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Affinity
Affinity Serif (Europe) Ltd Wilford Industrial Estate NG11 7EP Nottingham United Kingdom
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from the Affinity web site
Driven by photographers and designers from the outset, Affinity is the new name in high quality, next-generation creative apps for professionals (Design, Photo, and Publishing). Conceived and developed by a passionate team of artists and programmers, Affinity gives creatives exactly what they need for the highest quality artwork, photos and designs—accurate, high quality tools in fast, innovative, reliable apps with flair.
Serif had been developing Windows software for 20 years when our Head of Development – Tony Brightman – gave a presentation of a new idea…
The idea was to develop a whole new range of professional graphics software. These apps would be special in their conception – built from the ground up with the workflow of creative professionals in mind. It meant throwing away all the code we had built up over the years, but he wanted to create something that would set a new, higher standard for creative design apps. His vision set out the key criteria that this new range would have to fulfil:
Lightning fast - in particular taking advantage of all latest CPU and GPU chipsets available Cover the core disciplines of photo editing, vector drawing and desktop publishing Use exactly the same file format between applications Have no bloat - utilize a concept of personas to organize the UI into different use cases Be unashamedly pro - core requirements like CMYK and 16 bit would be built in from the start and not allow wizards or anything else get in the way of a pro workflow
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Affinity Publisher
Eagerly awaiting when this comes out and I can bag Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe's subscription prices.
Been promised for a few year now - but these programs aren't that simple to write.
June 2019 - Out of beta and release June 19, 2019.
Yahoo!!! Affinity Publisher is finally here and I've been converting all my InDesign files. An that is a lot of files, as I've had InDesign since it came out.
Affinity Designer
Affinity Designer is the fastest, smoothest, most precise vector graphic design software available. Built from the ground up over a five-year period, every feature, tool, panel and function has been developed with the needs of creative professionals at its core. With continuous innovation and development, the result is a ground-breaking application that will revolutionize how you work.
Affinity Photo
Faster, smoother and more powerful than ever, Affinity Photo continues to push the boundaries for professional photo editing software. With a huge toolset specifically engineered for creative and photography professionals, whether you are editing and retouching images, or creating full-blown multi-layered compositions, it has all the power and performance you will ever need.