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Affinity V2 Software Universal License

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Affinity.Serif is offering 50% Off Select Affinity Software Licenses listed below.

Thanks to Community Member YeOldeTacoSlicer for finding this deal and Community Member prabhup for contributing.

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Available:
  • Affinity V2 Universal License (for macOS, Windows & iPadOS) $82.99
    • Includes:
      • Affinity Designer 2 (macOS Digital)
      • Affinity Designer 2 (Windows Digital)
      • Affinity Designer 2 (iPadOS Digital)
      • Affinity Photo 2 (macOS Digital)
      • Affinity Photo 2 (Windows Digital)
      • Affinity Photo 2 (iPadOS Digital)
      • Affinity Publisher 2 (macOS Digital)
      • Affinity Publisher 2 (Windows Digital)
      • Affinity Publisher 2 (iPadOS Digital)
  • Upgrade from V1 to V2 $62.24
  • Affinity Designer 2
    • macOS or Windows $34.99 -> now $31.49 w/ code META10
    • iPad $9.29
  • Affinity Photo 2
    • macOS or Windows $34.99 -> now $31.49 w/ code META10
    • iPad $9.29
  • Affinity Publisher 2
    • macOS or Windows $34.99 -> now $31.49 w/ code META10
    • iPad $9.29

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • Price on the Universal License is the best we've seen, $16 less than a November 2023 Frontpage deal.
  • Refer to the original post & forum comments for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86

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Affinity.Serif is offering 50% Off Select Affinity Software Licenses listed below.

Thanks to Community Member YeOldeTacoSlicer for finding this deal and Community Member prabhup for contributing.

Note, must login to your account to purchase.

Available:
  • Affinity V2 Universal License (for macOS, Windows & iPadOS) $82.99
    • Includes:
      • Affinity Designer 2 (macOS Digital)
      • Affinity Designer 2 (Windows Digital)
      • Affinity Designer 2 (iPadOS Digital)
      • Affinity Photo 2 (macOS Digital)
      • Affinity Photo 2 (Windows Digital)
      • Affinity Photo 2 (iPadOS Digital)
      • Affinity Publisher 2 (macOS Digital)
      • Affinity Publisher 2 (Windows Digital)
      • Affinity Publisher 2 (iPadOS Digital)
  • Upgrade from V1 to V2 $62.24
  • Affinity Designer 2
    • macOS or Windows $34.99 -> now $31.49 w/ code META10
    • iPad $9.29
  • Affinity Photo 2
    • macOS or Windows $34.99 -> now $31.49 w/ code META10
    • iPad $9.29
  • Affinity Publisher 2
    • macOS or Windows $34.99 -> now $31.49 w/ code META10
    • iPad $9.29

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • Price on the Universal License is the best we've seen, $16 less than a November 2023 Frontpage deal.
  • Refer to the original post & forum comments for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86

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ikjadoon
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A replacement for Adobe InDesign (Affinity Publisher), Adobe Photoshop (Affinity Photo), and Adobe Illustrator (Affinity Designer).

Publisher is for documents / text-heavy things, Photo is for pictures / raster, and Designer is for graphic design / vector art.
shilderb
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Does anyone know if this license will only work on a single computer or can it be used on a laptop and desktop (something like a 3 device license maybe).

Edit: found the below in FAQs
As a private individual you can install Affinity apps on as many devices as you own which run the operating system you have purchased a license for (of course in the case of a Universal License that means you can install on any iPads, Macs or Windows PCs you own). Other people (for example, members of your household) are also allowed to use the apps on those devices. However, only you are allowed to use the apps for commercial use—if any members of your household need to make commercial use of the apps as well they will need to purchase their own license.
LavenderPickle7682
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Can't blame them for doing a sale right after Adobe stuck their foot in their mouth (newly updated TOS that pretty much says Adobe has full access to anything you make with their software, can mine it with AI tools, and can make competing products from it).

Adobe has backpedaled saying "that's not what our intent is!"....but the TOS remains the same and doesn't explicitly exclude those things. So someone is BSing you.

Kudos to Affinity for capitalizing on their competitor's mistakes.

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Jun 08, 2024 02:36 AM
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dealballs1989Jun 08, 2024 02:36 AM
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I soooo wish these folks made a video editing software too
Jun 08, 2024 02:38 AM
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ikjadoonJun 08, 2024 02:38 AM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank ikjadoon

Quote from dealballs1989 :
I soooo wish these folks made a video editing software too
That would be great, too, tbh.

