Can I Use These Photific Tshirt Mockups in Affinity Designer?

[seabreeze]

Wondering if I will be able to use these mockups by Photific inside Affinity Designer?

 

Here's the main page, which says that the mockups are Photoshop files, delivered as PDF ...

 

https://creativemarket.com/Photific/400296-STOREFRONT-Apparel-Mockups-Bundle

 

 

And this screenshot talks about "3D design mapping" and "proprietary layer processing" ...

 

https://creativemarket.com/Photific/400296-STOREFRONT-Apparel-Mockups-Bundle/screenshots/#screenshot3

 

 

Hoping someone can advise me, from looking at those two links.

 

Many thanks!

 

Sheila

[seabreeze]

Here's a response I got from Photific:
 

As of now Photoshop is the only officially supported platform. It's possible you could get Affinity to work, although these templates have some advanced features that trip up some other designers. Specifically: displacement maps and nested layers with group layer can cause compatibility issues.

There are nested layers within a Group that has a layer mask. If affinity can handle that you'd probably be okay :)

Anyone have some thoughts on this? Thanks!


 

[Leigh]

Welcome to the forum seabreeze :)

 

I can see from the description that these files use Smart Objects. Our apps will open PSD files that contain Smart Objects but they will be automatically rasterised. This will most probably cause issues when trying to make changes to the PSD file.

 

Without seeing a sample file it's hard to say if they will work fine in our apps, sorry.

[TinPianoMan]

Sent you a PM, Leigh. I'm interested in this too, though I suspect it may be a stretch too far for AP.

[lascivious1]

On 6/18/2016 at 2:52 PM, seabreeze said:

Wondering if I will be able to use these mockups by Photific inside Affinity Designer?

 

Here's the main page, which says that the mockups are Photoshop files, delivered as PDF ...

 

https://creativemarket.com/Photific/400296-STOREFRONT-Apparel-Mockups-Bundle

 

 

And this screenshot talks about "3D design mapping" and "proprietary layer processing" ...

 

https://creativemarket.com/Photific/400296-STOREFRONT-Apparel-Mockups-Bundle/screenshots/#screenshot3

 

 

Hoping someone can advise me, from looking at those two links.

 

Many thanks!

 

Sheila

Did this ever get figured out? Looking to use the site, if I can work with in Affinity.

[Leigh]

6 hours ago, lascivious1 said:

Did this ever get figured out? Looking to use the site, if I can work with in Affinity.

I would suggest that you download our 10 day trial and see if your document opens as expected. The apps have changed quite a bit since 2016 👍

The trial can be downloaded from the bottom of this page here: https://affinity.serif.com/designer/

 

[j.king]

This may not help much, but... sometimes mock-up PSD files work great and sometimes they don't. I don't believe any of them work in Affinity Designer, you have to use Affinity Photo. Make sure "Import PSD Smart Objects where possible" option is checked in General Preferences.

[lascivious1]

13 hours ago, Leigh said:

I would suggest that you download our 10 day trial and see if your document opens as expected. The apps have changed quite a bit since 2016 👍

The trial can be downloaded from the bottom of this page here: https://affinity.serif.com/designer/

 

Thank you, I already own copies of your software. Just trying to figure out if I should lay down the $80 for the site. 

[NotMyFault]

There is a test file available for download (no cost) if you follow the link to the 2.nd version of the pack.

[R C-R]

19 hours ago, Leigh said:

The trial can be downloaded from the bottom of this page here: https://affinity.serif.com/designer/

I already own the Mac version but I noticed when I click the link, it takes me to https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/, where the U.S. price for either the Mac or Windows version is listed as $54.99. When I purchased the desktop apps some years ago, the price was $49.95 or thereabouts.

So when did the price go up?

Edited September 4, 2021 by R C-R
fixed typo

[lascivious1]

4 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

There is a test file available for download (no cost) if you follow the link to the 2.nd version of the pack.

huh?

