The Affinity suite under #Bottles / Wine is still plagued with issues, unfortunately, so it’s dual-boot for me.
Software development isn’t cheap, and I imagine that there just aren’t enough Linux users to justify the expense of a port. I would gladly pay for a #Linux version, but that’s just me.
Extremely specific Affinity Designer question: anyone know if, when opening an .ai that someone exported with a tiny artboard that cropped the contents down, there's any way to remove it and zoom back out?
Having the artist just remove the artboard before export also works, it's just odd. #Affinity#Affinity2
I'm actively telling my students to NOT use #Adobe products and to look for other options. It's way too expensive for what it is and its subscription-based. I like #Affinity - although I will watch closely and see what Canva does to it... I hope they keep the non-subscription #design
Oooh, #GraphiteEditor has the node graph functionality, which allows you to compose vector objects from the primitives like fill, stroke, transform and live filters in a visual manner!
Node graph interface and filters both give me this nice break-out I needed after LPEs in #Inkscape. Don't get me wrong: that program is THE legend, developers are masters of vectors, and it's purely native Gtk toolkit on which application is built. Right now, their priority is CMYK support, so follow if you're into printing.
I just love to experiment with shiny new software that's #OpenSource, especially one that uses #RustLang and #web to its advantage.
Watch 'em apply circular repeat filter on a mere line to produce this fun sparkle effect. (It is Graphite's official channel, by the way. Wish they were on Mastodon?)
Are you an #Affinity Designer user? Are you an #inkscape user too? Do you want to help the community?
Well do I have a job for you!
I've made a How To guide for building a keyboard shortcut profile and if you make one for #AffinityDesigner I will add it to Inkscape and millions of people will get the option of using a keyboard preference more comfortable to their existing Affinity habits.
On the topic of #Affinity and #Canva, there is a new statement out today. Registered users probably got the email as well.
For now, I suggest we extend the Affinity team our continued support and love, while holding them to their pledge. They have done right by the graphics community this far, and deserve the benefit of doubt. We'll be watching them closely.
I would have been more at ease if it was Affinity buying Canva though 🙂
My pessimism for the Affinity acquisition was perhaps too strong yesterday?
Today I got this in my email, four pledges - here is a quote from the first
"If we do offer a subscription, it will only ever be as an option alongside the perpetual model, for those who prefer it. This fits with enabling Canva users to start adopting Affinity."
If they can stick to pledge 1, of always offering a perpetual license, then I can be happy with that.
For the community who is saddened and skeptical of #Canva’s acquisition of Serif, #Affinity’s parent company, here is a place to get started with alternatives that highlight some proprietary but mostly Free Open Source Software (#FOSS)
Some facts might have changed, like #Ocenaudio is available on all platforms now. Enjoy and contribute however you can!
Achtung, die #Affinity-Serie, die ich bisher gerne als Alternative zur Adobe CC empfohlen habe, ist von #Canva gekauft worden. Eine Integration von „KI“ und eine Umstellung auf ein Abo-Modell in künftigen Versionen ist daher wahrscheinlich. 😩
Tbh my biggest issue with #Affinity being bought out is that they're probably going to just move it into the browser. Working with any browser software is HELL imo.