Oh Boy, here we go...
After using Adobe Photoshop 01 all the way to CS5 Master Collection DVD install I have found every replacement possible.
Aldus Illustrator and then it was called Adobe Illustrator & of course Photoshop all useless to me now. For years I awaited new artistic coders to start writing new code system to develop all of my software including the 3D ones and Serif with Affinity just ended my drag down with for all Adobe products.
I'm in HEAVEN and blown away from spring till now after all my researches to find the mac software's and wishing for it to come to Windows and two weeks later I got the Beta Affinity Designer. What!?!?!? OK then let's try it instead of just watching YouTube Tutorials and then wishing my dream would come true. It did then I bought it the same day or after it was offered then Affinity Photo Beta was offered to me and today I got it as they did send an email to me yesterday.
What a relief I feel inside that I can use all my Photoshop work in Affinity and move on from here. Phhhewww. You saved my stressful life.
I'd like to thank your extremely Creative Artistic Coders for this gift and their WISDOM. You are absolute GENIUSES.
Serif should be proud to have hired you people indeed. I did almost buy Serif Photo but it was an older clunky app and I still needed adobe, but I had to move away from them. They have become a proprietary software and at the start they needed to check you install via the internet. many who travel lot's like geologist I know could not process their photos as they where not aloud to use the payed software they had. They needed the internet as adobe randomly did checks and if you cannot connect then your shut down. Time is money?
What about archaeologists stuck deep in the Amazon. What a dam shame. Sure now they have fixed this issue somewhat and I say none of their products will be usable if anarchy and chaos hit our world for a month or so. OOPS...
It's and old horse that has to move on.
Sorry about my banter. At 56 years of age ; -)
Peace and Thanks You...
Charles (The Sun Mystic)