 

[firstdefence]

4 hours ago, lascivious1 said:

huh?

 

It's an online configurator that you can edit and then download the result of your endeavours. 

 

[PaulEC]

8 hours ago, R C-R said:

I already own the Mac version but I noticed when I click the link, it takes me to https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/, where the U.S. price for either the Mac or Windows version is listed as $54.99. When I purchased the desktop apps some years ago, the price was $49.95 or thereabouts.

So when did the price go up?

If you look at the exchange rates the apps are still cheaper in the USA than in the UK!

[Alfred]

3 hours ago, PaulEC said:

If you look at the exchange rates the apps are still cheaper in the USA than in the UK!

It’s never been purely about exchange rates. Apple’s pricing matrix reflects the cost of doing business in various countries around the world, and this obviously varies over time. Even in the Eurozone, where the current Tier 51 price of US$54.99 translates to 59,99 €, the proceeds paid to the software companies ranges from as little as 33,87 € in Finland and Greece to as much as 35,89 € in Luxembourg.

Source: https://www.equinux.com/us/appdevelopers/pricematrix.html

[PaulEC]

21 minutes ago, Alfred said:

It’s never been purely about exchange rates. Apple’s pricing matrix reflects the cost of doing business in various countries around the world, and this obviously varies over time. Even in the Eurozone, where the current Tier 51 price of US$54.99 translates to 59,99 €, the proceeds paid to the software companies ranges from as little as 33,87 € in Finland and Greece to as much as 35,89 € in Luxembourg.

Source: https://www.equinux.com/us/appdevelopers/pricematrix.html

Thanks, Alfred.

Really I was just trying to make the point (now a couple of people in the US have complained about the price going up,) that they are still getting a good deal!

[Old Bruce]

14 hours ago, R C-R said:

So when did the price go up?

I think the $80 mentioned is about the Mockups, not the Affinity apps.

[PaulEC]

The full quote is:

"I already own the Mac version but I noticed when I click the link, it takes me to https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/, where the U.S. price for either the Mac or Windows version is listed as $54.99. When I purchased the desktop apps some years ago, the price was $49.95 or thereabouts.

So when did the price go up?"

[Leigh]

On 9/4/2021 at 5:42 PM, PaulEC said:

The full quote is:

"I already own the Mac version but I noticed when I click the link, it takes me to https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/, where the U.S. price for either the Mac or Windows version is listed as $54.99. When I purchased the desktop apps some years ago, the price was $49.95 or thereabouts.

So when did the price go up?"

AFAIK, Apple updated their underlaying price matrix due to currency conversions a few weeks ago, so we updated our prices: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=o0uodgu

Hope that helps!

[Alfred]

28 minutes ago, Leigh said:

AFAIK, Apple updated their underlaying price matrix due to currency conversions a few weeks ago. https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=o0uodgu

From the linked page:

Quote

In the next few days, prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) on the App Store will decrease in:

• South Africa
• United Kingdom
• All territories that use the Euro currency

But the price in the UK has increased and the USD and EUR prices have been adjusted accordingly. If I remember correctly, the price was originally set at 49.95 USD and the price matrix that was in effect at the time made the EUR and GBP prices the same or lower.

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, Alfred said:

But the price in the UK has increased and the USD and EUR prices have been adjusted accordingly.

So is there any more info on why the UK price increased instead of decreased?

[Old Bruce]

Inflation?

[Leigh]

On 9/10/2021 at 2:44 PM, Alfred said:

But the price in the UK has increased and the USD and EUR prices have been adjusted accordingly. If I remember correctly, the price was originally set at 49.95 USD and the price matrix that was in effect at the time made the EUR and GBP prices the same or lower.

The UK price has dropped by £1 for our desktop apps. They were £48.99 but are now £47.99. The UK price for our iPad apps has dropped by £0.50p, making them £19.49.