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Yes I agree with you. I dont think we can sway Serif with this thread alone but if it raises more awareness then thats good. I know serif will make their choice based on their own research for sure. I know what I think the right choice is but given that I've spent years asking them for proper channel packing support I doubt they will get Affinity working on Linux in in the next decade. Maybe if Serif gain popularity they can start to allocate more funds to at *least* getting it to work through wine. Afterall, Wine is just a compatibility layer not an emulator, so it's perfectly possible that Affinity could run on Linux just as efficiently as Windows.

I use RawTherapee and it's great. They are also very responsive as they've created camera profiles in a day for me.

Photopea works great for sure, I wish they'd make an actual desktop application for it but thats more a personal preference thing (I know you can save it as a web app though). Since my work is mostly adjustments to screenshots/renders I'm not so much doing photography (other than photogrammetry) or print work so gimp is getting there for me. 3.2 is probably the day I ditch everything else for Gimp if Affinity hasn't make things work on linux by then.

There is also Darktable (yet another example of an application that is cross platform without any problems, crazy huh) for people that mostly do photography and need something like Lighroom. I heard good things about RawTherapee too but I've not tried it myself.

http://rawtherapee.com/

https://www.darktable.org/
 

Good to note in this thread, although I don't have such a raft of ID files that I will be put out to rebuild them on a case-by-case basis; my work is mostly one-offs so I'd be overhauling the designs anyway. Thanks for the tip and for seeking out that script!

Ok, finding the right thread seems a bit complicate. The most direct one seems to be this one, but pointing to a missing link:
https://creativepro.com/creating-batch-pdfs/
I'm therefore attach the version of the script I have, that should be the most accurate one.
On a Mac, with InDesign CS6, this script should be inside the folder:
~/Library!Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 8.0/en_GB/Scripts/Scrips Panel/
Paolo
 
INDD - IDML batch_convert.jsxbin.zip

At the moment, the App Store is selling twice more apps than the Google Play Store. This data is probably more interesting for a software manufacturer than the number of cell phones going in the hands of seniors or kids.
I would also add that the Play Store doesn't seem to include a lot of professional graphic apps. Google doesn't even supply a "Graphic" or "Creativity" section in the store, contrary to the "Productivity" one, containing the usual office suites and some utilities. On the contrary, the App Store is filled up with creativity software.
Paolo
 

I don't know the specific case, but when doing some research I can sadly see that cracks of Affinity apps do exist, and they seem to be available from several places. It is inexplicable how such fairly-priced powerful software can be pirated, but there is a category of users that can't even consider how self-hurting it is damaging a software manufacturer like Serif. So, I fear that someone may be convinced that the Affinity software can be "free".
Paolo
 

You could download a one-month demo of InDesign, or buy a one-month subscription (around 45€, if I’m not wrong), and convert all your old files.
There is also a batch script to automate it for each folder. I don't remember it, but I’ll check when I am at my work computer.
Paolo
 

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Greg dJ.
Have you tried creating an artboard-based document in Designer and then working on it in Photo?

Hi, Affinity community. Thought I'd chime in on my experience switching 'cold-turkey' from AI/PS/ID to Affinity, this year. My initial motivation was cost; I was not relishing another $800/year hit. But also a week's trial of Designer, Photo and Publisher convinced me I would not find myself lacking. So I bought all 3 and canceled my other subscription.
Top Pros:
Speed - the apps launch and operate a perceptible ~3x faster than what I was accustomed to. Cost - I'm deeply grateful to have such an affordable, viable, professional option (I'm just an occasional freelancer). Generally pleasing to use - as I adapt my former workflow and keyboard shortcut muscle-memory to the Affinity way, I find it ever more satisfying to use, such that I find myself looking for reasons to use it - which is surely a good sign. Things like the Designer Export interface reveal the way the dev team reconsider each step of usage. Community - this is always a boon for new users, to know there is a good starting place for getting help and ideas online. A few Cons:
Vector warp tools (esp. non-destructive) - I wasn't even aware of how often I use these, until I didn't have them. I know I'm not alone in this. It'll be a great day when Affinity rolls this out in Designer. Without ID any more (to export IDML), I have to reconstruct my ID files in Publisher; not terrible, some forced practice, and luckily I tend to have a PDF to work from. I was just starting to get accustomed to PS artboards, despite their clunkiness; reverting to building (in Photo) one canvas at a time is a bit of a setback. I had some struggles resizing placed files in Publisher, had to wrest control from the app a bit (internal scaling: none; anchor: none), just because I am accustomed to resizing frames independently from content. Cheers!

