PaoloT Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 9 minutes ago, dcr said: InDesign CS3 did pretty much everything we needed it to do. I think there were a couple new features in CS6 that have been handy, but I can't remember what they are. Before ID CS5.5 I was working on FrameMaker. Suffering with the buggy Windows version, since the excellent Mac one had been ceased. ID CS5.5 introduced features barely kept from FrameMaker, like cross-references, and improved chapter synchronization. In the meantime, IDML had been introduced. And ID CS6 improved on that. If you didn't need these features, there was little new. These features have not been improved from ten years ago, and they would really need a rewriting. 9 minutes ago, dcr said: I cannot activate InDesign CS6 on another machine so once the machine Just to be sure when transitioning, I’ve duplicated my Adobe CS6 Master Collection into a Parallels Desktop Sierra virtual machine. It works fine. I'm not sure it will, if switching to a Silicon Mac. IDMarkz looks like a viable solution to keep compatibility open. It is expensive, but it will only be needed in a working context, so it would be justified. Renting ID CC for one month is another solution, but then it would only work for one month. Paolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispe Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Hah, yeh I get it. It's expensive as all hell but it's been in the app like 15 years before it went subscription. Maxon also seem like a stingy company and I doubt many people use the export AI function at all, so I wonder if they actually pay for it or Adobe just doesn't consider a 3D program to be a competitor to Adobe Illustrator so they get a pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispe Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 7 minutes ago, N.P.M. said: You should ask Maxon for this but my guess its licensed hence the pricing. Serif could have opted for it but it would make the pricing a bit steeper and we wouldn't have that, wouldn't we? (Serif have stated many times that they would like to do as much things themselves with a minimum of external resources as necessary) Yeh fair enough. A man can dream! It's one of the big things keeping me from fully moving to Designer as I do a lot of After Effects work with loads of vector layers and unfortunately it's just too fiddly now with Designer export limitations. If I did strictly static work I'd have probably switched over by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 9 hours ago, Pšenda said: Um, didn't the smiley face at the end tell you anything? they showed me someone easily triggered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Simon Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 I don't use StudioLink with publisher to design because I simply don't have the facility to export as with the "Persona" of AD, I hope version 2.0 includes something similar XD. I see the days go by very slowly, hopefully and at least you can pre-order or receive betas after the 9th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 13 hours ago, David Gill said: I would love to see a way to create your own font folders, one folder for favorites just isn't enough. That is what font management software is for. If you don’t use one already I recommend Right Font app for Mac. There are many more for all operating systems. ajharok 1 Advertising designer - Austria — Photo - Publisher - Designer — CS6 d&wP — Mac Pro 5,1 (4,1 2009) 48GB 2x X5690 - RX580 - 970EVO - OS X 10.14.6 - NEC2690wuxi2 - CD20"— iPad Pro 12.9" gen1 128 GB - Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floor Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 16 hours ago, David Gill said: I would love to see a way to create your own font folders, one folder for favorites just isn't enough. I'm the developer of Typeface app for Mac — would love to integrate with the Affinity suite to get better support for font collections. Currently it's possible to drag and drop from Typeface to Affinity, but it would be nice to have your custom tags/sets in the font picker as well. Fingers crossed for a plugin system in v2, that would be amazing Petar Petrenko, Stepaan, thedivclass and 10 others 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMatt Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Some in depth speculation about last week's teaser video. Let's see how much he got right and got wrong. VectorVonDoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmadesign Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Floor said: I'm the developer of Typeface app for Mac — would love to integrate with the Affinity suite to get better support for font collections. Currently it's possible to drag and drop from Typeface to Affinity, but it would be nice to have your custom tags/sets in the font picker as well. Fingers crossed for a plugin system in v2, that would be amazing Auto activation for Affinity would definately make me switch to your app. I now use Font Explorer, but it has been discontinued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floor Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 23 minutes ago, postmadesign said: Auto activation for Affinity would definately make me switch to your app. I now use Font Explorer, but it has been discontinued. Auto Activation is included and works natively for the Affinity apps. Not sure about v2 of course, I don't have access to the super secret internal beta unfortunately... eagerly waiting for the 9th like all of us! postmadesign, jmwellborn, User_783649 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmadesign Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, Floor said: Auto Activation is included and works natively for the Affinity apps. Not sure about v2 of course, I don't have access to the super secret internal beta unfortunately... eagerly waiting for the 9th like all of us! I will give it a go, but I will have to check how to avoid conflicts with my current font manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twolane Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Oh, look. Another