So far, I'm now transitioning to DaVinci Resolve (free up to 4K60 exports, which is more than enough) and it looks like a great replacement for Adobe Premiere Pro--and it's free.​

Have you tried DaVinci Resolve? Any pros / cons vs software you use now?
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Jun 08, 2024 02:41 AM
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dealballs1989Jun 08, 2024 02:41 AM
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I'm no video editor, but I have been wanting to pick up something so long as it's not some scummy platform

I think davinci resolve would be a good fit, I think I've heard good things about it
Jun 08, 2024 02:46 AM
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dr4gonJun 08, 2024 02:46 AM
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Anyone recommend a good Lightroom replacement for batch raw processing? That's what's holding me to Adobe at the moment. I'm on Windows so no Apple photos.
Jun 08, 2024 02:51 AM
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Sdeals18Jun 08, 2024 02:51 AM
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Quote from SharpSnow2188 :
I wish they had a lightroom competitor.
Don't we all!
Jun 08, 2024 03:54 AM
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TuckinJun 08, 2024 03:54 AM
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Any of these like Lightroom
Jun 08, 2024 04:54 AM
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BoastfulSeed521Jun 08, 2024 04:54 AM
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Can anybody better explain the difference between the individual and business licenses? Business seems to get an extra 5% off each license, up to 10 licenses, so my question is, is there any downside to choosing business over individual if you plan to get more than one license?

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Jun 08, 2024 05:18 AM
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ultracheapmofoJun 08, 2024 05:18 AM
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Less reliance on Adobe products is a positive in my book.
Jun 08, 2024 06:43 AM
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ebm2007Jun 08, 2024 06:43 AM
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Quote from BoastfulSeed521 :
Can anybody better explain the difference between the individual and business licenses? Business seems to get an extra 5% off each license, up to 10 licenses, so my question is, is there any downside to choosing business over individual if you plan to get more than one license?
Notice you have to purchase at least two licenses for business so while cheaper than individual per license it's only good if your getting two or more.

Edit: Sorry just saw you posted more than two license. In that case business is the better deal if you need 2+ licenses. Wink
Last edited by ebm2007 June 7, 2024 at 11:45 PM.
Jun 08, 2024 11:40 AM
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WanderingUphillJun 08, 2024 11:40 AM
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Quote from Tuckin :
Any of these like Lightroom
I use Nikon NX Studio, works very well with Nikon RAW, but it also works with other RAW or even compressed formats in limited capacity. Not sure what your needs are for lightroom. But I am amazed that NX Studio is free. I remember when Capture NX 2 cost $200! and now those features are rolled into NX Studio for free. Capture NX 2 had non-destructive layer transforms meaning all transforms were only a mathematical transform of the original, I think that may have been lost (it was a good idea, but in practice is used enormous amounts of RAM). As far as applying LUTS and all that stuff, I have no idea. I just usually do a few tweaks to photos or batch process a folder
Last edited by WanderingUphill June 8, 2024 at 04:46 AM.
Jun 08, 2024 11:59 AM
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JohnPaul2Jun 08, 2024 11:59 AM
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Quote from SharpSnow2188 :
I wish they had a lightroom competitor.
After many years of Lightroom I realized Adobe would like to abandon the professional/prosumer market, with the introduction of Classic and CC. Adobe wants everyone off the Classic plan eventually. Now is a smart time to really consider what you use Lightroom for.

After a long search, there is no good 1:1 alternative for Classic. For me, the cataloging/collections and quickly viewing RAWs for selects was the most powerful part of Lightroom.

I've now split the cataloging/collections from the editing photo RAWs and have landed on Photo Mechanic + Affinity Photo. It's not perfect but it works great for my use case. And now I don't have a monthly or yearly subscription to anyone.
Jun 08, 2024 01:26 PM
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DerfboyJun 08, 2024 01:26 PM
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So, would this be easier to learn and use than Photoshop? My brain cannot wrap around the amount of tools available and their seemingly random menu locations. It's sensory overload and I end up just stopping.
Jun 08, 2024 01:50 PM
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ratbastardJun 08, 2024 01:50 PM
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Quote from MattGrebttap :
I purchased the universal license a while back when it was only 25% off. For me, it was money well spent. I've enjoyed the software, and it was pretty easy to start using. I use Adobe CS6 at work, so that's what I'm coming from.

I don't use it everyday, but when I have, it's worked very well. I know Serif sold the company (a stake or in full, I'm not sure), but they've been actively adding new features after the sale.

This is a perpetual license for those that don't like the subscription model (like myself).

Who knows how long Serif will offer perpetual licenses - even though they've said they will continue business as usual.
I hope they don't turn to subscription basis. They were bought by Canva, which is a subscription. I am still learning how to use the Affinity Suite, but I read that they're bringing more features into Canva from Affinity for more advanced users.
Jun 08, 2024 01:52 PM
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CovvieJun 08, 2024 01:52 PM
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When I was looking several years ago, a little after Adobe stopped offering perpetual Lightroom licenses, the closest I could find for catalog management & editing was Capture One. At that time it felt... close, but not as good as Lightroom for me. The main thing that still stick out to me was that, at the time, selecting a group of photos to apply a batch edit would only apply it to the most recently selected photo, which I was told at the time was "by design". My response to them was that was akin to highlighting a paragraph in a word processor to change the font of the paragraph and then just changing a single letter. Hopefully that behavior has changed but I haven't been doing much photography work so I haven't been in it in a while to check.

Capture One did start offering subscriptions a few years ago, but still offers perpetual licenses for those of us who despise the subscription model. I haven't looked around in quite a while, but at the time I couldn't find anything else that had similar catalog management capabilities (very important!), built in editing functionality, and a perpetual license.

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LukeH9333Jun 08, 2024 01:58 PM
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How long will the sale be going for?

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