Yes, very important functions like non-destructive editing, inbuilt CMYK capability, etc are yet to appear and I suspect it will be a few more years yet before we see them in Gimp. The only suggestion I can offer is to keep on donating so that the good work can continue.
If I may, please, I would like to make some constructive suggestions for you.
The first is to try developer Diolinux's PhotoGIMP patch for Gimp 2.10+ that make the UI more like Photoshop and that introduces the Photoshop shortcuts - https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP
The second suggestion is to try the online Photopea image editor and it should look quite familiar - https://www.photopea.com/
The third and final suggestion is to try out PhotoLine and while there is no official Linux version, the developers in Germany make sure that their software works well with Wine so that Linux users are not left out - https://www.pl32.com/
There are some brief guides to PhotoLine below:
http://www.russellcottrell.com/photo/PhotoLine/basic.htm
http://www.russellcottrell.com/photo/PhotoLine/downloads/PhotoLineTutorial.pdf
http://evrencomert.com/PhotoLine.htm
While the interface might be a bit old school, it really is a competent and capable image editor (picture enclosed).
I must stress that all the above options are no commercial threat to Serif Europe whatsoever precisely because Serif Europe does not yet offer any Linux versions of their Affinity products.
 

Just to add my voice to the call for an android tablet version request;
As others have said completely accept that it may not be feasable for serif to accomplish this for various reasons, sure there are all sorts of reasons this is more difficult than many of us may appreciate.
But Serif if you are listening just to let you know, here is one more potential customer who would be happy to purchase for android tablet if you do develop it 🤞

I think thats the worst part about it. ; ; That and no vector shape tools.

Starting up a virtual machine each time I wanted to run Affinity Photo had become too tedious for me, particularly given the poor performance of running it in a VM.  My Affinity Photo license goes largely unused now.

I've taken to just using Gimp instead.  It's rough around the edges and lacks a feature or two, but it's very capable.  The main hurdle has been adapting to its shortcuts and UI.
I raise my hand as someone who'd appreciate Affinity Photo releases under Linux, but I'm not holding my breath for it.  Serif will do what Serif will do.

As has been alluded of Linux users previously in the thread, I'm not opposed to paying for and using commercial, closed source software.  I've also paid for Davinci Resolve Studio, which I'm delighted to be able to use under Linux, and is a suitable equivalent for GPU/CPU intensive closed source graphics software running under Linux/Windows/OSX.  BlackMagic target and officially support CentOS (although perhaps under review given it's approaching EoL), so whilst you can run Davinci Resolve under other distros (and I do), they're only community supported.  And that's fine, because community support is something Linux has always done and does well.  In a nutshell, needing to support 200+ (or whatever) distros is not necessary.  Target one (eg: Ubuntu LTS or Fedora) and let the community worry about packaging for, and supporting other distros....or don't *shrug*

And it still won't have freaking adjustment layers.

incidentally CS6 works really well too via wine, though with Gimp 3.0 coming soon I might just give up on affinity, and I really don't want to use Photoshop. Krita, Gimp and Inkscape I guess are the big go-tos if Serif don't care for it.

Afterall, barely anyone uses Affinity compared to photoshop, so why bother with it?(!) 😂

I'd like to then mention Adobe Substance Suite to compare to Serif, because before substance was sadly acquired by adobe they were just a regular company that started from nowhere, made a name for themselves and were cross platform including Linux (and still are, though Adobes acquisition makes me wonder how long that will last). If Allegorithmic were successful with a similar market and proprietary software that had perpetual licenses while being cross platform, why can't Serif do the same? 

