Elliot Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 If I am not mistaken the beta version of photo is 14 days? Maybe I am wrong. But most other software companies give at least 30 days and some times even 90 days like Adobe, until the finished product is made available. two weeks is not enough time to evaluate what seems to be an excellent program. When does it go on sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msoon2k Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'd like to know the same thing here :) Affinity definitely looks nice but in terms of the beta version, there's just harder to make a buying decision of whether or not to leave Photoshop. Quote Product & Portrait Photography - www.marksoon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafdancing Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Affinity have said they will be releasing new Betas of Affinity Photo regularly up until the first full app release. weekly to begin with ( a new Beta next Monday, I believe ), with bug fixes, new features etc, so you should have plenty time to evaluate :) Bunts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted February 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 11, 2015 The beta of Photo is free to participate in and will run until the product meets everyone's expectations :) There is no time limit on it. New beta versions will be made available as we progress with bug fixes and new features. The beta of Designer is only available to customers who have already purchased Designer on the Mac App Store - its purpose is to allow customers early access to the upcoming features rather than having to wait for an App Store update to be approved. It is also possible to run the Designer beta as a trial version for 10 days if you have not purchased Designer already. Perhaps this is where the 'n' day confusion is coming from? Thanks in advance, Matt Bunts and jnx414 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyM42 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 The beta of Photo is free to participate in and will run until the product meets everyone's expectations :) There is no time limit on it. New beta versions will be made available as we progress with bug fixes and new features. The beta of Designer is only available to customers who have already purchased Designer on the Mac App Store - its purpose is to allow customers early access to the upcoming features rather than having to wait for an App Store update to be approved. It is also possible to run the Designer beta as a trial version for 10 days if you have not purchased Designer already. Perhaps this is where the 'n' day confusion is coming from? Thanks in advance, Matt So can you clarify, Matt - I have just signed up for the Affinity Photo 10 day Beta. What happens at the end of the 10 days? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Nothing happens in 10 days. The current beta download will expire after about a month, but by then there will be another version you can download to replace it. The newer version will expire even further into the future. The "10 days" does not refer to the beta. It refers to the trial version of Affinity Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBinFWB Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'm brand new to Affinity. I just downloaded the Photo app. Is there somewhere on the Affinity website to view tutorials, like how to get started and what all the tools will do? Or do I have to sift through the forums? Or can I find something on You Tube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 11, 2015 Hello GBinFWB, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Affinity Photo is a brand new application that is in its early development test phase (Beta). The documentation and tutorials are still scarce, apart from the Help available within the application. We are working to provide more documentation and video tutorials in the next days/weeks ahead. Meanwhile you can check out our Vimeo channel where we already start posting a couple of videos: - Selection Refinement - Lighting Effects I know it isn't much for now, but things should get better as we move along. leonwu 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportymonk Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I just hope this is easier to use than PS. I had PS CS 5.0 and now 6.0 and have yet to complete Martin Evening's encyclopedia on it. I like LR but need more so for now I have learned just what I need on PS but frustrated it takes so long to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I've seen quite a number of people talk about Affinity Photo beta only having a 10 day life, does it have the trial functionality baked in already? (Or is there copy somewhere that says it's for 10 days?). It's certainly not mentioned in the PR or articles I've seen, and yet I must've answered a couple of dozen tweets, facebook posts and mails on this exact subject. Quote Twitter: @Writer_DaleAffinity apps run on: Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB RAM, GTX1650 Super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted February 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2015 The beta of Photo will not perform any 'n' day countdown - it has no code to do so. We want people to be free to participate in the beta as much or as little as they like, for the full course of the beta - which has no set end date, so we couldn't possibly time-limit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Thanks Matt - think we've established there's a little confusion coming from one of our site pages, we'll try changing it to make it clearer. Quote Twitter: @Writer_DaleAffinity apps run on: Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB RAM, GTX1650 Super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Thanks for the information as to the time line on the Beta versions. The other question I had is when will the Fuji XE2 and XT1 be in the beta versions. These are the cameras I use and it is difficult to make a decision with out the actual raw file being processed. Right now I am converting Raw Raf files into tiffs and working on thise but it is not the same. Thanks, Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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