j3rry Posted May 30 Posted May 30 It has become pretty quiet around Affinity and its products, reminds me a bit of the last time with Aperture... I'm afraid something not so nice is coming our way Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, iPad Air 11", MACOS Sonoma & iPadOS, Affinity V2-Universallizenz
AffinityJules Posted May 30 Posted May 30 34 minutes ago, j3rry said: It has become pretty quiet around Affinity and its products, reminds me a bit of the last time with Aperture... I'm afraid something not so nice is coming our way That's a crystal ball kinda thing. But if silence is golden, then Affinity is lead! Quote Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. These are not my own words but I sure like this quote.
Bryan Rieger Posted May 30 Posted May 30 1 hour ago, j3rry said: It has become pretty quiet around Affinity and its products… Aside from the continued radio silence from Canva/Serif, I think much of the 'older active' community here has moved on - tired of waiting for any communication from Canva/Serif that things were headed in the right direction. Also, there’s only so many times you can be told by the same, small group of users to search the forums, that a long-standing issue has been reported or bumped, or that Canva/Serif doesn’t speak about their future plans. I still check in occasionally (I still use Designer for a few things), but I’m not holding out much hope that we’re going to see any significant (and positive) change going forward from Canva/Serif regarding the Affinity suite. FWIW the way Procreate has recently begun dealing publicly (on their forums) with the very slow development pace of their products is a refreshing change. Before they were much like Serif, revealing nothing, stating it would be release when it was ready. Now they are open and honest about what they’re focused on delivering in the near term, along with an assessment of how far along they are. It’s had a very positive impact on a community that was become fearful their beloved tools were rapidly becoming abandonware. bjoerngerrit and Ian R 2 Quote
ceocan Posted June 7 Posted June 7 Been lurking in the forum since V2 release. Hoping for big improvements and announcements. Until now it's been a big let down. Not sure what the Affinity team is thinking with the product and community, but this is not the way to do it successfully. Was hoping that Canva would change things up, but that's been a let down as well. As it stands now I'm not buying a future V3 of Affinity. They have to prove themselves first and get back the trust from the community for me to even consider getting another Serif product. bjoerngerrit, Foucault and Rashy 3 Quote
ThatMikeGuy Posted June 8 Posted June 8 Yeah, it's too bad. You would think that with the way that Adobe continues to lend fuel to the desire of its customers to find an alternative and with the presumed infusion of capital that the Canva merger provided, that now would be the time for Serif to step up efforts to push themselves forward as the real and serious non-Adobe choice for professionals. Hell, at least they could aspire to be the next Macromedia and provide enough of a threat that they get bought. It wouldn't be great for customers but at least they would all get rich. Quote
carl123 Posted June 8 Posted June 8 On 5/30/2025 at 6:08 PM, j3rry said: It has become pretty quiet around Affinity and its products, Maybe there's little activity on the forums from everyone at Affinity/Canva because they are all working on something big, something really big, something really, really, really big. GRAFKOM, j3rry and Seneca 1 2 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
PaoloT Posted June 8 Posted June 8 On 5/30/2025 at 7:08 PM, j3rry said: It has become pretty quiet May I ask you to fix the typo in the subject? It makes me always have to "decode" it twice… Quote
PaoloT Posted June 8 Posted June 8 3 hours ago, ThatMikeGuy said: Hell, at least they could aspire to be the next Macromedia and provide enough of a threat that they get bought. Haven't they already been bought? Quote
j3rry Posted June 8 Author Posted June 8 10 minutes ago, PaoloT said: May I ask you to fix the typo in the subject? It makes me always have to "decode" it twice… Done. Alfred, William Overington, Old Bruce and 2 others 5 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, iPad Air 11", MACOS Sonoma & iPadOS, Affinity V2-Universallizenz
ThatMikeGuy Posted June 8 Posted June 8 1 hour ago, PaoloT said: Haven't they already been bought? Yes, but I meant get bought by Adobe. Getting bought by Canva doesn't seem to have affected anything. Good or bad. Yet. Quote
PaoloT Posted June 8 Posted June 8 1 hour ago, ThatMikeGuy said: Yes, but I meant get bought by Adobe The last time someone was bought by Adobe, it didn't end well for their software… Quote