I dunno, to say they can't do it just seems to suggest Serif is incompetent and I don't think they are, they can make software just fine and they could make it cross platform if they wanted to, so it's really up to them if they want to support Linux. I don't think they'd run themselves into the ground doing it because I'm sure they know how to run a business. If they choose not to because they don't want to "take a risk" that would be a shame, because I'm not going back to Windows and I'm certainly not going to Mac just for serif. I'd sooner choose a to support a company with the same values. 

Also, Photoshop kinda have become cross platform now, much like Photopea they can just run the software in browser. I think that's Adobes way of supporting all platforms. I don't particularly like that approach (something still bugs me about using photopea just because it's all in a browser) but it is what it is. I'm not saying Serif should make theirs for browser, I'm saying if Adobe is considering getting their product everywhere then adobe can't be used as an argument against going cross platform. 

I'd really love to support Serif in their journey to making Affinity the best, it can be, but I can't if they won't give basic support for something like channel packing let alone being available on platform I use. I don't see Linux support happening any time soon but I'd still like to voice my vote for it.

I can get by without the vectors, but adjustment layers are a make or break feature for me. They're so important, I don't consider a photo editing app a photo editing app unless they're in there.
The good news is that adjustment layers and layer effects are planned for 3.2, which, given the improvements made in the 3.0 release, would finally make GIMP a fairly decent Photoshop/Affinity alternative. The problem is, no one knows how long that'll take. Given their track records, we could probably expect it by 2031 or so.

I'm a 100% Linux user these days and I can get by using Nomacs, Pixeluvo (a good Photoshop Elements equivalent), Canva and full Softmaker Office for the work/projects that I currently need to do. I would at some stage like to see the three rather good Affinity products come to Linux or at least have good Wine compatibility so they can be used on Linux that way (our friends over at PhotoLine already do this).
That said, I do appreciate Serif's practical reasons why they can't yet offer any Linux or Android versions. Firstly, they are 100x smaller than Adobe Corporation and so they just don't have the same large capital/resources to do this. Secondly, and I think they're right in doing this, they are not rashly over-expanding because that can end very badly as shown by the unfortunate examples of Peppertap and Wise Acre Frozen Treats (look them up).
In the meantime, we can politely request that they kindly consider doing a Linux version at some future stage and we can join WineHQ to vote up Affinity Photo (you actually have 3 personal votes to cast! https://appdb.winehq.org/votestats.php ).

Thank you for your well-reasoned post. I'm sure that the forum staff know that Linux users would like their rather good software to appear on the Linux platform in the future but l certainly can't see it happening in the short to medium term not least because they have had other very important issues to deal with, eg making their softwares work well on Apple M1 Macs and with Windows 11, for example.
In the meantime, we can head over to www.alternativeto.net and www.winehq.org to see what other potential options there are and, if our equipment is powerful enough, we can use virtual machine solutions such as Fmstrat/winapps, VMware or VirtualBox.

Thank you for your well-reasoned post. I'm sure that the forum staff know that Linux users would like their rather good software to appear on the Linux platform in the future but l certainly can't see it happening in the short to medium term not least because they have had other very important issues to deal with, eg making their softwares work well on Apple M1 Macs and with Windows 11, for example.
In the meantime, we can head over to www.alternativeto.net and www.winehq.org to see what other potential options there are and, if our equipment is powerful enough, we can use virtual machine solutions such as Fmstrat/winapps, VMware or VirtualBox.

The reason why people thought that you came off as trolling was because you were using the same "one or two home truths" (i.e. arguments) ad nauseam. Usually repeating the same thing over and over again is considered spamming.

Your attempts at looking smart are so cute 😂

Don’t you have anything better to do with your time other than trolling around this forum, LondonRascal? The other thread related to this same topic got closed solely because of you. Does this give you some kind of mental reward, you freaking sociopath?
Since he will probably continue on his idiotic quest, I ask you guys to stop enabling him. Just ignore his wannabe comments. As easy as that.
Thank you 😘

Dude just stop being a troll on the internet...there are enough trolls on other sites.
Whether it'll make them want to make a linux version or not, at least that way they'll know the numbers.
After all, it's their decision and their decision only.
And if they do decide ti make a linux version, there is a plus...adobe isn't there to take any part of that market share.