Affinity Photo 2 - WORTH the UPGRADE? Should you buy it?

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Affinity Photo 2 was just released, together with Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 for Windows, Mac and iPad. Here are the best new functions and my first impression review of the new software. Should you buy it? Is it worth the Upgrade? Let me know in the comments what you think.
Affinity Photo 2 is a valid competition to Adobe Photoshop at a much lower price. Affinity Photo 2 is very intuitive to use and has some functions even Photoshop is missing. Check it out and maybe use the 40% discount launch offer that is on right now for a limited time.
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@OlivioSarikas Жыл бұрын

Are you ready to upgrade to Affinity Photo2? Let me know in the comments!

@BaryNusz Жыл бұрын

Yep, I'm playing around with v2 now and watching all the videos on it.

@MrDailywealth Жыл бұрын

I chose the Affinity V2 Universal License for $99 USD includes designer, photo, and publisher for window, Mac and iPad systems

@anthrodynllcconsulting5567 Жыл бұрын

Can I ask what background removal plugin/software are you using for your cast? It's really smooth!

@TyghtWayzTv Жыл бұрын

Idk I’m buying all the iPad versions for 35 … sweet deal 😊 my opinion 💯❤️ I got affinity photo v1 definitely getting v2 🫡

@JimRucker Жыл бұрын

DO yuo current Affinity users get update automatically or do we have to purchase all three software again?

@tibor123 Жыл бұрын

I am a freelance graphic designer and product photographer. I have been using the Affinity program package for 2 years and I am very satisfied. I bought the programs at a 50% discount during COVID. I feel it is my duty to support the work of the developers by purchasing the new version. I don't need any new features anyway...

@PuneetChhikara Жыл бұрын

Your comment finally made my buy the V2. Have been using it since 6 years. I also feel that its my duty to support the developers. Affinity has been an extremely reliable friend in a jungle of looters. They need our support.

@ecospline Жыл бұрын

"...I don't need any new features anyway..." - oh, you lucky one !

@tibor123 Жыл бұрын

@@ecospline my workflow is simple 😁

@Minimalici0us Жыл бұрын

🫡🤝

@antonsmid4362 Жыл бұрын

@@PuneetChhikara they need your $$$

@creative.lights Жыл бұрын

I agree that it’s a mixed bag. I was really hoping to see an introduction of AI powered features. However, I fully support this company because when I couldn’t afford to be locked in to Photoshop’s subscription fees, Affinity Photo saved me. I’ll always support them because of all the money I’ve saved avoiding Adobe.

@tanasi111 Жыл бұрын

I also expected AI tools or something similar as adobe represent recently. That is a totally new level of creative expression, and without that all the rest is just fine improvements but nothing really new. As soon as photoshop get this AI tools, I'll subscribe again.

@alexandretoledo1708 Жыл бұрын

THAT IS THE POINT!!! Stayin' away from Adobe's abusive prices, I fully agree with ya! That was exactly what I have faced.

@StephenBoothUK Жыл бұрын

I suspect that any AI tools that use processing off your device (as is the case with Adobe Sensei) will require some sort of subscription, either for the whole product or as an addon. Why would you sell someone a product that has features that rely on off loading some of the processing to your systems for a single purchase price and let them use your processing forever? Probably the most sensible option would be to include the first year of access in the initial purchase price then give users the option of upgrading and getting another year bundled in, paying a subscription or turning off the features to use off device processing. Maybe give corporate customers the option of installing the off device processing in their own data centre/cloud and configuring their devices to use that instead. Recolouring a photo doesn't use much server grunt but big 3D renders or hi-res renders of a video does. The software business is, first and foremost, a business.

@tinaka4605 Жыл бұрын

My thought exactly. They did not do an update for money for years - even as beeing sold at such a great small price. I will support them. I do not like abos.

@coolguy1538 Жыл бұрын

I agree on both sides here, I just hope there not getting stuck up with its product now, it doesn't appear they care less for those of us who payed for v1 only a few months ago just to be told that if you want to continue to receive the full updates then you have to pay again, it's very misleading and spiteful imo, I think they may be silently preparing for a subscription based now with this universal license they are selling. There going to lose customers, how can I support a company like that. Its crazy 🤪

@alantuttphotography Жыл бұрын

For me, there are enough new features to be well worth the upgrade price, especially since I expect to get several years of upgrades at no additional fee until they release version 3. Considering that I used to spend $150 every 3 years for CorelDraw upgrades, $100 after 5 years for Affinity is still quite a bargain. It all depends on the work you do, if the new features will save you time, and what your time is worth. Of course, I also feel they should have an "upgrade" price for current users, and special deals for those who bought V1 in the last couple of months. On the other hand, the software is very cheaply-priced, so it's easy to forgive them for asking for the same price whether you own the previous version or not.

@OlivioSarikas Жыл бұрын

good point :)

@peterwilson9699 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your thoughts!

@retrocomputing Жыл бұрын

those who bought recently got v2 for free.

