Lucas CM Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Are there any thoughts from Serif for a digital version of the Affinity Photo Workbook? Downloading the book would avoid the high S&H cost and improve it's practicality ( I can have the book in one monitor while I'm working on others! ) Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gradient_Phil Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I think this has been asked before. AFAIK - Serif doesn't currently have any plans for a digital version. Quote Windows 10 Pro (Desktop). Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.9.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 20, 2019 Staff Share Posted August 20, 2019 Hi Lucas CM, Welcome to the forums This has been requested previously, however as Gradient_Phil has mentioned, we have no plans for this currently - my apologies! Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas CM Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 That's unfortunate, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynoldsarts Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I find it extremely odd that a digital company would resort to using a printed book which is extraordinarily wasteful and not very portable as a workbook. As with everything else they do it is backwards. Glaring oversight. Anybody who has that stupid book needs it on digital. None of us have enough time to waste by caring around a 5 pound book. It’s really a stupid oversight And indicative of their totally chaotic method of putting things together. Very disappointed yet again with affinity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 10 hours ago, reynoldsarts said: I find it extremely odd that a digital company would resort to using a printed book which is extraordinarily wasteful and not very portable as a workbook. It isn't so odd if you consider that because it is a physical printed book the images will be the same for anyone who uses it. That isn't true for digital books because the device used to display it may render the images differently due to different color management systems & supported display resolutions. Another thing in favor of the printed version is it can be used without sacrificing any of the computer's screen space to refer to it while doing the workbook projects, important for users with smaller screens. As for portability, a two page spread is about 15" wide. There are not many portable devices that can display that document width at actual size. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I do enjoy reading a good book. There are advantages of eBooks - adjusting font size, bold type, remembers your last page, resource links clickable (how many posted cannot locate source file), out of stock, no shipping information received and if you own tablet/laptop/desktop, peace of cake. The size of workbook, on small work desk, can create it own problem. As @Dan C mentioned above, Serif has no plans currently, mute discussion, unless they reconsider, lol. The problem I encountered was the page color selection and indistinct print on the workbook I received. The layers were especially hard to read. Seldom, if ever, did I need to rely on book images, instructions and screen shots of layers were essential. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelstuff Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I have two monitors. After purchasing both Affinity workbooks during the last Black Friday sale, I realized that I have apparently become spoiled with web tutorials being up on the second monitor at an even level with whatever program I am working with. I'm finding that it is much more difficult to use a paper book for tutorials; having to look down, trying to juggle a book that wants to close and compete with space for the keyboard and the mouse. I would definitely like a PDF or ePub version included with the hard cover book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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