The British software house Serif has presented the new Affinity Suite V2 as a cheap alternative to the subscription model of the Adobe Creative Cloud established among professionals and the included applications Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher for Windows , macOS and iPadOS with numerous new features.
Alternative to Adobe without subscriptions
Serif has relaunched its collection of programs for creative people with the three new applications Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 as Affinity Suite V2 and remains true to its previous line of doing without subscriptions, unlike Adobe, for example. For the release, the developer is offering all applications in a bundle as Affinity Suite V2 for EUR 119.99.
Significantly reduced from the start
In addition to the suite, which has been reduced by 40 percent, the three applications are also currently available at a reduced price and cost 48.99 euros each instead of 89.99 euros when purchased individually.
- Affinity Photo 2
- Affinity Designer 2
- Affinity Publisher 2
*) as iPadOS -Version for 14.99 euros instead of 23.99 euros
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**) including universal license for all platforms
While users have to decide on one of the platforms when purchasing a single license, the Affinity Suite V2 includes a universal license for Windows, macOS and iPadOS, so that Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher can be used on the PC as well as on the Mac and the iPad can be.
The Affinity Suite V2 includes all applications for all platforms (Image: Serif)The release notes and the innovations for each application are extensive with the change to the new generation, which is why only the highlights should be pointed out at this point.
- Live masks
- New montage masks
- Realtime mesh distortion
- Non-destructive RAW development
- A new brush engine
- Knife
- Vector Distortion
- New Shape Constructor
- Measure Tool & Surface tool
- X-Ray view mode
- DXF/DWG import
- Book Tool
- AutoFlow Place
- Ignore Layer Visibility
- Footnotes, Margin Notes, and Endnotes
- Place DXF/DWG files
- First for iPadOS
- Style pipette
In addition, all three creative applications have a completely redesigned user interface, which, according to Serif, should accommodate the respective workflow of the content creator even better.
Affinity Photo 2
Affinity Photo 2 (Image: Serif)
Affinity Designer 2
Affinity Designer 2 (Image: Serif)
Affinity Publisher 2
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Affinity Publisher 2 (Image: Serif)
For owners of Affinity Photo 1.x, Designer 1.x and Publisher 1.x as well as Affinity Suite 1.x, who should not receive any future updates, the upgrade to the Version 2.x for a fee.
All addons that appeared for the first generation of applications should continue to be compatible, according to the developer.
Try Affinity Suite V2 for free
All three individual programs from Affinity Suite V2 and the entire program collection can be downloaded as Download and try out the 30-day trial version. An extensive FAQ and the official forum answer open questions.
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