I had the Adobe suite and when my annual renewal time came up I asked Adobe for a better discount. They said they wouldn't go any lower. HA HA HA HA LOL. Bad idea Adobe. I gave them the middle finger and promptly bought all 3 Affinity programs in both the desktop AND the Ipad versions. That is still cheaper than a year of Adobe and I have never looked back.
Switched from Adobe to Corel (who're going down the same subscription rabbit hole) and now to the Affinity Trinity. No regrets whatsoever. Indeed, I purchased Affinity Designer soon after release. And although it was (and still is) lacking certain features in comparison to Illustrator and CD, we have to remember it is still a version 1.xx product, albeit a maturing one. Remember when InDesign 1.0x came out? It was referred to as ''Quark Killer'' (although in fairness not by Adobe themselves). It lacked features QXpress 4.0 already had such as type on a path and table creation. The latter had to be added to InDesign via a plug-in! These features came along in the free 1.5 update. So I'm confident new features will come along in Affinity and thus close the gap even further.
I just wish Adobe had a 'create your own bundle' feature and pay for the apps that you need in one go. Unfortunaltey Adobe is charging too much for the value you get out of the Apps TBH. Just got Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer on sale and been using it for a week. Think it's definitley meeting the Adobe standards. Sure I'll have to get use to not having the cloud integration but I would much rather give up those bells and wistles if I can open and edit a PSD or AI document to quickly make adjustments I need. Thanks for the video!
Hi Frank, glad you were able to get them on sale. Have you tried opening an AI document though, I don't think it works in Affinity programs, but PSD does. I could be wrong about that though.
I purchased all three, affinity designer is amazing I love it, I’m still learning publisher. affinity photo is great I use it mostly to make my thumb nails as well as sketches for logo work.
Affinity will get better and better (only a question of time). Will be interesting to see what the new price will be. Don't know whether they can continue these absurd low prices.
@Deborah Hearne on one hand low prices are great, but developers also have to be paid... The more developers you have, the faster the improvement of features?
@Deborah Hearne definitely no insider information, just speculation :D I didn't use serif products before affinity designer came out, so I don't have the historical context you do. Thanks for commenting.
@Deborah Hearne sorry for the confusion, but I don't know whether they hired new developers. I'm just thinking that low prices means not so many developers, higher prices means more developers, but this is just simple thinking from my side. There is probably more to it, than just the amount of developers. Because Affinity software is based on more modern code (which is the case), it is probably more flexible, and easier to maintain and expand. So maybe less developers needed.
@@GraphicdesignforFree That is not quite true. In programming projects, too many cooks do spoil the broth. Adobe has had a lot of time, a lot of resources and programmers and has become mired in bureaucracy and tacked on features. Serif looked like it was going to make a fresh start with the Affinity Apps and redo the interface, which was very welcome, but seems quickly to have got caught up with trying to be an Adobe substitute and not quite achieving the promised house clean. Vectornator and Pixelmator have been much more successful at reinventing the wheel and getting rid of a lot of the cruft. Serif knows what they are doing but the prices do seem TOO low to maintain development. I think it would be fair to pay for major versions at the current price. So long as there are enough developments to justify upgrading, the income stream should fund progressive improvements.
Ehh I'm brand new to all of this. I have nothing to lose, so I might as well try the cost-saving alternative. Can you do a video, where you display a few before and after images of Affinity Photo Post-Grading?
Hi Bahaa, I have a course on Skillshare that deals with editing Raw photos in Affinity Photo that may help you. I also have one that goes into the basics of photo compositing. You can find all my courses here: www.skillshare.com/r/user/benn.
I switched from adobe when Publisher was released and in my work have never found anything I miss from Adobe. Yes, some things take a little longer doing workarounds but other things are quicker which you have to do workarounds in Adobe such as making quick changes to photos or vector art.
I have used adobe since 1997, I am switching over for 6 months I didn't renew the subscription. The indesign part is worrying. What do you mean by left to write text? If all your last files were of adobe, how's the file convertibility?
Hi Najeeb, some fonts particularly those that are for languages like Arabic and Hebrew write and read right to left, while most fonts for western languages like English and German write and read right to left. Affinity does not have support for right to left fonts making it difficult to do any work in those languages. File convertibility is not great. PSDs are mostly fine. For Illustrator things need to be converted into something like SVG and for InDesign you can open IDML files but not INDD files.
There are some workplaces using Affinity programs already, but a large ship turns slowly and Adobe has had years to cement themselves in industry's everywhere. The only way for things to change is if designers start changing.
I’m a switcher. Using Adobe since 1994 to Adobe CS6 then Affinity forever! The apps are way better and more powerful, faster and accurate than Adobe apps. Some clients need Adobe and I charge them the monthly fee for the time they need for that project. I wish everyone switch and realize how bad Adobe apps are right now.
