Introduce Yourself

[adibizuddin]

Hi lovely people. 
and to the serif team, thank you so much for developing this software. 

My name is Adib, a graphic designer and currently reside Penang, Malaysia. Growing up, working and life, I have always been using Adobe software, and I am so accustomed to the illustrator and photoshop, and having Inkscape as my alternative as I really like using something else that is not mainstream. I have been following the development of Affinity software ever since it started, but never thought of jumping right on it straight away. However, I am here now, have been learning and using affinity designer and photo for work for this past few weeks, and hoping that I could get better on it. Nice meeting you all. 

[MikeMcE]

Wow, Have been using Affinity 1 for years. Everything that I need as I'm shooting for myself now. 

Retirement will be fun once the Drs are done practicing.

Version 2 brings compound masks into my life, that was worth the investment in 2 !

 

a little taste of my playing.

[Jude Talal]

Hello! my name is Jude and i just joined affinity i would love to know some tips and tricks from all of you!

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @Jude Talal

If you ask a question in the Questions section then someone can help you with it.

And you can browse the Tutorials and Resources sections to get tips and other help with various things.

Or you can just search/browse the site and see what you can find.

[SvenK.]

Hello, I'm Sven, and I have a passion for capturing the charm and grace of our feline friends through my lens. As a dedicated cat photographer, I find joy in immortalizing those precious moments that showcase the unique personalities and beauty of cats.

In my daily work, I rely on Affinity Photo to bring out the best in my photos.

Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kutschers_photography/

 

[roman116]

Hello community, my name is Roman and I am using Affinity since version 1 and today I paid for v 2 some time ago.

I must admit that the information about the sale of Affinity to Canva is not positive.
Why is that?

A few years ago I caught Canva and Getty Images trading photos from my portfolio without my permission.
Both companies were offering my portfolio of photos online for sale, selling them and also offering them for free and giving them away completely free.
They kept the profits from the unauthorised sales and are probably still engaged in this activity today.

Over a period of about 2 years, Canva and Getty Images sold approximately 600 photographs from my portfolio without my consent or knowledge.

 

[donato970]

Hi, my name is Donato, I'm writing from Italy and I'm simply passionate about photography and I recently discovered Affinity Photo.

[pxlape]

As a FIN i find this a bit uncomfortable as we are as nation sorta "keeping it to ourselves" up here in the North 

I'm reluctant (early) retiree due to severe TBI and i wanted to keep up the skills i had acquired at my daily job. Found Affinity's software as i was searching affordable options for you-know-which-company cut-throat-priced subscription software. Got my v. 1 license in the pandemic sale and have been extremely surprised of sheer quality and snappy function of the Designer. I've found features that are missing compared to industry leading software, of course, but also ways to work around those.

[Kabiru]

On 6/10/2014 at 4:05 PM, MattP said:

Hi, I'm Matt Priestley and I'm one of the Affinity developers. I'll try to help out on any topic, but particularly anything relating to tools, views and document drawing as they're the bits I'm mostly responsible for writing.

 

Feel free to join me and introduce yourself, too! :)

Hi Matt, glad to hear from you. I'm  glad with the great work you and your team are doing with Affinity.
I would like your assistance on this area with Affinity Photo.. I will try my best and explain my concern on how I think more can be done to improve a certain aspect when using Macro. ..
For.. example.. After making a pen selection and converting it to curves...I now have the ability to make selection out it...but the sad part is that when using macro, it doesn't record the action of "Make Selection" out of the path..I have attached an image that shows the little warning box that pops at the upper right corner,

Kindly help on that and see how future improvements can include that capability of (Macro recording the action of make seletion from a path) to speed up editing process.
Thanks

[RobertoMarz]

Hi everyone!

I am Roberto, from Italy.

I say about myself that I am a humanist devoted to information technology (which is the sector in which I work).

I work as a programmer, but for my closest clients, I like to create the little graphics for their own.

For this reason, a few months ago I switched to Photoshop and Photo 2. I'm very happy with it! (except for the font size 😓)

What else can you say about me?

Cyclically I have interests that I cultivate. This is the period of Persia. I always find pieces of myself in it: everything, every person stays with me.

I like the word. I'm an erotomaniac of the word. Written, read, spoken, listened to.

As a boy I played volleyball. Many of my friends come from that world.

Springsteenian (crazy, but not sick). My favorite song is about seeds that didn't bear fruit.

I have an Instagram account that I care a lot about.

Sorry if my pic is missing. But I can't find where to add it 😅

Nice to meet you all!
 

 

[Ron Gillmore]

Hi!
I live on Vancouver Island; I have been creating monthly newsletters — 4 pages, legal size — for printing black & white hardcopies and PDFs for web distribution. I bought Adobe InDesign CS and it runs on an old iMac, but I want to get away from Adobe’s subscription vision and find an alternative for my MacBook Pro running macOS 14. I don’t know if Affinity Designer or Publisher can do what I need (or if I would need both of them).

I’m guessing that Designer is similar to Adobe Illustrator and Publisher is similar to Adobe InDesign?

I bought Affinity Publisher when it was recommended by TidBITS (dot com), and I am planning to look at Affinity’s online tutorials 🙂

Edited May 24, 2024 by Ron Gillmore

[Udo B]

Hi everyone, my name is Udo Baumfalk. I am definitely no photo hero, but I try do generate photos that I or others would like to post in our homes, to look at more than once or to show in a presentation. For that purpose I use also some digital support: GIMP, Photoshop CS6, Affinity Photo 2, special HDR software. In rare instances I also do some photo "refurbishment" for money and give introductory courses in digtal image manipulation.
So, I am looking forward for new insights into AP, explore new options or get new ideas for improving my photos!

