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50% off Affinity Photo | Designer | Publisher (Mac & PC, iOS) $38.99 / $14.99 @ Serif

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50% off Affinity Photo | Designer | Publisher (Mac & PC, iOS) $38.99 / $14.99 @ Serif
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dm01 on 20/03/2020 - 06:32 affinity.serif.com (1252 clicks)
Last edited 20/04/2020 - 23:59 by 2 other users

This is a great price for these!

$38.99 each for Mac/PC versions of all three apps

$14.99 each for iOS (iPad) versions of Photo & Designer

From Affinity:

Supporting the creative community

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have severely impacted people all over the world. To provide some support during this incredibly difficult time, we’re now offering a 90-day free trial of all the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite. We’re also offering a 50% discount for users who would prefer to buy and keep the apps, including iPad versions.

Also note:

We plan to make the free trial and additional discount available until 20 April, but we’ll continue to review the situation as time goes on.

UPDATE: Due to the positive response we’ve received and since we’re still seeing so many people sign up to the trial, we’ve now extended this to 20 May.

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  • tngo8 on 20/03/2020 - 07:08
    +4

    Almost try to make a post myself. I bought mine during the 30% off. Never regret. Affinity photo is on par with photoshop cc, making photoshop element a junk.

    • dm01 on 20/03/2020 - 10:00

      Same - I grabbed photo during the last 30% off sale. Thinking about adding the other two at this price.

  • anglais on 20/03/2020 - 08:45
    +3

    Switched from Photoshop to Designer maybe 3 months ago and it's great. Photoshop was just crushing my resources even for basic design work.

    A few missing features in Designer but most are available in Photo, so might grab this time to complement.

    • DJM on 21/03/2020 - 17:13
      +1

      In case you were not aware you can open all Affinity files in any of the Affinity apps. Any effects you apply to a file using one app will be available when opened in other Affinity apps.

  • Rusty McMusty on 20/03/2020 - 09:13
    +2

    I bought this on special last time because my needs are not at a professional level. It is a fantastic piece of software, with lots of video tutorials for bozos like me.

  • Ausdave on 20/03/2020 - 09:20

    Hey all,

    The website states 24 pounds which equates to about $48 AUD, not $39.

    Am I missing something?

    Thanks in advance

    • potatosalad on 20/03/2020 - 09:44
      +3

      Definitely was AUD 38.99 for me. Maybe you’re on a VPN or proxy?

    • dm01 on 20/03/2020 - 09:59
      +1

      Shows as $38.99 for me still.

      • Ausdave on 20/03/2020 - 10:13
        +2

        Yep, it was my VPN.

        Shows correctly now, thanks all

  • ballofspam on 20/03/2020 - 10:15

    Can anyone confirm if your being charged USD or AUD? when it hits your card

    • Ausdave on 20/03/2020 - 10:38
      +1

      I was charged in AUD via PayPal transaction on my credit card

    • tngo8 on 20/03/2020 - 12:32

      Aud but you are still charged foreign exchange fee if your card does so.

  • mooreshady on 20/03/2020 - 10:56

    How is this compare to LR?

    • Ausdave on 20/03/2020 - 11:04

      It's a photoshop replacement, not Lightroom.

      My friend that uses it says it's got most features of photoshop.

      Best look up YouTube comparisons for your needs

    • dm01 on 20/03/2020 - 11:29

      As above, Photo is a Photoshop alternative. It does about 95% of what PS does, and if you're not doing anything too advanced, it'll probably let you do anything you need.

      Probably the most obvious feature missing are content-aware based functions.

      But for $39 it's a steal.

      • snowl on 09/04/2020 - 12:13

        It does have some content-aware stuff - you can go Fill -> Inpaint and that does it for your selection.

        • dm01 on 09/04/2020 - 12:18

          Cheers, I'll have to take a look. It's not something I normally used in PS and I'd read in a review (admittedly last year) that it was a notable omission from AP.

  • anglais on 20/03/2020 - 12:25

    Available on Windows Store for $39.72

    I suspect the $38.99 direct will incur a foreign transaction fee.

    • Ausdave on 20/03/2020 - 12:34
      +2

      My friend has been using Affinity for a few months now. He stated the Microsoft version can create issues due to some modification on how it installs to your computer.

      He advised me to buy it directly of the official site to mitigate any buggy issues

      • provagent on 20/03/2020 - 19:40
        +1

        Yes, definitely buy direct from Affinity. I bought Designer and Publisher from MS Store during the last sale and wished I'd waited a little longer for the discounts to come to the Affinity site. Much more flexible to have Affinity's installable exe and serial number IMO.

    • dm01 on 20/03/2020 - 12:50

      When I bought it direct from Affinity during their last 30% off sale, they charged in AUD, so no foreign transaction fee.

  • Slashee the Cow on 20/03/2020 - 14:22

    Super tempted to buy all three so I can stop bothering with my legitimately acquired years old version of CS6. Anyone wanna try talking me in or out of it?

    • roberte on 20/03/2020 - 15:51

      Affinity is closest "clone" of Photoshop and most compatible with PSD files.

      If you share files with others who use Adobe products (like retouchers) it will break the workflow for layer masks, text layers, etc.

      There are videos and a Linkedin Learning course (free access through some public libraries) of the difference for Adobe switchers.

      Download the free trial for desktop versions and try for yourself. I decided to go the Adobe Photography subscription route.

      • Slashee the Cow on 20/03/2020 - 16:03
        +1

        Guess I really should try the trial but being able to buy it outright for the cost 2.5 months of Photoshop subscription seems like a fairly one-sided argument on the value proposition at least

        • dm01 on 20/03/2020 - 16:21

          Supposedly this price is available for a month, so you may as well install the trial for a week or two just to make sure you're happy with it. It's not a lot of money, but it's still money!

  • stinkydog on 21/03/2020 - 12:47

    Does anybody have recommendations for accessible learning material? The book sounds promising, won't turn up until I'm out of isolation though.

    • dm01 on 21/03/2020 - 15:01
      +3

      There are plenty of tutorial videos on the Affinity site to get you started:

      Photo
      Designer
      Publisher

      • stinkydog on 21/03/2020 - 15:09

        You are my savior. Couldn't find these to save myself! Thank you very much.

    • DJM on 21/03/2020 - 17:19
      +1

      Also check out Affinity Revolution, great site for beginners in Affinity apps. Affinity operates on Personas, each Persona covering a dedicated range of tasks and having its own range of tools. Once you get familiar with this concept, the software becomes more friendly to use.

      • stinkydog on 21/03/2020 - 18:49

        Very nice, the Persona approach makes sense, ran into some bottlenecks trying to use Affinity Designer for tasks better suited to Affinity Photo because I wanted to avoid installing two apps.
        So far it these appear comparable to PS/Illustrator so I'm happy! Plus they don't require as many resources.

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