Oh I'm so glad that I found this! I make coloring books and it will be so good being able to do all of the work on my iPad instead of having to switch between devices.
Thanks for watching! Unfortunately Affinity Publisher is not on the iPad and that would probably be the best one for laying out your books, you could try in Affinity Designer but it doesn't have those large document features.
@@bendesignsmedia yeah, I went into the app store and was surprised to find out that my device was not compatible. It’s a shame. But I do have a laptop, it just means going between devices.
@@katehollomanart I just keep waiting for a good DPA to come to the iPad, but so far nothing. I think Affinity must be having trouble with it because I would have expected Publisher to come to the ipad by now
I kinda feel like this sale was to get us in because of a new version coming and now we’re going to be charged for that. So yeas we’re saving money but in reality it’s probably going to still end up being the same when 2.0 is released. Yes, it’s still much cheaper then adobe but I’m still paying my Adobe subscription because I can’t make the switch 100% due to missing features. So in reality I spent an extra $150 and still paying the subscription I’m trying to avoid. I sure hope 2.0 is 🤯🤯 otherwise whatever the price is it just won’t be worth it to me purchase it and “hoping” to dump Adobe. Thanks for the video
Hi Southbay, thanks for commenting again, always like to see your perspective. What are you still missing for that is necessary for your workflow? Can you drop to just subscribing to one Adobe app?
@@bendesignsmedia Tracing in Illustrator is a big option I need. I do a lot of custom one off apparel printing and most often get small images submitted to me that I need to trace to a vector and scale larger or seperate colors. Without that feature I can't drop Adobe. I've tried using inkscape in the past but my workflow just staying in AI is faster. AI is pretty much what I use for 85% of my work. I really really REALLY hope Designer will have tracing with the new update. I was able to drop my adobe monthly fee but I'm ready for a full on divorce lol! I really appreciate your videos Ben!
@@SouthbayCreations I wonder if you had a an older computer with CS6 on it if you could just use that. I'm not sure why image trace has not come yet. It's not something I use, but a lot of people use it as a critical part of their workflow.
@@bendesignsmedia While it is not critical for me it is over the top annoying that Affinity doesn't have live trace. Affinity if you are reading this - don't worry I still love you but you need to get on the ball with that.
Great video, I just downloaded all three and I’m going to try them out with the trial. So far all the reviews I’ve seen have been very good and encouraging. Looking forward to your series comparing Adobe vs. Affinity products.
Awesome! I hope you enjoy them, I have videos on the tools in Photoshop vs Photo, and Illustrator vs Designer right now. If you need help learning check out some of my classes linked in the description. Good luck!
Can I bring 2 or more images into the same workspace in Affinity Photo to combine them into 1 image? This seems like such a simple thing, but other programs I've tried won't do it. I want to do other things as well, but this is a must have.
@@bendesignsmedia Yes Designer. So used to Adobe though, it’s just getting my head around something different after all these years of the Adobe Suite ☺️
Ive been using the CS6 suite at a ‘discount’ for about 10 years now. I now have to redo that discount because I messed w/my hosts file. Instead of doing that I’m looking at alternatives. Plus I do NOT agree w/adobes subscription model. I’m an independent contractor so the only ‘Industry standard’ I have to meet are happy clients. They could care less what I use. Good vid. I think I’ll try the affinity suite!
I don't think they need Luminar, I think they could build it off the Affinity Photo develop engine, but I wouldn't want it to be cloud based, any time something is cloud based it is going to need to be subscription because the cost to the provider is ongoing.
I've been a Microsoft Publisher guy for years and have been looking for a Mac Publisher alternative. Affinity comes highly rated and knowing they have a suite of partner apps is awesome.
Hi Ben, How do I open all the thousands of InDesign files in Affinity Publisher if I cancel the Adobe subscription and no longer able to save as IDML? Not long after InDesign came out it was able to open Quark files (with minor issues) but IDML to Affinity Publisher requires major editing .. have you any ideas on a better method.