My experiences with Affinity Photo so far are quite promising in standard situations. On the other hand I have severe problems in focus stacking - which, to be honest, was the main reason for me to buy AP. Approximately 60% of my stacks are done by AP in a way, that I can't use the result - not even, after some adjustments. When I do the same stacks in PS 6, it takes > twice the time compared to AP, but it gives an acceptable result. Furthermore, the correction options in PS are (at least for me) more user friendly. If possible, I am willing to share my experiences in that area in order to make AP as strong as PS!

[Old Bruce]

14 hours ago, Ron Gillmore said:

I’m guessing that Designer is similar to Adobe Illustrator and Publisher is similar to Adobe InDesign?

Yes. With the added bonus that you can open Designer files in Publisher and vice versa. And Affinity Photo can open those two file types too and its files can be opened with Publisher and Designer.

[Ty Cobb]

Hi!  I'm Bob.  I live in the heart of Northern Michigan.  I make skyboxes for Out of the Park Baseball as a hobby.  I shoot with my iPhone and a GoPro Max.  I'm a baseball junkie and I love taking pix of the countryside up here.  This is a 360 panorama from Wilderness State Park at the northwestern tip of the Lower Peninsula.

Affinity is the last piece in my software puzzle.  I absolutely love non-subscription software!

[Art3LT]

Hi all,

I am Vicky and I love to retouch/restore family photos. Was looking for an alternative to Photoshop and I am enjoying using Affinity Photo 2. Looking forward to learning from all here and if I can, help others. I just downloaded the suite of Affinity 2 and I am starting with the photo program. So far, I think that the program restores my photos faster then Photoshop, although I wish there where more free filters, styles for Affinity. 

Thanks for having me here.

[Siny]

Hello everyone. I am new as an Affinity user. I hope that I will stay use with Affinity tools 

Greeting

Edited June 18, 2024 by Siny

[zenmom]

Hello! I'm Marcia Morrison. I've been using Affinity Photo (and then Photo 2) for several years now, and have been happy with it. Now I'm trying to learn how to use Affinity Designer 2, and feel totally at sea.

My current conundrum is this: I've got a photograph of a sign, it's a little skewed or warped (I'm not sure of the correct term), and I want to straighten it out. In Photo I can do this with no problem, but I want to learn how to do this in Designer, which appears to be a different procedure.

So, I created a new file, using a photo I cropped in Affinity Photo 2, and then brought into Designer 2. But when I try to follow instructions on how to use the perspective tool, all I get is one "handle", rather than several, and nothing happens when I try to drag that handle.

Should I have created the Designer 2 file using a different file type than *.afphoto? The instructions say to choose 2 points on a line to establish the type of perspective. I understand the theory (art history classes long ago), but how do I create the line? And then how do I place 2 points on it? I'm just barely a beginner here with Designer, and a lot of the instructions assume I know how to do the first steps, when I have no idea what they consist of.

Any advice would be gratefully received, including whether or not this is the right area of the forum to post these questions.

Thanks!

 

[PaulEC]

1 hour ago, zenmom said:

Any advice would be gratefully received, including whether or not this is the right area of the forum to post these questions.

Well, you're more likely to get a helpful response if you post your question in the questions section, rather than here!

[Marconi Ibe]

Hello!

My name is Marek, I am from Poland and I work as 2d Game artist for mobile games studio. At work I use Photoshop but at home I try other softwares just in case in future I would work more as freelancer. I got Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer thanks to sales.

Cheers

[Radioastron]

Hi everyone,

I'm Hunter, excited to join this community. I'm new to Affinity products and have been having a lot of fun exploring them. Looking forward to learning more and connecting with you all!

[RomVA]

Hi, I'm Romain Van Aelst, an Affinity developer stress giver and I'm generous. 😀

Comming from Adobe camp and loving what I'm seeing.

[hnsmldrs]

Hi, I'm Hans and live in the Netherlands.

I'm using AP from the early beginning.

Before that I used PS, but that got to expensive. 

For RAW development I use Capture One (Fuji X user  )

I'm a hobby photographer mostly landscape photography.

Hope to learn a lot here.

[MeLeoS]

Hi everyone, I'm Leo, located in the Netherlands and I'm new to Affinity. I've been using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for 20+ years and now trying out Affinity Photo and Designer. Creative Cloud subscriptions have become extremely expensive and the terms of use questionable. Therefore, I have decided to try Affinity. I'm not a professional, although I have used Adobe Illustrator extensively to create scientific artwork for my work as a molecular microbiologist.

Recently I am retired and now use Photoshop mainly for restoration of old photographs and enhancement of new photographs. Illustrator I now use to create building plans for my home improvement.

I hope Affinity Photo and Designer will be able to meet my requirements. Currently I'm sorting out their functionality of the Affinity programs and for this the forum may be quite helpful.

[MikeHindle]

Ayup! I'm new in town.

 

Following a ten-year stint with Adobe, I switched to Affinity several months back. Couldn't be happier with the switch, so figured I'd stop by and get involved here. Looking forward to getting to know a few of you and learning how to update my profile photo?

 

I'm using all three Affinity apps for both work and fun. I run a print and distribution business in Derby and Nottingham (UK), and dabble in a bit of photography, design and digital art when I'm not doing that.

[Alfred]

4 hours ago, MikeHindle said:

Looking forward to getting to know a few of you and learning how to update my profile photo?

 

Welcome, Mike! Just wait two or three days and make a couple more posts, and you should find that the ability to change your forum avatar becomes unlocked automatically.