bposnerimages Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I'm new to using Affinity Software, use publisher mostly. Just checking on policy, I have V.1, to get V.2 it is a paid upgrade, right? Well worth it, just making sure that's how your process works. Each version update is a paid update, and it will recognize my current settings et. al. in V1? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 @bposnerimages Welcome to the Affinity forums. I think version 2 should, perhaps, be more correctly called an upgrade to version 1. As such, it must be paid for (currently at a 40% discount). Updates to either version 1 or version 2 are always free to the user, though for perhaps obvious reasons, future updates to version 1 are highly likely to be wholly limited to those required to "keep the software running" if problems are created by updates to the user's operating system. As to your second question, about recognising current settings, this I am not so sure about, sorry! On my Windows PC, I had quite a few problems with migrating some of the Assets, Brushes, personal settings from version 1 to version 2. However, because version 2 is a complete new install which does not make any changes at all to your version 1 install, it should be possible to easily migrate any settings etc. which do not automatically transfer. HTH Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 17.4) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bposnerimages Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 15 hours ago, emmrecs01 said: @bposnerimages Thank you for your reply, Do you know if V2 will read V1 files? 15 hours ago, emmrecs01 said: Welcome to the Affinity forums. I think version 2 should, perhaps, be more correctly called an upgrade to version 1. As such, it must be paid for (currently at a 40% discount). Updates to either version 1 or version 2 are always free to the user, though for perhaps obvious reasons, future updates to version 1 are highly likely to be wholly limited to those required to "keep the software running" if problems are created by updates to the user's operating system. As to your second question, about recognising current settings, this I am not so sure about, sorry! On my Windows PC, I had quite a few problems with migrating some of the Assets, Brushes, personal settings from version 1 to version 2. However, because version 2 is a complete new install which does not make any changes at all to your version 1 install, it should be possible to easily migrate any settings etc. which do not automatically transfer. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Yes it will, but you will see a warning that you are trying to open an older file in the newer version and that, if you do open the original and not a copy, work on it and subsequently save it under the same name, that file will no longer be openable in version 1. The option to create and open a copy is included in that warning message. bposnerimages 1 Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 17.4) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bposnerimages Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, emmrecs01 said: Yes it will, but you will see a warning that you are trying to open an older file in the newer version and that, if you do open the original and not a copy, work on it and subsequently save it under the same name, that file will no longer be openable in version 1. The option to create and open a copy is included in that warning message. Thanks so much, all sounds good thanks for you help. emmrecs01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 My pleasure! Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 17.4) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 39 minutes ago, emmrecs01 said: but you will see a warning that you are trying to open an older file in the newer version I think that warning is in an upcoming update to V2, and not there in the currently available retail releases. 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...
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