@alantuttphotography Жыл бұрын

@@retrocomputing Good to know. Thanks.

@ronspi Жыл бұрын

The upgrade price from V1 to V2 is $99 in the USA. I received the offer as I own all of their products. As you wrote, upgrading will probably be good for a while, until V3 is available.

@Minimalici0us Жыл бұрын

I just bought it without any further discussion or research. You gotta love them for giving us such value in such a low price compared to the competition !

@gregorychinas Жыл бұрын

I'm curious if upgrading is worth it, but I paid for it to support the developer to keep improving the software and stay as a fantastic alternative to Adobe. I was also expecting a "nicer/modern" user interface.

@OlivioSarikas Жыл бұрын

That is a very nice motivation :)

@williamryan7212 Жыл бұрын

I got an email when it dropped a upgrade was free since I had already purchased

@thederpydude2088 Жыл бұрын

@@williamryan7212 Is there really a way to get the upgrade for free? I received an email but it was advertising a 40% discount. The only thing that seemed to be offered for free is a trial, which I assume is only temporary.

@williamryan7212 Жыл бұрын

@@thederpydude2088 it’s definitely because I purchased Affinity last week. Here’s what part of the email said “We know you’ve only recently purchased V1, so as a gesture of goodwill, we wanted to upgrade your app completely free of charge. There’s a unique link included below that will get you started with the process.”

@thederpydude2088 Жыл бұрын

@@williamryan7212 Ah I see, so I suppose it's only available to those who have recently bought it, while I've had it for s bit now.

@Poverello2001 Жыл бұрын

I’m planning to buy it to support the people at Affinity. I want to support them and their business model. Many other SW developers have gone to a subscription model for their products, but Affinity has not. It is a top notch product and they’ve been making free updates to their software for years and deserve to get paid for their efforts.

@ShutterlabCreative Жыл бұрын

No questions asked. I have no immediate plans to use affinity photo, but I love to support this company no matter what the updates are.

@mahaminmondal6248 Жыл бұрын

I've already purchased Affinity Photo 2. The best thing is that it's still a one-time purchase 🙂

@chosenideahandle Жыл бұрын

I thought it was a one-time purchase, but now I'm paying for Affinity Photo 2 lol. It's ok, they need the money.

@LV4EVR Жыл бұрын

It's worth the upgrade. Have all three V1 and will upgrade to the Universal license. Happy about the initial rollout discount, but disappointed that V1 users don't get an extra discount, especially if you have all of V1. Overall, happy with the direction, and happy to support quality NON-SUBSCRIPTION software development.

@karlmagnusson7295 Жыл бұрын

I have also all 3 apps and I choose Universal Lic. on announced 120dollar but when I logged into my account to pay I got another 20dollar off and it ended in 100dollars for the Universal lic. -I assume it was because I had all 3 V1 apps I got this extra 20dollars off...

@Salzheld Жыл бұрын

@@karlmagnusson7295 And I like the new approach with that universal license. No more endless serial updates again. And to get all apps for 100€ is just great.

@izoyt Жыл бұрын

sure, now they will ne shelving every new version every year (with new things only in new versions), so you become another rent user..

@izoyt Жыл бұрын

@Photo Bunny they shold be more open about this whole thing about future versions etc. it's not s much about money (well actually it is, as this is main reason majority of the users get their software at first place), it is about they using same lame tactics at the and as major brands. they at least could acknowledge their existing costumers by offering them some better deals for upgrading versions etc, not just flip them off.

@gwailo27 Жыл бұрын

@Photo Bunny Exactly, this is why I'll put my money on it that this will be a subscription service with in 5 years.

@ydnicwolver Жыл бұрын

I chose the Affinity V2 Universal Licence and i'm really happy it with. I didn't upgraded 'just' because the new version has everything I expected (they don't) , but because I'm really satisfied with the new versions and I want to support Serif. I've invested not only in these releases but in all future updates :)

@Aaron_Heininger Жыл бұрын

Same I'm gonna get it at least the drawing software just to show my support for affinity. Especially since abode is gone off the deep end with subscription fees.

@ArtoftheDial Жыл бұрын

Finally a real review. Long time Affinity fan and user, but this release was not in line with expectation of cost vs features. Complete lack of AI Content awareness is concerning given the 18 months of quiet overhaul and all the develpment time before that. All other products on the market seems to recognize this is critical in a modern workflow. I expected $20/app upgrade pricing given the feature set I'm seeing and the historical practices. A move from $50/app to a $70/app and slapping on a "40%" discount how are people not calling this out more? I'll buy in, but doing so with the expectation we will see years of free updates again and not just little stuff.