Unfortunately I don't see much chance of INDD compatibility coming soon. So it's probably just IDML along with any issues that brings. A company did make a tool for converting without InDesign, but I haven't used it, so I don't know how good it is. Here is the link markzware.com
@@bendesignsmedia Thanks Ben, I just had a look at Markzware and might be good down the track. Just tearing my hair out trying to unscramble text copy and pasted from other sources. It doesn't want to move vertically with the text frame or lead properly. I was going to get a customer to convert over as they only use InDesign for their catalogue but its proving more difficult than I was hoping. Regards Don
Hi Ben How are you, How's life? thank you in sharing the reason of choosing Affinity. I have an old mac Book Pro 2012 with inside Ssd, but soon will come the day that this laptop will say "goodbye".... :0( Anyway sometimes I get questions about getting the Affinity, for instants If I buy one of the Affinity for my old laptop, and then one day soon I decide to get my self a Mac M1, its is easy to transfer the Affinity program from one laptop to an other?, or do I have to buy again Affinity?. Hope to hear your thoughts Regards Oliver
Hi Oliver, you won't have to buy it agin if you are going from a Mac to another Mac, you only have to buy again for a different operating system, like if you went from a Mac to a PC.
@@bendesignsmedia Thanks Ben for your reply, I appreciate. One last question I promise ! In my field occasionally when I use my (very old) Illustrator depending on the project, I save my work as DXF file, which helps my work to be cut on CNC vector, and I know at present (Sadly) Affinity does not save on that format......... Do you think that Affinity will ad this option in saving on DXF in the near future?, whats your view? regards :0)
I switched at the start of the year, and I don't regret it for a second. I still have to teach classes in Adobe, yet I've start telling my students that Affinity is really good alternative for starting freelancers. So far, the features I miss from Adobe are miniscule and not worth the price tag. And there are some features in Affinity that never existed in Adobe to begin with. I like both suites, but... I mean... come on. 500EUR a year vs. 150 one time... It's a no brainer.
Hello I bought affinity photo a few weeks ago and I don't know if I should buy the affinity design or if affinity photo is enough Thanks for your help yannick toulouse france
Hi Yannick, thanks for watching. It really depends on what you are doing. If all your work is photo based then you probably don't need Designer, but if you are doing any kind of design work than you might want Designer and Publisher. I have a video that talks about choosing which Affinity program is right for you: th-cam.com/video/FCMtxvcsq-c/w-d-xo.html that might help
How does Pixelmator Pro compare to Affinity Photo? I can't find many deep comparisons on these two, but they seem to be the biggest photo editing alternatives to photoshop for macs.
Hi Zacke, Sorry I haven't used Pixelmator Pro, I do use Pixelmator Photo on iPad, but that is more of a lightroom competitor than a photoshop one. I have heard a lot of people like Pixelmator Pro though. Maybe other commenters have more experience.
@@bendesignsmedia thanks Ben! I've been using Pixelmator Pro for a while and I really like it, but I'm considering buying Affinity too (I've tried the free trial and it's less user friendly but seems to have more features). Just trying to see from experienced users if Affinity is worth the trouble learning if I'm already fairly proficient with Pixelmator Pro.
@@sirzackefeller what can say is that Affinity Photo has the advantage of having Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher in its ecosystem which makes work between the programs (if you need that) really easy.
Hay I’m on iPad and I’m not sure which affinity I use for crediting thumbnail and the same time drawing can you help me because it so much money also I don’t want to waste 20 dollars for the difference of them
I think Affinity Designer will be best for you, but they should be half off right now so you could get both of them for $20. If you really want to draw on iPad I wouldn't use Affinity, these programs can draw great, but Procreate is the best drawing app by far
I am an Architect and a Photographer. My big question, which I haven't been able to find a good answer for yet, is if Affinity can also replace Adobe Lightroom. I'm pretty much sold on all of the Affinity products, I like not having to bounce between different formats and programs when I work between Layout, Vector, and Raster. So as an Architect, I'm happy, but as a Photographer, I need to reliably batch edit photos and create catalogs to keep everything organized. Can Affinity Photo replace Lightroom?
Hi Aaron, I've talked about this a little bit in some other videos, but the short answer is no, Affinity is not a Lightroom competitor. You can create macros, but it is not the same as real batch processing. Luminar is closest thing I have found to lightroom, but there are others like Darktable, Darkroom, and On-1-Raw. You can also stick with lightroom and just pay for the photography bundle instead of all of CC.
There is a software (which I believe is free….I think haven’t tried it yet which I will be) called darktable. I’m in the same boat with you with photos cause I have like 300+ images that need editing and I can’t do that in photo as quick as Lightroom.
Please do a tutorial on making a gradient over a photo in Affinity Publisher..I've tried and I'm stymied...not incidentally your tutorials are excellent
@@bendesignsmedia ...when I add a photo with text on a website, I almost always add a gradient over the photo to make the text stand out....same idea here.
