billbir Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Hi, I am pretty much a novice on photo editing. I currently have V1 but would like to know in broad terms, why it would be in my interest to invest in V2. Can someone provide in layman's what are the fundamental benefits that I cannot get from V1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Take a quick look at this video: ...and also this link: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/full-feature-list/ Quote 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...
Lizod Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Non destructive RAW development is the biggest improvement for V2 - so if you shoot RAW I think it is worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbir Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Thanks for that Lizod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryg Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 As a non-professional photo editor, I see nothing to make me want to upgrade apart from maybe live mesh. The new interface is different, some things I like and others not, but no great overall improvement IMO. V1 was so exiting when it was released (i bought while at an airport as I couldn't wait to try it), but all in all V2 it gets a 'meh' from me. And the msix installer file format is very annoying - bring back the exe; I would hold off purchase until this changed anyway. 😒😒😒 Westerwälder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Hi Billbir, I am more a Designer user than a Photo user. The user interface of V2 is much more logical organized than V1. What I also like is importing assets in Affinity Designer and they appear also in Photo and Publisher. The same is also true for Brushes, importing once, use in all 3 applications. Maybe as a Photo user it has no interest but in Designer the Shape Builder is great. I have to add, while I have both AD and AP, and switch regularly between the two, if you do not use AD then the Shape Builder is of no use to you. I agree with Lizod, the non-destructive RAW is priceless. Probably a lesser reason; you can now upgrade with a lovely discount which let your favourite applications remain up-to-date for probably a very long time. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryg Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Bad_Wolf said: Probably a lesser reason; you can now upgrade with a lovely discount which let your favourite applications remain up-to-date for probably a very long time. For me it might be the only reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbir Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Thanks for your helpful responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 @henryg You made a very good point about the lack of .exe extension. The exe is present inside the "AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApp..." but when you try to point a third party app to this exe, you receive an error message that it is impossible. This is a known problem which Serif will fix as soon as possible. Serif has a temporary fix by writing a launcher for this, but they are not telling how you write it, how you save it and how to access it, so I am waiting for the fix by Serif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry44 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 I purchased the universal license for the discounted price for the future development of the version 2 apps. With version 1 we got quite a lot of updates and features over that life span of version 1. There are some nice work flow improvements and features for both designer and photo but mainly I purchased now for the discount on the future app improvements which I would then want to buy but at a higher price. Note: The exe and installation issues with the shortucts, icons etc.. are being worked on and an update will be coming to resolve workability issues as stated by serif support in other threads. jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxegb Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 luts seem to be working in macos,they did't in v1. this is very useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 In my opinion there are more valid reasons to upgrade to V2 than stay with V1. jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaoif Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 12:30 PM, henryg said: As a non-professional photo editor, I see nothing to make me want to upgrade apart from maybe live mesh. The new interface is different, some things I like and others not, but no great overall improvement IMO. V1 was so exiting when it was released (i bought while at an airport as I couldn't wait to try it), but all in all V2 it gets a 'meh' from me. And the msix installer file format is very annoying - bring back the exe; I would hold off purchase until this changed anyway. 😒😒😒 Hi, I was trying to install V2 on the Windows 11 OS, but I can't choose where to install the software on my computer during the installation process. Is there any way to do so? I remember I could choose the folder to install the V1 before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myclay Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Hello, with the new msix builds thats not possible during install. you could after installation go into your installed apps and then move the install to another drive. exe files are announced but we do not know if they allow custom installation paths. Quote Sketchbook (with Affinity Suite usage) | timurariman.com | artstation store Windows 11 Pro - 23H2 | 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...
walt.farrell Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 2 hours ago, myclay said: you could after installation go into your installed apps and then move the install to another drive. You can also tell Windows which drive to use initially, at least on Windows 11. Settings > System > Storage (if I remember correctly) then there's one to specify where new content installs. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry123 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Is there anything that breaks when you switch to Version 2? For example, I use a lot of astrophotography Macros as well as Plugins. Are there any changes there or should they all work just fine? the last thing I want to do is "upgrade" and then find that I can't do my regular workflow because I feature I needed is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 5 hours ago, Larry123 said: Is there anything that breaks when you switch to Version 2? For example, I use a lot of astrophotography Macros as well as Plugins. Are there any changes there or should they all work just fine? the last thing I want to do is "upgrade" and then find that I can't do my regular workflow because I feature I needed is gone. Hallo @Larry123 and welcome to the forum. Best thing would be to use the trial and see if you can achieve everything what is important for you. V1 and trial versions work alongside. Just make sure you keep copies of your V1 files in case you do not want to upgrade. d. Patrick Connor 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...
jsampson45 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 For an absolute beginner I think it may be better to use v.1 as many available tutorials are for v.1. The UI is quite different AFAICS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 7 minutes ago, jsampson45 said: For an absolute beginner I think it may be better to use v.1 as many available tutorials are for v.1. The UI is quite different AFAICS. The UI has changed, yes, but not so drastically that you have to get used to it. And if you didn't have V1 before, there's no need to ask which version you should use, as you can no longer buy V1. Pšenda 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsampson45 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I would prefer to find a copy of v.1 or another product altogether, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 6 minutes ago, jsampson45 said: I would prefer to find a copy of v.1 or another product altogether, thanks. As @Komatös has stated, you can no longer buy version 1. The Affinity Store doesn’t sell them now, and the same applies to the Mac App Store and the Microsoft Store. As the licences are non-transferable, any current owner’s copy is permanently tied to their email address or app store ID. 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...
Pšenda Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 4 hours ago, Komatös said: The UI has changed, yes, but not so drastically that you have to get used to it. ... i will just add that from the point of view of the mentioned tutorials for V1, these are only cosmetic changes that do not affect their portability and applicability to the V2 version. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsampson45 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Not in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 8 minutes ago, jsampson45 said: Not in my experience. Which of the V1 tutorials were you unable to adapt for V2? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsampson45 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 The UI has been changed, which means that things have been moved about. One cannot "click on X" because X isn't there, it has been moved, removed or replaced with a better feature. This is perfectly reasonable, but to adapt tutorials for v.2 one will need a good knowledge of v.1 to start with. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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