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I'm looking around for Adobe competitors with a similar suite of creative apps, obviously Affinity isn't there yet, but from what I see that they have: A graphic pixel app in Photo, I'm not sure if Design is suppose to be a vector app. I'm sure the longtime Affinity users can inform better about which apps are which. But in terms of this creative switching from a juggernaut like Adobe to Affinity, I would want to see A solid video app comparable to Premiere Pro, Power Director which CyberLink makes and other similar professional level video editors; second on my list would be an audio editor, recording, mixing, and mastering audio is part of my skill-set so if I hear sub par audio in my video I would take it to my audio editor and work on it then import it back or if Affinity in this case programs for the different apps to talk to each other and recognize when a shared asset is changed then the change is promptly reflected in the other app that the user has it open in. If a change is made to a picture in Photo(Name change please, that's too generic) then it's immediately reflected in the other app. But Thirdly as far as desired apps would be a vector app so those pixel graphics that Photo exports can be converted to shapes and paths. My close fourth is maybe a comparable Motion-Graphics app, but I might be getting a little greedy there.

      Oh and I don't want to leave out that one thing that bugs the bejeesus out of me with Adobe is when it comes to mobile apps Android users get treated like red-headed step children that always get kicked to the back of the line in terms of developing for mobile apps similar to the desktop apps. More apps and/or better developed apps for Android users would become a big factor is a decision to switch to Affinity or not.

But in recap: A video app, an audio app, a vector app to go with the pixel app, animator maybe, but definitely priority to Android users would be things that would make me seriously think about moving away from Adobe jumping on Affinity's ship.

 

For the other Adobe users in the forums(Even if it's not Adobe but some other creative company), if you haven't left Adobe and/or considering purchasing Affinity, what kinds of apps and other things would convince you to pull the trigger on Affinity ?

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2 hours ago, Smileyyy said:

But in recap: A video app, an audio app, a vector app to go with the pixel app, animator maybe, but definitely priority to Android users would be things that would make me seriously think about moving away from Adobe jumping on Affinity's ship.

Hello @Smileyyy and welcome to the forum.

I'm afraid with these expectations you have to wait a very long time to jump ships.

I'm not writing this to turn down your request. As a long time participant of this forum I have read several statements by Serif that video, animation and the most least audio are not on their list. I do not know about Android but this also will take some considerate time to happen, if at all.

If you have the urgent need to leave Adobe behind I advise you to try and test Affinty apps that are already available. Then combine them with some other applications in the other departments by other manufacturers. There is a lot out there.

Cheers,
d.

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34 minutes ago, dominik said:

Hello @Smileyyy and welcome to the forum.

I'm afraid with these expectations you have to wait a very long time to jump ships.

I'm not writing this to turn down your request. As a long time participant of this forum I have read several statements by Serif that video, animation and the most least audio are not on their list. I do not know about Android but this also will take some considerate time to happen, if at all.

If you have the urgent need to leave Adobe behind I advise you to try and test Affinty apps that are already available. Then combine them with some other applications in the other departments by other manufacturers. There is a lot out there.

Cheers,
d.

Are you sure ? I think I was on twitter or something and saw someone say that video was something they were working on.

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6 minutes ago, Smileyyy said:

Are you sure ? I think I was on twitter or something and saw someone say that video was something they were working on.

I do not know what was posted on twitter.

Here is a little elder post by one of the Serif representatives:

 

And here is a more recent post:

 

Sorry to dissapoint you.
d.

Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available.

Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil

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