@@tomfraser3086 Oh I see. So Gradients are applied using the fill tool (G) but you effect transparency on an object using the transparency tool (Y). You might need to use a combination of the two to get the effect you are going for. I won't be able to do a tutorial on it right away, but overlaying photos with text is something I do cover at the end of my intro course. Check it out here: skl.sh/2L91Y07 you can use the skillshare free trial to watch it for free
great video, coming from a Windows laptop, I can't use Microsoft Publisher on my Mac... (I have the one of the M1 Macs) ... can you please Make a Video (if you haven't already) Outlining the differences/benefits between AFFINITY PUBLISHER & SWIFT PUBLISHER 5, if you could that would be great.... Thanks in Advance, again, awesome video... very helpful
Hi Jonathan, I haven't used Swift Publisher, it is on my list of things to test later in the year but it will probably be a while. But just looking at the little that I have it looks like an older program, it's UI reminds me a lot of iBooks Author actually. With Affinity Publisher being half off right now I would say go for that the difference is only $5 and Affinity Publisher is one of the best apps I have ever used. It is so much better than Microsoft Publisher that they should not even be compared!
@@bendesignsmedia ok thanks for you detailed reply... I've been using Affinity Publisher for the last 24hrs or so and I must say , its a great program... I've Redeemed the 90-day trail on all 3 programs ... but so far only used publisher... but I think I will continue to use adobe photoshop atm, because that's just what I know... do you know whether you can do WaterMarks in Affinity Publisher???
@@jonathanwatson7409 Affinity Photo is almost exactly like photoshop for most use cases, if you are familiar with Photoshop it shouldn't be hard to switch over. If you have all three you should be able to use StudioLink to get many of the Photo features in Publisher (Use the little purple icon at the top to switch to Photo persona) I'm not aware of a watermark feature in Publisher, but you should be able to easily make a watermark by placing an image, lowering the opacity and applying any effects you need. To do this to all pages use the master page feature.
Oh yes, DaVinci Resolve is the best editor, and its free version is more than enough for most people, I have some other videos that talk about it as part of the suite and there are lots of tutorials online for it. You can replace the Premiere, AfterEffects, and Audition with it.
I bought all 3 with the recent sale, I was waiting for a sale because I just had a feeling one was coming.
Lucky you! If you need help learning check out my courses in the description of this video
Darn!! I missed the sale
@@francissosing same😤😤 idk if I should wait
@@nano7055 yeah I'm going to wait
I had the Adobe suite and when my annual renewal time came up I asked Adobe for a better discount. They said they wouldn't go any lower. HA HA HA HA LOL. Bad idea Adobe. I gave them the middle finger and promptly bought all 3 Affinity programs in both the desktop AND the Ipad versions. That is still cheaper than a year of Adobe and I have never looked back.
True, much cheaper. If you need any help learning the programs feel free to check out my courses in the description of this video.
Switched from Adobe to Corel (who're going down the same subscription rabbit hole) and now to the Affinity Trinity. No regrets whatsoever. Indeed, I purchased Affinity Designer soon after release. And although it was (and still is) lacking certain features in comparison to Illustrator and CD, we have to remember it is still a version 1.xx product, albeit a maturing one.
Remember when InDesign 1.0x came out? It was referred to as ''Quark Killer'' (although in fairness not by Adobe themselves). It lacked features QXpress 4.0 already had such as type on a path and table creation. The latter had to be added to InDesign via a plug-in! These features came along in the free 1.5 update. So I'm confident new features will come along in Affinity and thus close the gap even further.
Yeah, things mature of time like you would expect! Thanks for watching!
I just wish Adobe had a 'create your own bundle' feature and pay for the apps that you need in one go. Unfortunaltey Adobe is charging too much for the value you get out of the Apps TBH. Just got Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer on sale and been using it for a week. Think it's definitley meeting the Adobe standards. Sure I'll have to get use to not having the cloud integration but I would much rather give up those bells and wistles if I can open and edit a PSD or AI document to quickly make adjustments I need. Thanks for the video!
Hi Frank, glad you were able to get them on sale. Have you tried opening an AI document though, I don't think it works in Affinity programs, but PSD does. I could be wrong about that though.
I purchased all three, affinity designer is amazing I love it, I’m still learning publisher. affinity photo is great I use it mostly to make my thumb nails as well as sketches for logo work.
If you need any help with publisher check out my courses in the description, I even have one on making thumbnails :) Thanks for watching
@@bendesignsmedia awesome I’ll check it out thank you.
Do u get update for free or u have to pay for it even though u buy affinity ?
@@vivekt.2038 the updates are free
@@Autofusionchannel after buying it right ?
I use Affinity but also Quark, Capture One, Sketch, Pixelmator, etc. Each has its own advantages.
It's nice to have a lot of tools on the tool belt! Thanks for watching!
Affinity will get better and better (only a question of time). Will be interesting to see what the new price will be. Don't know whether they can continue these absurd low prices.
