Remon Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 I notice Affinity Photo app is on sale at Microsoft store. Is this software the same version as that offered on the Affinity website, and will it be supported as though purchased through the Affinity website. Quote
Alfred Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Remon. The Microsoft Store version only runs on Windows 10, not Windows 8.1 or 7, and updates are delivered differently. The only other difference I’m aware of is that (because it runs in a sandboxed environment) you may encounter issues with some Photoshop plugins in the MS Store version. Callum 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
walt.farrell Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 The sandboxing has also caused issues for some users when trying to use Affinity Photo as an external editor for some other applications, if I remember correctly. I am surprised to find the Affinity applications on sale at the Microsoft Store when they aren't on sale at the Affinity Store. But I just looked, and I also see the sale there. Alfred 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Alfred Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 40 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: The sandboxing has also caused issues for some users when trying to use Affinity Photo as an external editor for some other applications, if I remember correctly. I remember that too, now! Thanks for the reminder, Walt. walt.farrell 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Remon Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 Thank you all for your responses. The cheaper version at the Microsoft Store may not be what I want.😀 Quote
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