DaveK

I've just found about about and bought Affinity Designer. I've been using serif programmes for a couple of decades - I didn't actually realise 'til I read it above that they are abandoning the Plus series. I produce(d) exam papers for an exam board, newsletters and pamphlets and websites for a Parish Council and a construction business and some techy manuals (high graphics content) for a small user base. I'm not a pro but I'm not a dabbler either. So I hope it's OK if I offer my thoughts here. :) In terms of the grumbles about having to wait for the new affinity suite, if you are using the older Serif programmes then they will actually still work ... I guess I'll stick with the X9 versions of Draw/Paint/Publisher/Web until the Affinity set is complete and then transfer over. I bought Affinity thinking it was going to complement DrawPlus but it appears it's going to replace it, so I'll spend some time seeing how they are similar and how they differ and whether X9 programmes will see me out. An alternative to releasing Affinity programmes as they are completed is to sit on them until they are all ready. Serif would lose (oodles) of money, we would lose access to programmes that are ready and the inevitable final debugging would be horrendous for a complete suite released all at once. It's the real world so I guess we just have to suck it up. ;)

Thank you! All sorted and time to explore and compare with DrawPlus :)

Thank you very much for the speed of response and the detail. One point though ... Am I correct in thinking that the Samples and UI Sheets folders in the grad- ui-kit aren't stored in the Affinity programme but just clicked on from the folder as needed? (I've been using the Serif vector/photo/publishing/web software for the past couple of decades so it's back to the drawing board to sort Affinity out! :lol:

Sorry to sound dumb, but how does Affinity know where to find the folders/files after I've unzipped them? I assumed they would have to be put into a folder in the program. Where should the unzipped folders for 'the box set', 'daub-essentials' and 'grade-ui-kit' be placed? :unsure: