P D Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 I already own V1; will upgrading to V2 via the 25% upgrade offer allow me to continue using V1 when needed or would I have to buy the full V2 license instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, P D said: I already own V1; will upgrading to V2 via the 25% upgrade offer allow me to continue using V1 when needed or would I have to buy the full V2 license instead? Hello and welcome to the forums. You can install and using V1 and V2 side by side. And the 25% upgrade offer for the universal licence is the full V2! It should be noted, however, that documents created with the V2 programs are not backward compatible! Edited July 11, 2023 by Komatös P D 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...
Barry Newman Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 5 hours ago, P D said: I already own V1; will upgrading to V2 via the 25% upgrade offer allow me to continue using V1 when needed or would I have to buy the full V2 license instead? Yes, you can use both if you also purchase v2. BUT if you create documents in v2 and use your right of withdrawal, they cannot be opened in v1 at all or saved in v1 format. In that scenario, you will have to do various copy-paste tricks between v1 and v2 or export to PDF. Just so you know. 🙂 P D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P D Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 Thank you both 🙂 Backwards compatibility is not an issue, I just need to keep a working copy of V1 to work with clients who haven't upgraded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Newman Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 In that scenario it is good that you do have a copy of v1 because otherwise you wouldn't be able to send file your clients at all. v1 is not for sale anymore so keep it safe! Best Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 13 minutes ago, Barry Newman said: In that scenario it is good that you do have a copy of v1 because otherwise you wouldn't be able to send file your clients at all. v1 is not for sale anymore so keep it safe! If you have already purchased v1 you can always re-download it from the store where you bought it, so there is no problem if you don’t currently have a copy. 😉 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Newman Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, PaulEC said: If you have already purchased v1 you can always re-download it from the store where you bought it, so there is no problem if you don’t currently have a copy. 😉 Obviously yes, but I'm illustrating the scenario where a person gets a client that has v1. If you as a company do not have v1 yourself already, there is no way to export to this client in an older Affinity format, as Affinity cannot export to older versions of its own format. It's a classic business scenario that I think people should be aware of. Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, Barry Newman said: Obviously yes, but I'm illustrating the scenario where a person gets a client that has v1. If you as a company do not have v1 yourself already, there is no way to export to this client in an older Affinity format, as Affinity cannot export to older versions of its own format. It was just that you said “keep it safe”, so I assumed you were saying that there would be a problem if someone hadn’t kept their original copy of v1. Sorry for my misunderstanding! Barry Newman 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Newman Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 41 minutes ago, PaulEC said: It was just that you said “keep it safe”, so I assumed you were saying that there would be a problem if someone hadn’t kept their original copy of v1. Sorry for my misunderstanding! Ah, we just misunderstood each other. It happens! No harm done! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilm1429 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 I think the question is centered around legal use of V2, not technical. I have the same question. Do we have the "right" to use V1 alongside V2 if we choose the upgrade-to-V2-from-V1 offer? This would result in having two copies of Affinity, one V1 and one V2, which is good deal if allowed. And since the offer states: "Upgrade discount for V1 users", the question remains because, usually, when you upgrade to a new version, you only have one copy at the end, here your V1 would transform into a V2 and that's it. Only one copy at the end. It would be nice if an Affinity representative could give a clear cut answer. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 To my understanding, the upgrade to V2 is only at lower cost, but otherwise a full new V2 license, leaving your V1 license valid. There is nothing in the license terms removing the v1 license. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/licence/ Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilm1429 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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