@NOT_A_TOP_FAN Жыл бұрын

Re: the price..man, everyone is doing this in everything…. Meaning, it used to be the “Covid” excuse saying we can’t get the parts, foods, etc. because there is shortage. So, prices increased. Soon, EVERYONE is upping their prices with no justification, but simply doing it because everyone is. Like does my barber need to increase his price $5? It’s not like he’s relying on anything to cut my hair that’s at a shortage…but because everyone else does, so does he. Same is applying here. There’s no need to up the price, but they know they can. It’s annoying as hell. Re: features. Yeah. Ai features absolutely should have been introduced..hell, even if you want to add those as an “add-on” options to V1. Cool, I’d be happy to do it. But lack of Ai features is making me almost NEEDING to get back into the dreaded Adobe suite…simply for my business workflow.

@ArtoftheDial Жыл бұрын

@@NOT_A_TOP_FAN Indeed. All reports suggest that creative software companies had banner sales years during the pandemic, it was a money making machine. I'm positive Affinity made a killing during this time. Many other software companies in a similar postion actually started discounting massively again and they realize customers bought so much stuff in this space they are having to grab for market share. It frankly shocks me that Affinity took this approach with V2 given how much the user base just grew. They claimed during the pandemic "we care" so here are some big discounts. I already had everything before that. But now the economy is actually terrible (it wasn't during the pandemic) we get a big price hike and no loyalty discounts.

@JC-ut4oi Жыл бұрын

@@ArtoftheDial I've only recently purchased the suite and would have been prepared to upgrade, to support a British company and avoid having to go back to adobe, but was very disappointed there is no upgrade for existing users and who's to say they are not going to start releasing a new version every year for extra $$? So I won't be upgrading as I can justify it in the current climate.

@definingslawek4731 Жыл бұрын

Totally agreed. I now regret purchasing affinity four times (photo and designer for macos and then again for windows) Just like I regret puchasing luminar 4, luminar just makes a minor update every year and sells it as a new version for full price and leaves the old version in the dust without fixing the bugs. So it's 'standalone' but with luminar it's just a subscription but it's 40+ a year.

@ArtoftheDial Жыл бұрын

@@definingslawek4731 I even bought Luminar 4 for multiple machines to have more seats...terrible mistake. Then AI, and now Neo - well Neo seemed like a decent idea and price point with the pre-orders until they decided to do expansions for what I expected to be core features after they dropped 4 and AI support.

@warnerweber5834 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been using Serif years before Affinity. Already the price and free upgrades are light years beyond the subscriptions. This is one of the best editing softwares for editing photos. When I first got my Sony digital camera, Serif software was the first to natively handle the Sony Raw file…no need to purchase a bridge software like Adobe required. I can’t wait to buy it!

@TerenceKearns Жыл бұрын

I think Serif are a great company. I don't mind that they don't have some of those advanced features because the price is right. I think their universal package is awesome. I already have Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 but I have a windows PC and a Mac and I only have licenses for windows so I will just get the universal bundle for sure. I have an iPad too so this is a fantastic deal. Thanks for your overview, you did a great job illustrating many of the features and issues.

@izoyt Жыл бұрын

so, your're ok with this, they will be charging for every new version, which will be probably become yearly thing? what0s the difference then compared to giants like adobe etc then?

@TerenceKearns Жыл бұрын

@@izoyt the main difference is that if i choose NOT to update, my software does not stop working. Yeah I am cool with them having a pricing model which allows me to own the software whilst they can still pay their developers to create new features.

@SlayerFan961 Жыл бұрын

@@izoyt there's been 5 bloody years between the release of V1 Affinity products and V2. "Yearly thing" my ass.

@dsirius1500 Жыл бұрын

Such a joy to watch your tutorials. Very helpful and engaging in the same time. Keep posting.

@dodgy1954 Жыл бұрын

Have upgraded for £89.99 GBP using the offer. Universal licence is a great deal especially for Mac / iPad users with Publisher for iPad now included (in my opinion). Understand some of the competitors inclusions haven't made it here yet but I am sure these will be developed maintaining great value. Great video and thank you.🙂

@GarethWong Жыл бұрын

was going to wait until their half price sale.. guess this is as good as it could have been..? wonder if you guys know if family sharing works on affinity suite of software? any experience in that? many thanks for any insights.

@JimRucker Жыл бұрын

Do Current Affinity users get the update automatically or do we have to purchase all three software again?

@loriwyuk Жыл бұрын

@@JimRucker we have to buy all three again per 1 universal license. There is no discounted upgrade

@karlmagnusson7295 Жыл бұрын

@@loriwyuk That is not true, you will see your discount when you buy it and login to pay, like I did and I got extra 20dollar off the 120dollars announced price for Universal lic. and the price for me was 100dollars for the universal lic. - good deal I think....

@definingslawek4731 Жыл бұрын

@@karlmagnusson7295 that's a launch discount available to everyone, there is no discount for returning customers. Their excuse is they can't do a discount because some people purchase their products through an app store.

