Serif's Affinity

**MarcT** · 27 December 2017, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by handrawn

it may now be very difficult for anyone else in this sector

Not at all! It's rather the proof that there is a crying need of evolution in this area.

A good well designed program will of course be successful, but it's apparently a rare thing in the world of vector graphics!
All of the creative progress seems to have been sucked up by the 3d area.

Marc

**behzad** · 27 December 2017, 03:03 PM

Now if serif comes out with a web program

If not, there is talk of wisiwig for wordpress soon.

**mwenz** · 27 December 2017, 03:07 PM

Serif has stated they will not be building a web creation software.

**handrawn** · 27 December 2017, 03:24 PM

Hi Marc

rare yes - my point...

I see vector drawing as a minority sport, preserve of designers mostly or animators; 'ordinary' people, and artists in the non-designer sense, tend to like drawing in raster because it is feels more 'natural than building with shapes in a way that has it's roots in CAD

serif saw a market in providing a [very much] cheaper alternative to adobe for those designers that did not need all illustrator/photoshop provide, that was bang up to date having been redesigned from the ground up... not sure that is a trick that can be repeated having been done once

things are evolving.. lots of new online drawing apps of one sort or another - xara is very keen to prioritise online designer - but desktop designer remains a 'quirky' app in a sense.. those who love it, love it... but as I understand it is really only bringing in new customers by virtue of it's web designing side, and that market is evolving for sure... apparently xara cannot even put together a responsive website in the true sense of the term... so it remains to be seen what happens there in a tough market

serif are bringing out a beta affinity pagemaker - due early next year -really looking forward to that

no they have more sense I think than to try their luck in the website sector - it is already looking saturated... wordpress is evolving nicely....

EDIT: They are calling it AFFINITY PUBLISHER not pagemaker...

**gwpriester** · 27 December 2017, 04:13 PM

Very professional website. Plus a Windows and a Mac version. And for that price!

**mwenz** · 27 December 2017, 05:09 PM

The license model is kinda funny to me at times. The licenses are restricted to a single OS. Some people complain that they are not cross-platform when they are told they need separate license for both platforms. Or a new license for their iPad versus their Mac or PC desktop.

I mean, at that price and still barking about not being cross-platform licenses? I just laugh to myself.

They are both capable applications with a few gotchas thrown in at this point in time.

**Jonopen** · 27 December 2017, 06:56 PM

That price is great considering (as previously mentioned) you get free updates right up until the next full version. There's a roadmap on the Affinity forum outlining what's in the pipeline for each app.

**Ron Duke** · 28 December 2017, 02:28 PM

Well, I guess it can't hurt to try. I'm downloading it now.

**mwenz** · 28 December 2017, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Ron Duke

Well, I guess it can't hurt to try. I'm downloading it now.

It will be a different experience, Ron.

But to get ya started on a subject you love, try these two illustrators...

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/ind...a-speciale-ad/

And Isabel's Dribble gallery has a bunch of vehicles.

https://dribbble.com/Isabel_Aracama