Yeah, I assume prices will have to go up (just based on inflation alone, but also because the product is getting better)
@Deborah Hearne on one hand low prices are great, but developers also have to be paid... The more developers you have, the faster the improvement of features?
@Deborah Hearne definitely no insider information, just speculation :D I didn't use serif products before affinity designer came out, so I don't have the historical context you do. Thanks for commenting.
@Deborah Hearne sorry for the confusion, but I don't know whether they hired new developers. I'm just thinking that low prices means not so many developers, higher prices means more developers, but this is just simple thinking from my side. There is probably more to it, than just the amount of developers. Because Affinity software is based on more modern code (which is the case), it is probably more flexible, and easier to maintain and expand. So maybe less developers needed.
@@GraphicdesignforFree That is not quite true. In programming projects, too many cooks do spoil the broth. Adobe has had a lot of time, a lot of resources and programmers and has become mired in bureaucracy and tacked on features.
Serif looked like it was going to make a fresh start with the Affinity Apps and redo the interface, which was very welcome, but seems quickly to have got caught up with trying to be an Adobe substitute and not quite achieving the promised house clean.
Vectornator and Pixelmator have been much more successful at reinventing the wheel and getting rid of a lot of the cruft.
Serif knows what they are doing but the prices do seem TOO low to maintain development. I think it would be fair to pay for major versions at the current price. So long as there are enough developments to justify upgrading, the income stream should fund progressive improvements.
Ehh I'm brand new to all of this. I have nothing to lose, so I might as well try the cost-saving alternative.
Can you do a video, where you display a few before and after images of Affinity Photo Post-Grading?
Hi Bahaa, I have a course on Skillshare that deals with editing Raw photos in Affinity Photo that may help you. I also have one that goes into the basics of photo compositing. You can find all my courses here: www.skillshare.com/r/user/benn.
I switched from adobe when Publisher was released and in my work have never found anything I miss from Adobe. Yes, some things take a little longer doing workarounds but other things are quicker which you have to do workarounds in Adobe such as making quick changes to photos or vector art.
Awesome! That is so true
For me, exactly the same way.
I have used adobe since 1997, I am switching over for 6 months I didn't renew the subscription. The indesign part is worrying. What do you mean by left to write text? If all your last files were of adobe, how's the file convertibility?
Hi Najeeb, some fonts particularly those that are for languages like Arabic and Hebrew write and read right to left, while most fonts for western languages like English and German write and read right to left. Affinity does not have support for right to left fonts making it difficult to do any work in those languages.
File convertibility is not great. PSDs are mostly fine. For Illustrator things need to be converted into something like SVG and for InDesign you can open IDML files but not INDD files.
I was never chained to Adobe to begin with, and the Affinity apps have been very useful.
Excellent!
I wonder when their software will become transferable to the workplace. For a company to dominate the market like that is bizarre.
There are some workplaces using Affinity programs already, but a large ship turns slowly and Adobe has had years to cement themselves in industry's everywhere. The only way for things to change is if designers start changing.
@@bendesignsmedia Absolutely, I definitely think it will be a grassroots change.
I keep confusing affinity photos with affinity designer because of the color of the icon :')
Yeah it can be a little confusing when you come from Adobe
I’m a switcher. Using Adobe since 1994 to Adobe CS6 then Affinity forever! The apps are way better and more powerful, faster and accurate than Adobe apps. Some clients need Adobe and I charge them the monthly fee for the time they need for that project. I wish everyone switch and realize how bad Adobe apps are right now.
Great Idea, I'm glad it's working out well for you!
The first reason is the number one reason I switched. For $75 you can't (couldn't) lose.
True that
I tried most if not all vector graphics apps out there. I never looked forward to opening Illustrator. It's like tying to handle an angry porcupine.
An apt analogy :D Which app have you settled on?
@@bendesignsmedia Affinity
Oh I'm so glad that I found this! I make coloring books and it will be so good being able to do all of the work on my iPad instead of having to switch between devices.
Thanks for watching! Unfortunately Affinity Publisher is not on the iPad and that would probably be the best one for laying out your books, you could try in Affinity Designer but it doesn't have those large document features.
@@bendesignsmedia yeah, I went into the app store and was surprised to find out that my device was not compatible. It’s a shame. But I do have a laptop, it just means going between devices.
@@katehollomanart I just keep waiting for a good DPA to come to the iPad, but so far nothing. I think Affinity must be having trouble with it because I would have expected Publisher to come to the ipad by now
@@bendesignsmedia yeah, it would have been extremely helpful. We'll keep waiting.