@rolandgasser6711 Жыл бұрын

Nach 5 Jahren war ich gerne bereit für ein upgrade zu bezahlen. Für gerade mal 100 Dollar alle 3 Programme auf Version 2 zu bekommen ist ein Geschenk. Da wir alle viele Videos Deinerseits zu Affinity Photo 2 erhalten werden, sind wir ja gut aufgehoben 😄 Ich kann Dir an dieser Stelle nur tausendmal Danke sagen für alle Deine tollen Videos zu Affinity Photo, ich denke alle da draussen wissen Deine Arbeit und den Aufwand zu schätzen! Vielen vielen herzlichen Dank!!!

@tarquinmaggler7357 Жыл бұрын

I've bought the version 2 licence for the whole suite. Amazing value in my opinion - £89 for three brilliant apps. That wouldn't even get you two months of using Adobe's products...

@jeylful Жыл бұрын

Great presentation! Thank you, Olivio. I enjoyed your video.

@frankbelt633 Жыл бұрын

I have already upgraded. Affinity photo is my go to application for all things photo processing. Although, I have had a couple of crashes when working with the new Luminosity Mask. V1 never crashed for me. Hopefully it will become more stable with subsequent releases. Very good value and a great product.

@peterwilson9699 Жыл бұрын

Me, too. But Adobe Lightroom Classic is impossible to avoid. That is my darkroom. Then I move on to Photo.

@lynneseaboldt7140 Жыл бұрын

I upgraded as soon as I got home from work last night. I think they did indeed improve the Highlights/Shadows function in Develop mode. And from my little bit of exploring, also the Exposure slider. I used to just develop with nothing but lens correction because it was so bad but this looked a lot more pleasing. To me, that alone was worth the price of upgrade, especially when you add in the non-destructive editing in Develop now. Add in a vastly improved Liquify persona, and I'm actually quite happy. Affinity isn't perfect, but considering this is only ver. 2 I'm very excited to see what they come up with next. Adobe has a lot more money to throw at problems, but they don't offer enough moreof what I need to make PS even vaguely worth it for me.

@ChrisPollard Жыл бұрын

I bought 1.x back in 2018. I've had four years of free upgrades now. Without hesitation I bought the Universal License for the full suite. Even if there aren't HUGE changes between 1.10 and 2.0, I don't care. Serif has earned my vote with my wallet by supporting 1.x far longer than I ever expected them to. I have a full Creative Suite license ... and yet I STILL use the Affinity suite for most of my day-to-day work. Mainly down to using Premiere Pro and Adobe Express for banging out a really quick social media post from a supplied project. The only thing I was reeeeeeeeeeeeally hoping for was a way to do animated gifs in Photo. That's one thing I still have to fire up Photoshop to do. Just the basic frames/tweens/timing is all I generally need. So it's PS or GIMP until Affinity adds something. Or maybe they have and I haven't found it yet.

@Reapergrim-kv2ps Жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video, i`m on the trial version at the moment but will be upgrading to v2 in the next couple of days ❤

@RussDnB Жыл бұрын

Good spot on some of the features you would have liked to see. I think they have a decent track record for adding features in. Especially the fact that updates will be all built in to what we’ve purchased. Maybe with the cash infusion from people buying v2, they’ll now have funds to further develop some of the things you’ve pointed out.

@stevejacob7158 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for reviewing and your evaluation of AF 2 one of the best explanations that I have watched. I have been an avid user of Affinity photo for many years and was looking forward to the upgrade BUT, not being a 'tekky' a lot of the improvements are above my level and although the workspace has been upgraded I was looking forward to better user friendly tools like those that you described are available in LR, sadly these are missing. Although probably good value for a new user I was disappointed that there was no 'upgrade' price. from my existing version. I guess that I shall have to stick with that and wait a bit longer. Thank you for your excellent inspirational and informative videos.

@Mousyfox Жыл бұрын

Hi Olivio! Yes, I bought the full suite as soon as I saw it. After using Affinity Photo for many years, followed by Affinity Designer and then Affinity Publisher I had no qualms. It may take some getting used to on first inspection but it's bound to be a game changer.

@Gbtx6 Жыл бұрын

To be honest, Affinity Designer is the one of the 3 products that came out swinging the hardest. Also, the fact that we have drag & drop FXs now is something worth the upgrade for me. I was tired of group nesting just for a stupid outline. The biggest thign here is the bundled discount. All 3 apps for all platforms for 100? I'm broke atm, and I couldn't let that pass. Your criticism is as valid as it can get. There should've been far more for photo, something similar to subject removal like photoshop has. Let's hope we get more substantial updates regarding AI, but more importantly, tooling. We need an API to make tools for our own use. I hope Serif reads this and have some plans because that'd be one of the best things to happen to the suit or at least to Photo.

@rsilber54 Жыл бұрын

I am all-in and happily made the upgrade to Affinity Photo 2. Arguably, this was not a true 'update' price, but for me it was a no-brainer. The non-destructive raw processing, luminosity/hsl/band pass masking alone is worth it. Seriously, at the current price-point for Affinity I did not expect, nor want, any AI features. For my work, Photoshop became bloated with features I didn't use; Affinity caters more to my desires for artistic photography with non-destructive edits in an artful manner.

@AK-km2kd Жыл бұрын

I bought V1 for US $ 25 about 2 yrs back. Bought V2 for $ 40 today to support the company.

@TracyOlcott Жыл бұрын

Really useful information! Thank you so much!

@CheoWalker Жыл бұрын

Yes, I bought the upgrade because the price was very affordable, and I use Designer & Publisher from time to time. Also, I have both a Windows PC and Macbook so now I don't have to buy the software twice.

@FreihEitner Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I own a license to v1 and I rarely use it (other tools load up quicker and provide me with 85% of the functionality I actually use, which I admit is only a small amount) and wondered what was actually new in v2. This seems like a very fair assessment, showing both the good and the not-so-good. Affinity Photo v1 lasted for several years, getting improvements several times per year, so v2 might wind up with some of the improvements you suggested--I hope it does because the high quality displacement and being able to target specific people in a photo would be amazing.

@erichhonsal4652 Жыл бұрын

Great video to understand the changes. Thank you!

@markuserikssen Жыл бұрын

Great walkthrough, thanks for that. I'm not sure about updating yet. It's a mixed bag indeed. My wish is that they create a Lightroom/DAM solution as well.

@TobagoViking Жыл бұрын

Worth the upgrade, however - I am also expecting to see more "modern" additions in relatively short timeframe. I am hoping that v2 has been prepared internally for smarter functions, or "AI assisted". I was hoping for a DAM, but I might just continue with Lightroom Classic for that purpose.

@sillydarnproductions Жыл бұрын

My hope is that they will add AI assisted tool in future updates. I hope.....

@peterwilson9699 Жыл бұрын

Photoshop has been around for 30 years. Affinity is hard working!

@lynneseaboldt7140 Жыл бұрын

@@peterwilson9699 so much this! Considering this is only the second iteration of Photo, I'd say they're doing a great job for the price.

@tomfenn7149 Жыл бұрын

I can recommend Capture One over Lightroom if you need a DAM, but are trying to avoid Adobe.

@lolilollolilol7773 7 ай бұрын

AI powered features are a LOT more difficult and costly to develop than standard features. It requires to setup an entire datacenter and dozens of humans on the company side to train models. You can't expect that from a small company, at least not overnight, when it's a matter of years of R&D for companies the size of Adobe.

@edvard.piper.sweden Жыл бұрын

Good summary, bought v2 straight away when it was released, definitely think it was worth the upgrade (so far) a bit messy with the new icons but think the new masks are really awesome. Also missing AI, but for the price picture, I didn't expect that functionality.

@sportscarsinthepark Жыл бұрын

I run large supercar events, and we use all the suite packages. The panorama stitch of 8 drone ariel shots to a perfect massive image is excellent. The panorama stitching is worth supporting the whole suite alone. Retouching car photos, creating posters and newsletters etc. Just wish you could make the text bigger on the options for us with not-so-good eyesight. I had the full V1 and blindly jumped at V2 to support a good set of tools.

@johnhodkinson2063 Жыл бұрын

Great that you point out the things that are missing from Affinity Photo that are available in the Adobe suite. I have the same problem I compare my Vauxhall Corsa with a Rolls-Royce Boat Tail

@Samuelguerrero-ej7mg Жыл бұрын

Dude that's awesome, I didn't you load a displacement from another file the way you did that. I gotta steal that. Thank you.

@eddiebreeg3885 Жыл бұрын

I agree the update for Photo isn't as big of a deal as it is for Designer. The new features are really nice, but nothing I ever felt like I was really missing, although retrospectively I can now see how they would have been very useful. The addition of the zoomable preview in the export window is very good to have. As for AI assisted tools, I'm expecting these to come along at some point, maybe even soon-ish. After all, if Affinity 1's release cycle is anything to go by, we have a few happy years of free updates ahead of us

@mlevesque33 Жыл бұрын

I bought the upgrade. Good suggestions you made so hopefully we'll see them in Affinity Photo one day.

@OlivioSarikas Жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@kdeuler Жыл бұрын

Note that you can get the universal for $99 to get all three products on all three platforms. No brainer if you have, say a Mac and an iPad. ($99 total even if you have all three platforms.) And of course you get Free upgrades in future for 2.x.

@phil32757 Жыл бұрын

waiting for your vid on Designer 2, so happy about the new DEFORM GROUPS feature

@maxmcgrubor4028 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you!

@stephenroberts2526 Жыл бұрын

I got the universal license today. I haven't taken the time to really mess with it, but I feel like it was worth the upgrade.

@JimRobinson-colors Жыл бұрын

Really good job explaining the new features and what they are lacking

@PaweChyl Жыл бұрын

I see another improvement which is performance. On the previous version I had performance issues when working with rather big files, around 100mpix and couple of gigs in weight. Next day I see new version, installed it and to my surprise no glitches at all! Tested it multiple times and I am really happy with it! New features looks ok, but performance pushed me to purchase v2.

