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Came here looking for this answer too. It would be nice if they could do this through the website with dropdown box in the cart saying (coupon for gifting), or for even better discoverability have separate buttons on the store page can be added to the cart (for gifting).

I agree. I keep wanting to move exclusively to Affinity Photo, but keep finding things that make Photoshop much faster to get work done. The perspective crop tool is one of those.

I second this. Especially the perspective crop tool, which I use regularly and is one of the primary reasons Affinity Photo is in my spare tools category rather than my primary tools category.

Well not today. That's what I'm saying needs to be improved. Put out a "free trial" copy in the store that times out after 14 days or whatever, and let people activate it with a valid license that they already have, or a license that gets purchased through the app. The benefit being that if you buy from the store and later prefer the standalone version (or vice versa) you can switch back or forth with the same license number.

They already sell it on in the Microsoft Store so it shouldn't change the cost anymore than what they are already doing. But, free apps aren't charged a 30% tax and I already have a license number. So providing the app to me through the Microsoft Store shouldn't cost them anything new, other than designing to app to activate from the same license number.

I wish you would create a Microsoft Store version that used the same product key as the Affinity Store version. It would be nice if we could make use of the Microsoft Store update system or stick with the offline installer option as needed. Without having it hinge on the original purchase decision from months earlier.

I wouldn't mind having a copy on Steam either. Even if it was a 30 day demo where you had to enter the license number purchased from Affinity's website. In fact that might be prefered. I run Blender through the Steam store specifically because it auto updates in the background without hassle.

Have you guys considered the feasibility of creating a live collaboration feature in Affinity Publisher using Dropbox or Google Drive or OneDrive? Something similar to what Word and Excel desktops do.

I figure if you do fixed layout it might as well be PDF and have greater compatibly. What advantage would an fixed layout ePub have over PDF?

The future? How about the present. However, you could half way argue that publishing software like this is 90% about the visual layout, while ebook formats are barely related in that manner. So it makes sense to put ebooks lower on the list. Ebooks are probably closer to html publishing in the grand scheme. I mean really ePub is closer to the domain of traditional word processors that desktop publishers. I still want an ePub export option though.

Personally I'd like to see the full desktop version of Affinity Photo and Designer running on Chromebooks with Android. The higher end Android Chromebooks need a full desktop photo editor. Can't think of a better one to have.

+1 Looking for epub support also.

I vote for this too.

Another use, which I used to be an example of, was a Windows Desktop and MacBook Pro laptop. I finally got rid of the MacBook because I had to keep booting into Windows for Windows specific software and Apple had some of the worst Windows drivers of any manufacturer. That was 10 years ago, but at the time having cross platform apps was a nice plus and what I tried to gravitate toward. It would probably still be nice today even though my only requirement now is wanting to try out the Microsoft Store app. I'm not spending an extra $50 for the privileged though.

With an email sign-in or external license number Apple wouldn't be taking a cut. It would be like publishing a free demo app which stops working after 30 days unless you signed in with a valid ID or entered a valid license number. Of course that doesn't fix the old copies that have already been purchased in the Mac and Windows store. But would allow existing Serif purchases and new customers going forward to get the cross platform ability. Regarding the number of licenses I just picked a number (similar to Adobe). Maybe it could be 5 or 10 installs before buying add-ons. Does the terms of use already limit the number of installs per license?

This is what I was thinking before finding this thread. It would be nice to download the app on any supported platform, type in the serial number, and it works (perhaps limited to 2 active copies at a time). Then maybe offer $10 add-ons to increase the active copy for people with more than 2 devices, (iPad, etc) However, maybe implements too many of the negative aspects of the subscription concept where you need internet access to install the software and periodic check-ins to keep it active.

Are there plans to improve the ability to drop or move a guide using any tool instead of being forced to switch back to the move tool for guide manipulation? All the Adobe tools have this incredibly convenient feature that I make use of probably dozens of times a day. The Infinity programs make that task more tedious. And, are there any plans to allow changing the rulers between percent, pixels, inches, etc directly from a right click on the rulers? And again, using any tool, instead of exclusively with the move tool? EDIT: Looks like guide creation from any tool will soon be possible. Excellent. Now if we could just change the ruler units quickly.

I second this. Creating a guide from the ruler regardless of the active tool is handy, like the way Photoshop allows. It's almost frustrating having to change tools to drag out another guide.

I second this request for the rulers. Can we get the rulers showing percentage?

Good question. My guess would have been yes, but only for the kind of people paying for the more advanced Chromebooks like the Samsung and Asus tablet style units that came out this year. I know I'd buy a copy and I also get people asking me what photo editor they can use with their Chromebooks (currently telling them PhotoPea), but I don't know what the total audience would be for a $50 paid app. I sort of feel like it's still suffering from the chicken or egg situation, where if more pro apps existed then more people would be willing to pay $800 for a Chromebook or Chrome Desktop machine. Now that they have Android on them and Google is pushing for more local storage, it could be a true desktop replacement soon. I mean, do you chase the ball or try to be where the ball is headed? Also, I don't know how Serif's code is setup, but I would have guessed that 80% of the work is done already and they just need to convert the API calls to Android.

With Google releasing a Chromebook having 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD I think they are setting up the playing field to take on Windows. Do you think we can get the full Affinity Photo desktop client for Android on Chromebooks with an adaptive interface that can switch to the Affinity Photo touch client when in tablet mode?

I probably should have said the "simplest" option would be to support WIA, rather than the best option.

Probably the best option on Windows would be to support WIA. The second best option would be to have Photoshop import plugin compatibility. Regarding my earlier post in this thread about VueScan, I talked with those guys and they said with Photoshop they are using a Photoshop import plugin. Since Affinity Photo is already attempting to be compatible with Photoshop plugins, maybe that would be the avenue to explore.

Calling a bug a feature is not actually a solution. In a word processor or vector based app like Affinity Designer I can see wanting it as a feature because fiddling with resolution isn't as important as just the working with overall image. However, for a vector based app like Affinity Photo it is actually a flaw because there's no way to view your image at your screen's resolution with 1:1 pixels. For an app designed around editing the pixels (with it's own built in zoom capability) you need the ability to view a 1:1 image. Saying this is a feature in Affinity Photo is almost like saying a pickup truck without doors is a feature. Some people might actually find it helpful, but most are going to have a problem with it.

I think a better option is to do like Photoshop and build a right click menu on the rulers themselves so no matter what tool you are using you can go to the ruler and right click to change the units. Also create a percentage option. I can't even count how many times I've used percentage based rulers when setting guides in Photoshop. From a persistence perspective just leave the rulers at whatever they were last set to. Ignore the document units. Same goes for dropping a guide. It would be nice if we could do it no matter what tool was selected. Just go to the ruler, click and drag out to create a new guide.