Granddaddy Posted June 8 Posted June 8 November 4, 2022 https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/affinity-photo-announcement-next-week-will-be-something-big And many more... Quote Affinity Photo 2.6.3 (MSI); Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 (MSI). Windows 11 Home Version 24H2 Dell XPS 8940, 64 GB Ram, Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Petar Petrenko Posted June 9 Posted June 9 On 5/30/2025 at 7:08 PM, j3rry said: It has become pretty quiet around Affinity and its products I don't like this silence either. How busy must they have been to not write a word? So what about the VectorStyler developer? He has to add new features, fix bugs every week, and yet he has time to respond to every email he receives. Boldlinedesign 1 Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort
carl123 Posted June 9 Posted June 9 5 minutes ago, Petar Petrenko said: So what about the VectorStyler developer? He has to add new features, fix bugs every week, and yet he has time to respond to every email he receives. Maybe, but is he working on something really, really, really big? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
Bryan Rieger Posted June 9 Posted June 9 16 minutes ago, carl123 said: Maybe, but is he working on something really, really, really big? Quote
Petar Petrenko Posted June 9 Posted June 9 2 hours ago, carl123 said: Maybe, but is he working on something really, really, really big? And what about Affinity? Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort
dsnaps12 Posted June 9 Posted June 9 I hit up Canva and Affinity on X at time. Affinity still post generic responses to questions about updates or new features. I asked Canva if they would be helping speed things up they told me to hit up Affnity..LOL So because its so quiet they must be working on something really, really, really big!! Ha ha Quote
Komatös Posted June 10 Posted June 10 Patrick Connor already mentioned here that the development team has been expanded. You don't expand the crew if you plan to sink the ship. I dug out an old dusty crystal ball, and it shows me that something really, really, really big is coming in the fall. 😂 Alfred, Ali, garrettm30 and 4 others 5 2 Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
Ali Posted June 10 Posted June 10 Conspiracy theories have been around since back in the very early days of Serif and the Plus range. Some have been right and some have been wrong. I always work on the assumption that no news is good news. Snapseed, Komatös, Alfred and 1 other 4 Quote Ali 🙂 Hobby Photographer & Desk Top Publisher (Retired) Running Affinity Suite V2 on Windows 11 17" HP Envy i7 (8th Gen) & Windows 11 MS Surface Go 3 alongside MS365 (Insider Beta Channel). Volunteer with the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company.
Alfred Posted June 10 Posted June 10 4 minutes ago, Ali said: I always work on the assumption that no news is good news. I’m never quite sure whether that means “The lack of news is something to be welcomed” or “There’s no such thing as good news, it’s all bad”! Ali 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Ali Posted June 10 Posted June 10 Only a pedant ... 😉 I've known you for far too long, Alfred. 🤣 Alfred, Komatös and Snapseed 1 2 Quote Ali 🙂 Hobby Photographer & Desk Top Publisher (Retired) Running Affinity Suite V2 on Windows 11 17" HP Envy i7 (8th Gen) & Windows 11 MS Surface Go 3 alongside MS365 (Insider Beta Channel). Volunteer with the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company.
Komatös Posted June 10 Posted June 10 In the Middle Ages, the rule was: never be the bearer of bad news, because the bearer of bad news will be killed. Alfred 1 Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
Ldina Posted June 10 Posted June 10 'Something Big' could be the plan to take Canva public. I'd guess that is probably Canva's top priority, so whatever high visibility projects support that goal will rise to the top of the list. I question whether Affinity is very high on that list, given the fact that they are rarely mentioned in Canva addresses, and the fact that the Affinity community represents a small percentage of Canva's total user base. I hope Affinity has something big coming, but only time will tell. Quote 2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max, 48GB, 1TB SSD, Sequoia OS, Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher v1 & v2, Adobe CS6 Extended, LightRoom v6, Blender, InkScape, Dell 30" Monitor, Canon PRO-100 Printer, i1 Spectrophotometer, i1Publish, Wacom Intuos 4 PTK-640 graphics tablet, 2TB OWC SSD USB external hard drive.
Old Bruce Posted June 10 Posted June 10 8 hours ago, Komatös said: In the Middle Ages, the rule was: never be the bearer of bad news, because the bearer of bad news will be killed. Predates the Middle Ages. Well known in ancient times. Probably dates from the first time a caveman had some bad news for a short-tempered caveman buddy. Ali, SrPx, Ldina and 1 other 4 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Komatös Posted June 10 Posted June 10 Those who have high expectations must also be able to cope with major disappointments. Ali and Ldina 2 Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
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