@wrzlbrnth4092 Жыл бұрын

actually the tests i did shows it is slower... especially when you try to use a graphics card... I also find you now have to click edit macro and then select run rather than clicking the macro to start it...

@cyberlizardcouk Жыл бұрын

I don't know about Photo as I don't tend to use it, but for Publisher it's a game changer. There are some great changes to Designer as well.

@jamesdavis1201 Жыл бұрын

YES! Totally worth it!! I get enough new features to enhance my workflow as well as staying off any subscription lists. Rome wasn't built in a day. The other features will be coming. So happy to have such a wonderful upgrade. Looking forward to getting comfy with new tools.

@zoulhhh Жыл бұрын

I see it the same way as you do. It has some nice (yet still basic) new features like raw editing and enhanced masks. But I'm not amazed. Thanks for the cool video. Much better than all the others that just repeat the official Affinity video.

@maartenpsion9036 Жыл бұрын

I upgraded yesterday. You are not just paying for this release only but for all upgrades to come. Affinity now has a financial impulse again to invest in better features so at v3 years down the road i can decide if its worth it again to upgrade or keep v2. Also i found all the apps supe responsive at v2. Great deal, I am brand loyal obv but lets check V3 yearrssss later :) Glad this is behind us all now.

@paris.granville Жыл бұрын

Great details very helpful!

@photographystreet2127 Жыл бұрын

I was really hoping that a Lightroom alternative raw editor was coming down the pipe from Affinity, as this is the thing that will do two major things for Affinity. The first is to allow existing AP users to drop their necessary use of LR and, secondly, it will draw a significant amount of Adobe users to becoming AP users.

@mcp866 Жыл бұрын

An alternative to LR is Capture One. It's much pricier than Affinity products but it is also a perpetual license.

@jonathancowdock9412 Жыл бұрын

Similarly, DxO Photolab is another alternative to LR

@photographystreet2127 Жыл бұрын

@@jonathancowdock9412 Does it allow editing of multiple images simultaneously like LR?

@nightlystalkers Жыл бұрын

I would also give a quick view to ON1 Photo. I use that as replacement to LR and PS and can be a mini Affinity as well .

@wohfab Жыл бұрын

Amazing summary. V2 was an instant buy for me.

@RSV9 Жыл бұрын

To be honest, I was expecting new features that use AI, like other competitors like on1 and Topaz Labs are doing. But for that reduced price it is worth it, thinking that over time some things will improve.

@definingslawek4731 Жыл бұрын

the price is increased not reduced. It has doubled since v1, there is a launch discount but after the discount it's still more than what I think was the normal price for v1

@IvoPavlik Жыл бұрын

What I still miss is the ability to develop many raw files with the same parameters (a.k.a. batch processing). Pretty essential feature for many studio/wedding/timelapse/etc. photographers.

@TheMogician Жыл бұрын

Yeah, very disappointed by the lack of batch processing, as I don't believe this would be too difficult of a thing to have added.

@kolesplace Жыл бұрын

They are wonderful products. I upgraded to the Universal today!

@dhyatt52 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t hesitate to buy the universal. Im mostly excited for it being an official windows 11 release since V1 crashed all time on Win 11. Finally better PDF and font support, V1 was plagued with software incompatibilities. I like the old icons that were more distinctive… now they are so color muted and look too tiny. Nice that they added the last used swatches to the color wheel but I would prefer a brush pallet. You’re right about it needing AI selections but I use Luminar Neo for that.

@pomatheoma416 2 күн бұрын

I love your voice so much theres no way to describe it

@xanderpixel Жыл бұрын

I bought the full package of all 3 for v2. Worth it for accessing it on my pc and ipad.

@OlivioSarikas Жыл бұрын

the universal license is a sweet deal :)

@JoesGeekShow Жыл бұрын

I went ahead and did the upgrade. I work with and use these programs consistently enough and have been using them since 2017 so after all this time I'm okay giving a some more money.

@torbennielsen4708 Жыл бұрын

Have all 3 V1 and all books and happy to upgrade to V2 to support this company.

@ObsidianLife Жыл бұрын

Very happy with it! After being an adobe customer for years I just got sick of their BS and so far I have been loving Afinity 2. So far the big difference I’m noticing is that it’s much more stable than version one.

@producermathew Жыл бұрын

It’s also worth keeping in mind that when paying for v2, you’ll also be paying for a few future major updates! For the universal V2, that’s like probably one or two months of Adobe CC.

@humansrants1694 Жыл бұрын

After I bought Affinity 1 when it was a new thing they later added Focus, HDR and Astro stacking. Phase One would of charged another £600 for that.

@zugo-tg7125 Жыл бұрын

Already copped it. All 3 of them on all 3 software. Well worth it since as a sale it was $99.99

@ayrow69 Жыл бұрын

Great video. You are spot-on about the scaling of the UI. Why have they not made this possible?? Unacceptable for software of this caliber.

