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Many years ago, I bought Adobe's CS6 Master collection when released.

That put a smile in my face and lots of study time on my desk but I was all
going 
for it. I was just mastering the apps I needed the most that the maker
came up 
with a plan: CC based and on subscription mode only in the future.

That did it. Just like one looses his/hers faith in a lover in an instant, I was still
using CS6 — because it was mine — but was looking around hoping that the
subscription model would provoke some engineers to go to work and create an
alternative to CS and CC. And boy they did!

A group in Denmark had already created their own software to support the ca-
mera they were making, it caught the attention of many pro. photographers and 
the team started to look for ways to extend their user base. And boy they did!

An other group, in England, had a way more ambitious project and their efforts 
were just what I was looking for to replace CS6. After losing time investigating
dead ends like OnOne and others, Sérif (England) came up with a plan. They all
were working on a integrated Suite for photographers, designers and publishers:
Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer and Affinity Publishers. Yes, it had shaky begin-
nings — one cannot tackle a 30~ year giant as it is born. Starting from scratch, 
with new ideas, no legacy to stumble upon, and time… Boy they did! Sérif's new 
1.9 v. Suite release this week is a blast of innovations, power, features, and a lots 
of fun.

The Danish team got me updating with great enthusiasm from v.6 to v.13.1.3 and
then… What I considered the ultimate RAW converter since a decade and still is,
made me lose my faith in the company with their recent release of version 14.

Contrary to Sérif's suite and their fantastic price and update policies, the Danes
took another path. The spectacular progressions and developments of their soft-
ware — Capture One — seams to have stopped at v.13.1.3 and more money is to 
be paid with every full version 
update… all versions, to this point, were well worth 
the investment but I stop here… v. 14 is not worth it any more.

Please, please, please, Sérif, I beg you… go for it and create /develop a dedicated 
RAW converter. You seem to have the touch, to find the right way to go forwards…
I would like to count on your ingenuity and the brilliance of your team. Boys, do it!

Very best regards,

Nikon Shooter.



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I use Affinity Photo on my iMac and my iPad (its a shame you have to buy it twice) it's good, in fact it's very good but it is without doubt the most un-intuitive piece of software I have ever come across. I would venture to say that if Adobe hadn't pissed so many people off Affinity Photo wouldn't exist at all.



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I use Affinity Photo on my iMac and my iPad (its a shame you have to buy it twice) it's good, in fact it's very good but it is without doubt the most un-intuitive piece of software I have ever come across. I would venture to say that if Adobe hadn't pissed so many people off Affinity Photo wouldn't exist at all.


It took me some time to get out of the abode approach but now
I got Sérif's approach and I am doing fine.

They would not have the same success for sure but non existence?



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It took me some time to get out of the abode approach but now
I got Sérif's approach and I am doing fine.

They would not have the same success for sure but non existence?

I get that the approach is different but I have to force myself to use Affinity Photo and I can NEVER find anything. I completely understand that, once I made some initial progress, it would get much easier and my skills would snowball but I’m struggling! Maybe it’s just me. ‍♂



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There are plenty of free tutorials online to help you progress!



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There are plenty of free tutorials online to help you progress!

That's how I've been learning it.  I have found though if I watch a tutorial from someone in England, I have to stop and search for the same thing they clicked on at a certain place.  Maybe the English version is set up just a bit differently?



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That's how I've been learning it.  I have found though if I watch a tutorial from someone in England, I have to stop and search for the same thing they clicked on at a certain place.  Maybe the English version is set up just a bit differently?


No, krag, it is the same interface for all but that interface is most customisable.
Just make sure your studio is the same as in the tutorial.
 



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I see, I'm not the most literate computer person around.  The machines confuse me as much as help me, just never took much interest in them and then get angry when I can't do what young people do in a split second. 



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I see, I'm not the most literate computer person around.  The machines confuse me as much as help me, just never took much interest in them and then get angry when I can't do what young people do in a split second. 

 

HTH!

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There's a lot to do there and a lot to learn.  I've only had it for a year and never had Adobi, maybe that's a good thing...  I'm learning it a little bit at a time.



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Having to learn a software is one thing but overwriting a
mindset from an other software ecosystem is worse. So
just take your time and enjoy! :P