Handsolo Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 So I am new to Affinity. I was an Adobe user and recently upgraded to the apple 2021 macbook. I was using the Adobe CS6 suite to do all my design work and photo editing. When I got my new macbook I learned my pre-purchased Adobe CS6 did not support the new m1 chip so was facing the decision to pay a monthly Adobe subscription of $53(USD) per month forever! After 5 years, this would have amounted to $3180 (USD). That just seems so unreasonable to me because I feel I am 'priced out' of trying to design. Cue Affinity, the life-savers! Now that I've been using Affinity, Adobe couldn't pay me to switch back. Smart and thoughtful design + accessible honest pricing. It's also exciting to work with something new and robust like Affinity. This is what design is all about. Dan C, jmwellborn and JET_Affinity 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Welcome to the Forums @Hansolo😊 I also have the new Macbook with the M1 chip, and am having a lot of fun with all three Affinities - Photo, Designer, and Publisher. I thought these apps were fast on my iMac with an Intel chip, but now -- Talk about SPEED! Hopefully you have also discovered Photo and Publisher. If not, you might possibly not know that there is a special offer for a 90-day free trial of each app, and a 50% discount in their purchase price. You could look at the Forum section News and Information>We want to help (again) for more details. I used Adobe for years and after spending approximately $700.00 on upgrading from the last $500.00-or-so-upgrade of Pagemaker to InDesign, was infuriated when I was informed that I could now rent the software per month at a handsome sum for the privilege of accessing my own files (including several 400-500 page books I had written). When I found Affinity I knew that I was in the right place the moment I watched the first online video tutorial. After the gentleman carefully explained the issue (don't remember the first one I watched) he said "Thank you for watching." That's it! I thought. Professional, thorough, and so courteous. I have never looked back. I am sure you will soon be contributing to the Share Your Work section of these Forums!! Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 1:18 PM, jmwellborn said: After the gentleman carefully explained the issue (don't remember the first one I watched) he said "Thank you for watching." It's funny how little touches like that can make a difference. jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 8:18 PM, jmwellborn said: After the gentleman carefully explained the issue (don't remember the first one I watched) he said "Thank you for watching." "Thank you for watching" is the closing salut of Dave Straker in his YouTube videos. It was most likely him you've been seeing at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOnLUmyPHr2rayOHVHWsHVw/featured Cheers, d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, dominik said: "Thank you for watching" is the closing salut of Dave Straker in his YouTube videos. It was most likely him you've been seeing at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOnLUmyPHr2rayOHVHWsHVw/featured Cheers, d. Actually these were Affinity videos. The legacy series. 😊 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, jmwellborn said: Actually these were Affinity videos. The legacy series. 😊 So there's even more than one kind gentleman. Good 🙂 d. jmwellborn 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 29 minutes ago, jmwellborn said: Actually these were Affinity videos. The legacy series. 😊 James Ritson always signs off with “Thank you for watching.” jmwellborn 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 5 hours ago, Alfred said: James Ritson always signs off with “Thank you for watching. If you have any questions or queries… 😀 Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 36 minutes ago, RNKLN said: If you have any questions or queries… 😀 That, too! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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