@LV4EVR Жыл бұрын

Sadly, I have to agree with this. Love the direction they're going, but they REALLY have to address this concern. My old eye can't see microscopic UI text on high-res displays. Hopefully, this will be a priority during v2 updates.

@rosemarytaylor3918 Жыл бұрын

Yes I think this upgrade is worth it so I have already decided on the universal licence. For years now I have kept coming back to affinity apps but the real big one is the develop layers in photos. The v1 apps were improved on over time and I feel the same will happen with v2. Affinity/Serif need to make money too so this was always going to come sometime. Funny but I actually prefer the old fashioned approach instead of all the AI too 😊

@steveqiu8195 Жыл бұрын

Man!! That chair reveals its true itself without adjustments, and I was like "my eyes!! Put the mark up on plz! Hurry!"

@RobertLitschauer Жыл бұрын

Thank you Olivio! I will upgrade to the new universal Version, because the Software is worth it! I am mainly using photo, but - who knows…?

@chosenideahandle Жыл бұрын

I have an Adobe subscription paid for by my employer. I bought all the Affinity apps when I was freelancing full-time (as well as putting Photo on my iPad recently), which was a perfect solution. I only keep the Affinity apps on my machine now because of a few features Photo has that I prefer over Photoshop (stitching, stacking). I can't justify the upgrade, but I look forward to looking at them again once they've had more time to fix the issues I have with V1.

@paulmarbach6447 Жыл бұрын

Sehr hilfreich. Herzlichen Dank. Ich denke es würde sich lohnen.

@luanmaia Жыл бұрын

As a creative business owner, this is a no-brainer. I think its great. I do not replace Adobe with that bundle but its getting closer. The main reason right now is ecosystems in general. Adobe libraries shared with multiple teams, etc.

@SinfulZin Жыл бұрын

I'm in the same boat as many others. I switched to Affinity to get away from Adobe's subscription scheme, so regardless of how others see the value I see great value in continuing to support a very robust alternative. Here's the value: For less than I would have paid Adobe through monthly subscriptions I not only get Photo 2, but I also get the Designer and Publisher upgrades. That's one amazing, cost-effective deal! I'm very happy and will stick with Affinity as they grow and compete.

@matzebob Жыл бұрын

Still running occasionally into things I miss from the big brother, but as I started working parallel on a Mac, the discounted universal license was a steal!

@totallyempty Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review! Still no support for smart objects?

@kendearman Жыл бұрын

For me, ignoring actual version numbers, this feels like it would be the jump from version 1.0 to 1.5 rather than what I would expect from 1.0 to 2.0. The non-destructive RAW development is important but should have been available since launch. The other features are nice but not game changers. You could achieve all the same benefits with existing tools (blend ranges, etc). Some of the UI re-design feels like a step backwards and takes Affinity Photo towards the over-complex software-engineer-led design that I find gets in my way. Is it worth the upgrade price? It's so cheap that it would be hard to say it wasn't. However, are Serif moving to the same upgrade model as DxO, Luminar, etc where we might now expect to have to upgrade every year? If so, then I would begin to question the value. If we receive iterative free upgrades for a couple of years...then yes.

@mhoeher Жыл бұрын

I think the new non-destructive raw development feature plus live masks make it a totally fine upgrade for me. Sure, some content aware/AI features surely would be nice as well, but depending on what kind of content one processes, this might be a sad but negligible omission 😉

@OlivioSarikas Жыл бұрын

yes, really love these two new features. although i think they should have just scrapped the developer persona and make it a live filter at this point - like camera raw is in photoshop

@aram5642 Жыл бұрын

@@OlivioSarikas Never really grasped Affinity's implementation of the persona concept

@MrBroady02 Жыл бұрын

It's just about having the right tools at the right time for a particular task. Personas are what make Affinity able to switch tools without needing to move your work piece into different programs. I think it's done this way so they can grow the features available in that persona going forward without impacting workflow.

@wrzlbrnth4092 Жыл бұрын

there is no real benefit to the nondestructive raw development since the file size balloons to the same size aS WHEN YOU SELECT PIXEL as the output. check it out.

@mhoeher Жыл бұрын

@@wrzlbrnth4092 There is... the feature basically means you can go back to the raw layer and continue editing where you left off (i.e. with all of your masks and settings still intact). This is a totally different thing compared to "re-developing" a pixel layer (where you don't have the editions you did previously). Basically, this means you can do stuff like "undoing" a mask you applied in the develop persona. Of course, if file size is an issue, keeping the raw data will not be an option, but you're not forced to use that feature (and IIRC, the app defaults to developing into a pixel layer anyway).

@DustyVid Жыл бұрын

Well I remember when I got affinity photo designer publisher different times they specifically said you get free up free updates but when there comes a new version that's a separate thing he said that a long time ago which I was good with because the price was so reasonable can't afford it at the moment but I will be find a newer versions

@chrisjames9710 Жыл бұрын

I was hoping for a bit more and would have happily paid double for features like Mask AI and Sky Replacement. That said I will probably upgrade. Just want to know if you can transfer your custom settings, pre-sets, assets, views etc from AF1 to AF2 which took me quite some time to customise? Also if Topaz and other plugins will still work OK?

