![]() In addition, Serif offers a companion graphic design software called Affinity Designer, which also costs £48.99. Free upgrades were meant to be a plus point for subscription services, so kudos to Serif for looking after existing users at no extra cost.įor more information and to purchase the software, which currently costs £48.99 if you don’t own it already, please visit the Serif website. In this latest version there are plenty of improvements and compatibility with the latest camera raw files.įor those that have bought an older version of Affinity Photo, the latest one comes free. We are reviewing version 1.6.6 for Mac, which was launched in November 2017. More recently the software has been developed for iPad and for Windows too. In a relative short space of time the software is now its sixth iteration. The encouraging signs for Affinity Photo continue. There’s no subscription service, like with Adobe CC. What is particular impressive is that the software costs a bargain one-off fee under £50. This is not beginner-level stuff, it’s a mightily competent editing suite. You’ll probably know Serif more for its Windows based editing software PhotoPlus X, but more recently Serif delved into Mac with Affinity Photo, creating what we think is a legitimate alternative to Adobe Photoshop. We recently reviewed Picktorial 3 and here we have another, Serif Affinity Photo. There are separate threads defending Serif as well as others complaining about today's announcement as well.Since Adobe moved into a subscription only service for its photo editing suite, we have seen some more cost effective alternatives available for one-off fees. "I’m psyched: non-destructive all the things!" exclaimed Scoo on Reddit. I bought Photo in 2016 so happy to throw them more money," said CameronWLucas. "Non destructive RAW and luminosity masks will be a game changer. "I'm happy with the warp and shape builder in designer and style picker for text on desktop. Not all creators were so negative, however. The price is fine, the software is excellent, and I'll definitely buy it, but still disappointed. Then it's just a version updated with no new software, and there's not even an upgrade discount for current users. They took down their website like it was going to be some major Apple-style release. Reddit user snarton said, "I'm quite disappointed. "Definitely overhyped IMO, I was sure they would be realising a DAM from all the marketing hype." "While the new features are cool they just seem like features that would be added in an incremental update, not a major overhaul like this was touted to be," argued lurchh. "Yeh, pretty underwhelming but with the glacial pace of updates over the years maybe that’s on me," said crispeddit. They added, "What's the "Thing you've been waiting for" they talked about in the announcement?" The poster of that thread said, "personally I'm very disappointed, not only is it mainly just performance fixes and a redesign, there is also no new feature that's really that impressive." The Affinity subreddit has a reaction thread to the launch of Affinity 2. Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Designer 2, and Affinity Publisher 2 all have new features, but some claim that they are not big enough changes to justify a jump to the next generation. The jump to version 2 was supposed to be held off until a major jump in features. That license will normally cost $170, but is currently on sale for 40% off, which brings it down to $100. ![]() Serif also announced a Universal License that gets you Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 for use on Mac, PC and iPad. Affinity Designer 2: New featuresĪffinity Publisher 2 for iPad: New Features ![]() Before we dive into online responses to the Affinity 2.0 launch, let's quickly review what Serif announced today. ![]()
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