time-waster video speculating on what will happen with the Affinity Trinity release on the 9th (2 days away). I should be so fortunate to spend my time watching. No thanks. PaulEC, Graphite Addict, lphilpot and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomM1 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Twolane said: Oh, look. Another time-waster video speculating on what will happen with the Affinity Trinity release on the 9th (2 days away). I should be so fortunate to spend my time watching. No thanks. At least his hat isn't on backwards. debraspicher, PaulEC, PaoloT and 2 others 1 4 website Mac mini (2018) 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7 64 GB • Radeon Pro 580 8 GB • macOS Monterey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mc Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Just now, TomM1 said: At least his hat isn't on backwards. But he's bought into the crazy sensational face that YouTubers seems to need these days. It looks like he's just stood on a piece of Lego. 😂 PaoloT and chessboard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepaan Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Furthermore, not everyone is impatiently expecting the iPad app. For example, I'm completely Windows/Android type of man 😄 chessboard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myclay Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 3 hours ago, postmadesign said: I now use Font Explorer, but it has been discontinued. my recommendation for organizing fonts, images and a ton of other files is Eagle from https://en.eagle.cool It makes a system wide activation for fonts and is simply rad. Edit; Eagle works on windows systems too. postmadesign 1 Sketchbook (with Affinity Suite usage) | timurariman.com | https://bansheebyte.artstation.com/store Windows 11 Pro - 22H2 | Ryzen 5800X3D | RTX 3090 - 24GB | 128GB | Main SSD with 1TB | SSD 4TB | PCIe SSD 256GB (configured as Scratch disk) | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Two more sleeps lol! iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmadesign Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, myclay said: my recommendation for organizing fonts, images and a ton of other files is Eagle from https://en.eagle.cool It makes a system wide activation for fonts and is simply rad. Edit; Eagle works on windows systems too. I did not know this one, I will have a look, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 While we are waiting around here . . . PaulEC, StuartRc, walt.farrell and 5 others 8 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...
cookepuss Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Like I said before, no app release can ever live up to the hype. If v2 even checks off one or two items on my wish list then I consider that a win. Even so, Affinity products are already more robust than the Adobe equivalents that were mature enough to earn their keep 20+ years ago. I may have to currently work around glaring feature holes such as the lack of even a basic timeline in Photo, but stability, predictability, price, & permanence are my #1 priorities with these apps. Always. Either way, I'd personally rather not speculate. It's a snipe hunt. As for the 9th... Wouldn't it be something if that's just when they announce the release date? LOL FWIW, nothin' wrong with a backwards hat. It's dang comfortable, even if I'm way too old for the look. Adobe Certified Expert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 8 minutes ago, cookepuss said: Like I said before, no app release can ever live up to the hype. I'll disagree with you there. Way back when, GoLive CyberStudio certainly lived up to the hype. They had a demo version that was, I think, a thirty day demo or something and I downloaded it. And a day—or maybe it was a weekend—was enough to convince me to buy which I did without even waiting thirty days. And I used that for a number of years until I upgraded to Mac OS X. Of course, that was long before Adobe bought it and eventually killed it. Sigh. Sometimes it seems like there ought to be a memorial page somewhere to mourn all the great software that Adobe bought and killed. Should be a lesson to any company to never to sell out to Adobe. iMatt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayustudio Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 I'm excited about the next version. For me, current affinity has a solid foundation. I already like the workflow (vector + raster hybrid) and its performance So I'd be happy if the next version is just a refinement of the current suite. My wishlist for AD v2 are: simplify path, envelope/distortion, pressure sensitivity for opacity (stylus), better PSD compatibility, and scripting support/plugin API, while keeping the good performance and not bloated. SBH and debraspicher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 3 hours ago, dcr said: there ought to be a memorial page somewhere to mourn all the great software that Adobe bought and killed. Here's one: freehand-forum.org MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debraspicher Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 For those who need to hear this: It's perfectly fine to be excited about an incoming feature update. You're not a corporate shill for liking a piece of software... SBH, StillSneezy, PaulEC and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filo63 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 11 hours ago, Floor said: I'm the developer of Typeface app for Mac — would love to integrate with the Affinity suite to get better support for font collections. Currently it's possible to drag and drop from Typeface to Affinity, but it would be nice to have your custom tags/sets in the font picker as well. Fingers crossed for a plugin system in v2, that would be amazing I have to congratulate you because after so many years, and they are really many, typeface is the best application I have ever purchased! ciao Fabio Boldlinedesign and Floor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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