I kinda feel like this sale was to get us in because of a new version coming and now we’re going to be charged for that. So yeas we’re saving money but in reality it’s probably going to still end up being the same when 2.0 is released. Yes, it’s still much cheaper then adobe but I’m still paying my Adobe subscription because I can’t make the switch 100% due to missing features. So in reality I spent an extra $150 and still paying the subscription I’m trying to avoid. I sure hope 2.0 is 🤯🤯 otherwise whatever the price is it just won’t be worth it to me purchase it and “hoping” to dump Adobe. Thanks for the video
Hi Southbay, thanks for commenting again, always like to see your perspective. What are you still missing for that is necessary for your workflow? Can you drop to just subscribing to one Adobe app?
@@bendesignsmedia Tracing in Illustrator is a big option I need. I do a lot of custom one off apparel printing and most often get small images submitted to me that I need to trace to a vector and scale larger or seperate colors. Without that feature I can't drop Adobe. I've tried using inkscape in the past but my workflow just staying in AI is faster. AI is pretty much what I use for 85% of my work. I really really REALLY hope Designer will have tracing with the new update. I was able to drop my adobe monthly fee but I'm ready for a full on divorce lol! I really appreciate your videos Ben!
@@SouthbayCreations I wonder if you had a an older computer with CS6 on it if you could just use that. I'm not sure why image trace has not come yet. It's not something I use, but a lot of people use it as a critical part of their workflow.
@@bendesignsmedia While it is not critical for me it is over the top annoying that Affinity doesn't have live trace. Affinity if you are reading this - don't worry I still love you but you need to get on the ball with that.
@@luxurycardstore I have to think this is going to be a 2.0 feature. it is much requested, although I doubt I would ever use it myself
Great page
Thanks for the video. Downloading the trial now... My subscription is up to renew in May 12th... Let's see what I do .. cheers ☘️🥂
feel free to check out my courses linked in the description if you need to learn more about them
Great video, I just downloaded all three and I’m going to try them out with the trial. So far all the reviews I’ve seen have been very good and encouraging. Looking forward to your series comparing Adobe vs. Affinity products.
Awesome! I hope you enjoy them, I have videos on the tools in Photoshop vs Photo, and Illustrator vs Designer right now. If you need help learning check out some of my classes linked in the description. Good luck!
Can I bring 2 or more images into the same workspace in Affinity Photo to combine them into 1 image? This seems like such a simple thing, but other programs I've tried won't do it. I want to do other things as well, but this is a must have.
Yes, if you need to learn how to combine photos is Affinity Photo check out my intro course: skl.sh/3emTVKj
Ive switched affinity this year.
Nice!
I have a Mac mini m1 so purchased Affinity Photo and Illustrator. They run flawlessly 🥰
excellent. Do you mean Designer when you say Illustrator? Don't sleep on Publisher either, it's my favorite!
@@bendesignsmedia Yes Designer. So used to Adobe though, it’s just getting my head around something different after all these years of the Adobe Suite ☺️
@@Willowduckpond I'm the same, sometimes I have to edit out parts of videos because I say the Adobe program by accident :D
Ive been using the CS6 suite at a ‘discount’ for about 10 years now. I now have to redo that discount because I messed w/my hosts file. Instead of doing that I’m looking at alternatives. Plus I do NOT agree w/adobes subscription model. I’m an independent contractor so the only ‘Industry standard’ I have to meet are happy clients. They could care less what I use. Good vid. I think I’ll try the affinity suite!
Good luck with Affinity! Check out my courses if you need any help getting started
not half off any more
Correct, sales don't last forever. Still a good deal though
Paid vdo ?
Nope not paid, just opinion
@@bendesignsmedia ok
Good bit of information ℹ️. Thank you for this video.
Glad I could help!
@@bendesignsmedia Much appreciated.
I like to buy and own, and I very much like to save money and earn money. Not to break even with an Adobe subscription.
yeah, great point
Dang if affinity created a cloud based Lightroom version, Adobe would be dead. They should just buy Luminar!
I don't think they need Luminar, I think they could build it off the Affinity Photo develop engine, but I wouldn't want it to be cloud based, any time something is cloud based it is going to need to be subscription because the cost to the provider is ongoing.
Can you do a tutorial on data merge?
Possibly, what are you hoping to use it for?
Your 5th reason was spot on. Thank you for this!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
i wish i woulda gotten it back then.
They are still very cheap, but you can always wait till black Friday if you really want a deal
@@bendesignsmedia fair but still, 25 dollars as supposed to 50 dollars, 25 dollars is more better, or the 38 dollars on black Friday is ok
Is this a money thing or ?
Sorry I don't understand the question?
I made the switch on November 2020...best decision ever!!!!
Awesome, glad it is working out for you! Thanks for watching
Héctor, out of curiosity, can you open adobe files in affinity?
