't experienced anything like what's going on now with how some members are communicating. Hopefully civility will triumph after the craziness of the V2 launch subsides.
I did - before you joined. For those of us who remember the halcyon days of the old Serif Forums, this really is a poor relation. There's always been an unpleasant undertow. I hope it improves for those of you who frequent it nowadays. As for me, I'm off. Good luck!
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2 minutes ago, PaulEC said:
These forums used to be about helping fellow users, not just a platform for whingers who think that if they keep repeating the same nonsense long enough it becomes fact!
This is why I left and didn't post for a long time. I have only returned because of the V2 release, but am now about to remove my bookmark to the forum (again). It seems to be full of trolls these days, and some particularly nasty ones.
- VectorVonDoom, PaulEC, debraspicher and 1 other
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19 minutes ago, deeds said:
Why should a new customer for a first generation product from a company that went quiet for a year (to the extent that one of the most popular threads on this forum wondered about the future of the company) be attempting to read tea leaves in pricing signals?
I think you just answered your own question. I made it clear that I was making a general statement: this sort of price reduction (and the company going quiet, for that matter) ahead of a new version launch is common across industries. It is not peculiar to Serif. FACT. That is all I have to say.
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It's pretty common across all industries for something to be sold at an extremely tempting lower price just before a new version is released: it's something I tend to look out for as an indicator that something new is on the way. Not making a judgement on the practice, but just saying that it is quite a common practice.
- kassgab, Solly, Sam LaGargouille and 3 others
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No, but if you work on COPIES of your existing V1 files, then you will always have a back-up.
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Short of actually giving it away, there will be backlash whatever they do: there will always be a proportion of people you can't please.
- VectorVonDoom, Brian_J, PaulEC and 1 other
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Serif's Patrick Connor advised forum members NOT to expect any further reductions (i.e. NO Black Friday deals) in another thread.
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Serif's Patrick Connor advised forum members NOT to expect any further reductions (i.e. NO Black Friday deals) in another thread.
14 December is quoted here:
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Thank you for this - it is very clear and I hope that those who are complaining all read it in order to understand the rationale. I think the vast majority understand the difficulties and that Serif is still a remarkably small outfit. I look forward to the V1 to V2 upgrade 'thank you' bundle. 😀
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I have invested in other software because there is no DAM with Affinity Photo. I use ACDSee Ultimate 2023, which has everything I need for DAM, development and processing under one 'roof'.
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1 hour ago, Viridian said:
Yes, it is about money to me.
That would be because Serif is running a business, not a charity.
1 hour ago, Viridian said:Purchases through the Apple store won't.
The reason for this has been addressed by Serif staff in other threads on this issue, but essentially they have no way of knowing who bought the product and when unless it was bought from Serif direct. There's the lesson: if you stick with them, buy directly from Serif.
- Abhijit Singh, SKT7 and emmrecs01
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When you run up V2 for the first time, it should ask if you want to transfer V1 customisations across - does that not work for presets?
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12 minutes ago, Abhijit Singh said:
"No, there isn't" statement by your is contradictory as some users have recieved emails of upgrades.
I had no way of knowing this. Patrick's explanation shows why I could not have known this.
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No, there isn't. There are many threads about this today, and Patrick Connor from Serif has expleined the pricing rationale in a couple of them. Do a search for his posts today and you will be able to read this for yourself.
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When you bought version 1, you also got ALL of the updates that had been released for that version that anybody who paid for it got. You do not need to rebuy anything, but if you WANT to upgrade, you will need to buy version 2. However, you don't have to: version 1 isn't suddenly going to stop working.
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15 minutes ago, joe_l said:
For what special reason? Professional print studio should (must) be able to impose PDF documents. If you print it to your personal printer, you can use the Booklet model in the printing dialogue ... or print to a PDF printer driver. The last option has to be carefully evaluated, since the quality of the PDF printer driver can vary depending on the maker of the printer driver resp. how this printer driver was programmed.
Because that's the way I want to do it. This is not a discussion about how else I might go about it: I am not looking for workarounds, but thanks for your comment.
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6 minutes ago, awakenedbyowls said:
(man this site is slow today)
It is. Loads of people complaining about what is a very generous launch offer for V2!!! 😁
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Thanks, @walt.farrell for the reply. I thought my post had got lost in the sea of wailing, whinging and whining about what is an incredible V2 launch offer - some people don't know they are born!
No, that is not what I wanted.
I don't know if you ever used PagePlus, but back then there was a tick box in PDF export that allowed you to export with the pages imposed (i.e. in printer's pairs). This would create a PDF export with a four-page booklet laid out with pages 4 and 1 togather, and pages 2 and 3 together. These are printer's pairs. This was not possible in Publisher V1 and does not seem to have been added to V2, more's the pity. So I'll have to stick with PagePlus a while longer for my multi-page documents, as I prefer to be able to export them in that way.
Thanks again.
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Just now, monzo said:
Again, charming.
Realistic, honest, whatever. As I said, it's up to you.
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3 minutes ago, monzo said:
But you can't guarantee how long the current suite of V1 products will work for, and be secure, on the three platforms they were released on.
Nothing in life can be guaranteed except that you will die one day. Perhaps you need to stand back, take a breath and put all of this into some sort of perspective. Life is too short. It doesn't matter how much you complain or how often: the die is cast. Either you upgrade to V2 or stick with V1 and hope it lasts a few years longer. Or jump ship. It's up to you.
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4 minutes ago, ctekk said:
Okay, where is this basic logic stated? There was no hint as far as I know? There was never a hint that there will be a V2 anyhow? It would be silly to buy V1 a couple weeks ago, right?
When would a software house (other than one that went bust) not have a Version 2? If there's a Version 1, then of course there will eventually be a Version 2. If there's only ever going to be one version, then no version number would be necessary. Version 2 has been talked about on the forums ever since Version 1 was released, and pretty soon people will start asking about Version 3. A modicum of common sense needs to be employed here.
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1 minute ago, ctekk said:
What he meant is, that he paid now but didn't get any software updates or service for his bought item. If he wants to get updates he has to pay again. Users that paid the same price as him got updates for the paid price. He didn't. It's not rocket science right?
I understood perfectly. He bought Version 1, not Version 2. Version 1 has now come to the end of its development cycle. If he wants updates, then he'll need to buy the new version. My point was that there has to be a cut-off point: if you purchase software a long time after release, than you are gambling with that cut-off point. It's not rocket science: it's basic logic.
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1 minute ago, monzo said:
On an up to date operating system? That's a bit of luck if so, but you can't predict future compatibility, or security.
I am still using the last versions of the Serif Plus range (in particular, WebPlus X8 2016 and PagePlus X9 2015) on a completely up-to-date Windows 11 system. I don't think it unreasonable to assume that the V1 Affinity range might have a similar longevity.
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Did you scroll down the page a bit?
Publisher V2 - How to Impose Pages in PDF Export?
in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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@Greg EThanks, but I wasn't looking for a workaround (I know the workarounds). I'd still like to see it in the Export dialog as it used to be in PagePlus.
@Hilltop@rah1861 We cannot possibly know whether they have any intention of ever including this, and I prefer not to make assumptions either way.