Tia Lapis

Well let’s hope that they are not connected to the net. 

For what? Why not name that ultra important use case?
i am working with computers since the commodore vc20 and never have I needed bmp files. Not once. 

Oh but it is obscure. Neither Unix or macOS has ever used this strange format. It is a strange Windows only format with many technical problems. 

As a developer (for Windows) I used bmp a lot, of course, but I converted everything to png many years ago (so I don't even use Affinity's ability to open these files - I don't need it anymore). There was no reason to stay with bmp, not only because of the file size, but mainly because of the transparency issues.

Probably because it would only be useful for the Windows version.

Serif is not in a war with Adobe. They just use another licensing model. There are zero politics in it...

Serif is not in a war with Adobe. They just use another licensing model. There are zero politics in it...

And off I am. I have enough of getting f***ed over by such aquisions. My last "no we will continue perpentual licenses, don't fear there will be no changes" has been Zbrush. Serif, or Canva - you just lost a customer.

This Team has nothing to decide anymore. Canva is deciding and I don't trust them further than I can throw a truck...

The problem is that Serif hasn't any deciding power anymore - They sold out. All deciding happens at Canva now. And all the gloom thems from people not trusting Canva.

And off I am. I have enough of getting f***ed over by such aquisions. My last "no we will continue perpentual licenses, don't fear there will be no changes" has been Zbrush. Serif, or Canva - you just lost a customer.

Being a big faceless corporation?

Being a big faceless corporation?

This will be broken as every similar pledge has been broken on other aquisitions. Maxon promised the same for Zbrush. 2 years later: subscription only and no real update in all this time. It is just marketing trying to soften the blow to the users - IT WILL BE BROKEN. 

And off I am. I have enough of getting f***ed over by such aquisions. My last "no we will continue perpentual licenses, don't fear there will be no changes" has been Zbrush. Serif, or Canva - you just lost a customer.

How important we are to Canva can be seen in the fact that Canva didn't even see it needed to introduce themself and their Company to the community. How should that build trust in them?

This Team has nothing to decide anymore. Canva is deciding and I don't trust them further than I can throw a truck...

This Team has nothing to decide anymore. Canva is deciding and I don't trust them further than I can throw a truck...

This Team has nothing to decide anymore. Canva is deciding and I don't trust them further than I can throw a truck...

This will be broken as every similar pledge has been broken on other aquisitions. Maxon promised the same for Zbrush. 2 years later: subscription only and no real update in all this time. It is just marketing trying to soften the blow to the users - IT WILL BE BROKEN. 

Good first use case for AI 🙂

A "Pledge" ist not a promise and "we are committed to" is very different from "we are going to" -- sorry, but while this is a nice gesture, I've heard this noncommittal language way to often (in recent years even from our gouvernment with their listening, their commitments and the famous "five pledges") to believe any of it.
As I have spend a good amount of time of learning Affinity and moving all my work to it I'll stick with it for the time being. Worst case is that my version 2.4 stays as it is and I'll use it until I don't find a computer that runs it anymore.
Given that Serif just got handed a large sack of money, I won't do any free beta testing from now on though, and only install further updates if they have something I need rather than looking forward to playing with a new toy and being happy about everything I discover.
The software has hopped from "a journey I enjoy being part of" to "a tool I use to earn a living". My feeling towards Serif has shifted from "fan" and "advocate" to "user" respectively "customer" with a simple business relationship that can be cancelled the moment "the product doesn't meet expectations".

This will be broken as every similar pledge has been broken on other aquisitions. Maxon promised the same for Zbrush. 2 years later: subscription only and no real update in all this time. It is just marketing trying to soften the blow to the users - IT WILL BE BROKEN. 

This will be broken as every similar pledge has been broken on other aquisitions. Maxon promised the same for Zbrush. 2 years later: subscription only and no real update in all this time. It is just marketing trying to soften the blow to the users - IT WILL BE BROKEN. 

This will be broken as every similar pledge has been broken on other aquisitions. Maxon promised the same for Zbrush. 2 years later: subscription only and no real update in all this time. It is just marketing trying to soften the blow to the users - IT WILL BE BROKEN.