@@nancikaesemeyer1270 you can open PSD files in Photo and IDML files in Publisher. You cannot open AI files or INDD files currently.
I've been a Microsoft Publisher guy for years and have been looking for a Mac Publisher alternative. Affinity comes highly rated and knowing they have a suite of partner apps is awesome.
Affinity Publisher is 1000% better than Microsoft Publisher. It is much closer to Adobe InDesign
Hi Ben, How do I open all the thousands of InDesign files in Affinity Publisher if I cancel the Adobe subscription and no longer able to save as IDML? Not long after InDesign came out it was able to open Quark files (with minor issues) but IDML to Affinity Publisher requires major editing .. have you any ideas on a better method.
Unfortunately I don't see much chance of INDD compatibility coming soon. So it's probably just IDML along with any issues that brings. A company did make a tool for converting without InDesign, but I haven't used it, so I don't know how good it is. Here is the link markzware.com
@@bendesignsmedia Thanks Ben, I just had a look at Markzware and might be good down the track. Just tearing my hair out trying to unscramble text copy and pasted from other sources. It doesn't want to move vertically with the text frame or lead properly.
I was going to get a customer to convert over as they only use InDesign for their catalogue but its proving more difficult than I was hoping.
Regards Don
Hi Ben How are you, How's life? thank you in sharing the reason of choosing Affinity. I have an old mac Book Pro 2012 with inside Ssd, but soon will come the day that this laptop will say "goodbye".... :0(
Anyway sometimes I get questions about getting the Affinity, for instants If I buy one of the Affinity for my old laptop, and then one day soon I decide to get my self a Mac M1, its is easy to transfer the Affinity program from one laptop to an other?, or do I have to buy again Affinity?.
Hope to hear your thoughts
Regards
Oliver
Hi Oliver, you won't have to buy it agin if you are going from a Mac to another Mac, you only have to buy again for a different operating system, like if you went from a Mac to a PC.
@@bendesignsmedia Thanks Ben for your reply, I appreciate. One last question I promise ! In my field occasionally when I use my (very old) Illustrator depending on the project, I save my work as DXF file, which helps my work to be cut on CNC vector, and I know at present (Sadly) Affinity does not save on that format......... Do you think that Affinity will ad this option in saving on DXF in the near future?, whats your view?
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I switched at the start of the year, and I don't regret it for a second. I still have to teach classes in Adobe, yet I've start telling my students that Affinity is really good alternative for starting freelancers. So far, the features I miss from Adobe are miniscule and not worth the price tag. And there are some features in Affinity that never existed in Adobe to begin with. I like both suites, but... I mean... come on. 500EUR a year vs. 150 one time... It's a no brainer.
Yeah, saving all that money is nice
I have to wonder what an Affinity version of Adobe Animate would look like.
That would be interesting, so far Affinity has not touched any thing video related.
If you need footnotes or endnotes then affinity publisher is not for you.
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I really like affinity photo, only a week left on the 50 percent deal may just go ahead with affinity design now as well !
Sounds like a good plan
Super Affordable for a Novice Graphic Designer
Yeah it is a great place to start out
Hello
I bought affinity photo a few weeks ago and I don't know if I should buy the affinity design or if affinity photo is enough
Thanks for your help
yannick toulouse france
Hi Yannick, thanks for watching. It really depends on what you are doing. If all your work is photo based then you probably don't need Designer, but if you are doing any kind of design work than you might want Designer and Publisher. I have a video that talks about choosing which Affinity program is right for you: th-cam.com/video/FCMtxvcsq-c/w-d-xo.html that might help
Is this software Windows compatible?
Yep
How does Pixelmator Pro compare to Affinity Photo? I can't find many deep comparisons on these two, but they seem to be the biggest photo editing alternatives to photoshop for macs.
Hi Zacke,
Sorry I haven't used Pixelmator Pro, I do use Pixelmator Photo on iPad, but that is more of a lightroom competitor than a photoshop one. I have heard a lot of people like Pixelmator Pro though. Maybe other commenters have more experience.
@@bendesignsmedia thanks Ben! I've been using Pixelmator Pro for a while and I really like it, but I'm considering buying Affinity too (I've tried the free trial and it's less user friendly but seems to have more features). Just trying to see from experienced users if Affinity is worth the trouble learning if I'm already fairly proficient with Pixelmator Pro.
@@sirzackefeller what can say is that Affinity Photo has the advantage of having Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher in its ecosystem which makes work between the programs (if you need that) really easy.
