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I agree - although I think Affinity (and Sketch and Pixelmator) might not necessarily displace Adobe's design apps, but rather dent their market share. What's
by open-source-ux 10y ago
I agree - although I think Affinity (and Sketch and Pixelmator) might not necessarily displace Adobe's design apps, but rather dent their market share.
What's nice about the Affinity apps:
- they are cross-platform: Windows and Mac (unlike Sketch and PixelMator)
- they are not subscription-based (like Adobe)
- they cover vector (Affinity Designer), Raster (Affinity Photo) and DTP (still-to-be-released app)
- they are much more affordable than an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription
- they feel faster and much less bloated than Adobe's apps
However, the sheer amount of tutorials and design assets available for Adobe apps means that Adobe will remain popular. And there are some apps like After Effects that simply don't have any serious rivals.
- dvfjsdhgfv 10y agoDo you have any details about the DTP app?
- open-source-ux 10y agoNo screenshots or feature list for the DTP app (called Publisher) have been released yet. Here is a post from the Affinity forums from October 2016 from one of the Serif staff on the current state of the app: https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php?/topic/26715-why-publisher-shouldnt-be-released-anytime-soon/#entry129110 https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php?/topic/26715-why-...
- kirkdouglas 10y agobtw, do I have to purchase mac and Windows versions separately?
- open-source-ux 10y agoYes, separate licence for each platform.