billtils Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 I haven't posted much here for a while as the current MAS version meets my editing needs quite nicely - thanks to all for your great work. However, it seems like a lifetime ago that we were assured that a DAM was coming. Is this still the case or has it been dropped? Trinity 1 Quote Retina iMac (4K display, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) OS X 10.11.6 Capture One 10.
Mithferion Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 Wait until 2020 to expect something about the DAM they are working on. Best regards! Aarkeus 1 Quote Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect
billtils Posted November 16, 2018 Author Posted November 16, 2018 It's been "wait until next year" since day 1. I can understand that Serif devoted resources to other developments such as the iThingy version for sound commercial reasons, but would have preferred that they just drop the DAM and be done - and let us know that's where things are. Quote Retina iMac (4K display, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) OS X 10.11.6 Capture One 10.
fde101 Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 Last I saw was that they were still actively working on it, but Publisher has been the priority, and that is still in open beta and has not been released yet. Best guess is that they will hit the DAM a lot harder once Publisher is released and out of beta. Quote
Mithferion Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 2 hours ago, billtils said: It's been "wait until next year" since day 1. I can understand that Serif devoted resources to other developments such as the iThingy version for sound commercial reasons, but would have preferred that they just drop the DAM and be done - and let us know that's where things are. This ETA was mentioned by Ash in a recent interview, so now we have a number. Best regards! Quote Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect
Spohr_Photography Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 21 hours ago, Mithferion said: This ETA was mentioned by Ash in a recent interview, so now we have a number. Best regards! And what is that magical number if I may ask? I’m looking forward to a DAM from Serif as well... Quote Spohr Photography - Capturing the wild side of life... http://www.spohr-photography.com
Mithferion Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 6 hours ago, Spohr_Photography said: And what is that magical number if I may ask? I’m looking forward to a DAM from Serif as well... 2020. Which month? That wasn't mentioned Best regards! Spohr_Photography 1 Quote Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect
billtils Posted November 17, 2018 Author Posted November 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, Mithferion said: 2020. Which month? That wasn't mentioned Best regards! That could be anything from 13 to 25 months from now. It's almost certainly already too late for me and in that time frame "almost" can be deleted. Could attract others though. Quote Retina iMac (4K display, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) OS X 10.11.6 Capture One 10.
Mithferion Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 I know, it's not convenient for those who need a solution right now. Best regards! Quote Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect
v_kyr Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 DAMn how time goes by. - Well in the meantime use something else then! Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
Spohr_Photography Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 7 hours ago, Mithferion said: 2020. Which month? That wasn't mentioned Best regards! 2020 is not too bad. There might be a public beta sometime next year. I know the have first spoken about in 2015, but since then they have released some awesome apps... Quote Spohr Photography - Capturing the wild side of life... http://www.spohr-photography.com
billtils Posted November 17, 2018 Author Posted November 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Spohr_Photography said: I know the have first spoken about in 2015, but since then they have released some awesome apps... I'm not complaining about or criticising what Serif have done in the last 3 or 4 years, with AP or with the other lines, but I would have been happier if they had just said when this was first discussed that a DAM was of interest but not a priority. The moment has passed. Quote Retina iMac (4K display, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) OS X 10.11.6 Capture One 10.
Spohr_Photography Posted November 18, 2018 Posted November 18, 2018 38 minutes ago, billtils said: I'm not complaining about or criticising what Serif have done in the last 3 or 4 years, with AP or with the other lines, but I would have been happier if they had just said when this was first discussed that a DAM was of interest but not a priority. The moment has passed. It was not a thought to be as criticism on your post. I'm just looking positive forward to see what they come up with. At present, there is nothing out there which satisfies my needs, especially with AP file format. Aarkeus 1 Quote Spohr Photography - Capturing the wild side of life... http://www.spohr-photography.com
dominik Posted November 18, 2018 Posted November 18, 2018 8 hours ago, Spohr_Photography said: especially with AP file format. I do use Adobe Bridge which is good enough for many of my (limited) needs but I was a little unhappy with the preview of certain images. It seemed to be unsharp compared to the acutal files. This made me look around for an alternative (many of them are mentioned in threads in this forum, just search for DAM and look into the thread with the most pages ) and to my surprise XNviewMP does a good job. Especially since it is able to preview *.afphoto and *.afdesign files (on Windows, I don't know about Mac and Linux). It currently does not preview APub files but I could imagine this will come at a later time. d. Spohr_Photography 1 Quote Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available. Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil
Aarkeus Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 On 11/18/2018 at 12:11 AM, Spohr_Photography said: It was not a thought to be as criticism on your post. I'm just looking positive forward to see what they come up with. At present, there is nothing out there which satisfies my needs, especially with AP file format. I understand that NeoFinder works well and supports AP format. But, I'd rather wait than transfer all photos from Apple Photos to, say NeoFinder, and then transfer again to Serif's DAM. Spohr_Photography 1 Quote
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