Hay I’m on iPad and I’m not sure which affinity I use for crediting thumbnail and the same time drawing can you help me because it so much money also I don’t want to waste 20 dollars for the difference of them
I think Affinity Designer will be best for you, but they should be half off right now so you could get both of them for $20. If you really want to draw on iPad I wouldn't use Affinity, these programs can draw great, but Procreate is the best drawing app by far
@@bendesignsmedia thanks for the advice I really find it helpful
it is not 90 days it is 10 days free trail
At the time this video came out there was a 90 day trial to help with Covid, Affinity did that twice but it ended in June.
I am an Architect and a Photographer. My big question, which I haven't been able to find a good answer for yet, is if Affinity can also replace Adobe Lightroom. I'm pretty much sold on all of the Affinity products, I like not having to bounce between different formats and programs when I work between Layout, Vector, and Raster. So as an Architect, I'm happy, but as a Photographer, I need to reliably batch edit photos and create catalogs to keep everything organized. Can Affinity Photo replace Lightroom?
Hi Aaron, I've talked about this a little bit in some other videos, but the short answer is no, Affinity is not a Lightroom competitor. You can create macros, but it is not the same as real batch processing. Luminar is closest thing I have found to lightroom, but there are others like Darktable, Darkroom, and On-1-Raw. You can also stick with lightroom and just pay for the photography bundle instead of all of CC.
There is a software (which I believe is free….I think haven’t tried it yet which I will be) called darktable. I’m in the same boat with you with photos cause I have like 300+ images that need editing and I can’t do that in photo as quick as Lightroom.
@@patrickbraswell7382 I've heard good things about Darktable, I think it is open source, which always adds some learning curve though.
Luv them, but exporting to Adobe teams would be great.
Would be nice, except for PSDs and PDFs Adobe seems to keep their file formants pretty close to the chest
Please do a tutorial on making a gradient over a photo in Affinity Publisher..I've tried and I'm stymied...not incidentally your tutorials are excellent
Hi Tom, what are you trying to accomplish with the gradient?
@@bendesignsmedia ...when I add a photo with text on a website, I almost always add a gradient over the photo to make the text stand out....same idea here.
@@tomfraser3086 Oh I see. So Gradients are applied using the fill tool (G) but you effect transparency on an object using the transparency tool (Y). You might need to use a combination of the two to get the effect you are going for. I won't be able to do a tutorial on it right away, but overlaying photos with text is something I do cover at the end of my intro course. Check it out here: skl.sh/2L91Y07 you can use the skillshare free trial to watch it for free
Very informative video thank you
you are welcome!
great video, coming from a Windows laptop, I can't use Microsoft Publisher on my Mac... (I have the one of the M1 Macs) ... can you please Make a Video (if you haven't already) Outlining the differences/benefits between AFFINITY PUBLISHER & SWIFT PUBLISHER 5, if you could that would be great....
Thanks in Advance, again, awesome video... very helpful
Hi Jonathan, I haven't used Swift Publisher, it is on my list of things to test later in the year but it will probably be a while. But just looking at the little that I have it looks like an older program, it's UI reminds me a lot of iBooks Author actually. With Affinity Publisher being half off right now I would say go for that the difference is only $5 and Affinity Publisher is one of the best apps I have ever used. It is so much better than Microsoft Publisher that they should not even be compared!
@@bendesignsmedia ok thanks for you detailed reply...
I've been using Affinity Publisher for the last 24hrs or so and I must say , its a great program... I've Redeemed the 90-day trail on all 3 programs ... but so far only used publisher...
but I think I will continue to use adobe photoshop atm, because that's just what I know...
do you know whether you can do WaterMarks in Affinity Publisher???
@@jonathanwatson7409 Affinity Photo is almost exactly like photoshop for most use cases, if you are familiar with Photoshop it shouldn't be hard to switch over.
If you have all three you should be able to use StudioLink to get many of the Photo features in Publisher (Use the little purple icon at the top to switch to Photo persona)
I'm not aware of a watermark feature in Publisher, but you should be able to easily make a watermark by placing an image, lowering the opacity and applying any effects you need. To do this to all pages use the master page feature.
@@bendesignsmedia ok, thanks for your help... keep up the good work
Full price changed from 25 yesterday and now has skyrocketed 🙄
1.10 is great!
Glad it is working well for you, I was surprised that some people are reporting a lot of trouble with it
Thank you Ben!
You are welcome, glad to help out
Bonjour
Merci pour votre aide
Yannick Toulouse France
Bonjour!
Nice! Have you found an offline editor to replace Premiere Pro too?
Oh yes, DaVinci Resolve is the best editor, and its free version is more than enough for most people, I have some other videos that talk about it as part of the suite and there are lots of tutorials online for it. You can replace the Premiere, AfterEffects, and Audition with it.
Good point for users of Premiere, After Effects and Audition as well as Id, Ai and Ps. unfortunately I'm locked into CC Suite.
shape builder tool !
What about it?