@alainadamski7703 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Olivio for this clarification. For the bugs in version 1, have they been solved in version 2? I'm thinking in particular of the addition of an image when Affinity Photo 1 offers the addition of TXT files. Very very annoying bug...

@peperoni3140 Жыл бұрын

Was waiting to see if there would be a black friday discount, but they went ahead and released the new version with a great price just before. Bought it the minute it came out, no hesitation.

@griffithe2438 Жыл бұрын

guess this is the best photoshop alternative so far. Great Application. The only thing I do now really like are those colored icons. Black and White is the way to go for my opinion.

@mike_qbik Жыл бұрын

Spot on comments. You listed exactly those issues I do have with the V2. One thing to add - on Mac its absolute nightmare to buy this with AppStore. Affinity did bad job here with us unable to log in even we paid for it, many on Mac paid for the software but have not recieved any key or log in info. Just a mess. Affinity does not not communicate with Apple and act like we have not paid for the V2. Even when sent bank slips and confirmation we got nowhere.

@dickblystone4288 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I have to give Serif some money after years of free updates - seems fair. No, it does not do all that Adobe products do, but it is MUCH cheaper, and you own the software, as opposed to Adobe, which you just rent... So I plan to upgrade.

@raindroptimemain1651 Жыл бұрын

The upgrade from Affinity 1 to 2 was a no brainer, for that price, and I think Affinity deserved it, since adding value for years on Affinity 1. The expectations for Affinity 2 were (too) high, and not all I expected was in the upgrade. Using Affinity 2 for two months and with Affinity 2.1 around the corner and the value pack of brushes, icons, etc I think the upgrade is a steal. The combined list of improvements for all apps is very large. The expected AI will come in due time, but I happily use Affinity without it. I rather have they mature the AI instead of throwing it in. The most I miss about Affinity 2 are your videos 😃

@willis2780 Жыл бұрын

I didn't hesitate to upgrade to version 2 for both my designer and photo for ipad.

@winter_metal Жыл бұрын

For me this is just not an improved update, when I dig it deeper, watching their V2 explanations, in my use case, there's no need to upgrade. I hope there's something like AI integration, or other smart filters improvements. Something that change the visual dramatically not just having subtle improvements for subtle effecr. I hope AP have Filter Gallery like PS with its own cool visual effects... Hmmm maybe I'd just buy the Photo V2 for my Ipad only (currently I'm using the 30 days trial of Photo V2 on Ipad)

@johndvoracek1000 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very objective and useful evaluation of Photo 2 vs 1. I don't need/use Designer or Publisher, so I don't need the suite. I will probably upgrade the photo product since I can't find a cost effective alternative for what I do as an amateur/hobby photographer. I still need an image cataloging solution, and I was hoping v2 would include that. Lightroom as an imaging and editing tool combined is very appealing except for the price, and the old Lightroom Classic can't be purchased stand alone these days. You must buy the Cloud version or the suite, but I have my own file server for images and want to keep them local. How does Olivio Sarikas manage all his image files I wonder?

@filipearruda3 Жыл бұрын

The luminosity mask seems great tool, specially because you can preview the areas being masked, but in the end I think you can live fine with the blend range of V1. Hue mask seems a bit like color range in PS but faster. My question (sorry if silly) is if I can refine those masks with a brush or add a second mask to apply only in some parts? In my case I'm in serious doubt if it worth the upgrade for now.

@antoniobento7538 Жыл бұрын

Contrast and luminosity is great for real estate. Thanks

@ndon85 Жыл бұрын

Olivio thank you for this video. Quick one, have you noticed any speed reduction of v2 compared to v1 on your system? I did actually, so I was wondering if it is because of my computer or something else. Affinity team did tell me they found some issue that affects speed when working with raw files, but actually I do experience slowing performance also with jpeg, tiff ect. If you do not experience any issue, may I ask you what kind of computer power/graphic card/ram you have ? all the best

@mh1593 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thank you. Are you also going to do a similar assessment of Affinity Designer 2?

@sayitaggain Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. For the features that Affinity is offering, when compared with the cost, the package is unrivaled. Who on this earth gives you a one time purchase for graphic and photo editing software loaded with such dynamic capabilities in 2022? Let us support them 💪🏾 as they support some of us who even struggle to open the adobe webpage for software packages

@Bcheller65 Жыл бұрын

I didn't feel the need to "test-drive" V2 (as I have always appreciated the clarity with which V1 was designed and updated), so I went ahead and purchased V2 without giving much thought to the insane tool icon design. However, judging from your demo of some of the ACTUAL improvements, I think the upgrade was worth it despite the need to re-familiarize myself with the tool identities.

@nonyabuiz2023 Жыл бұрын

So happy to be free from the chains of adobe! Thanks you Serif!

@sagrenreddy3746 Жыл бұрын

I can wait for the next version

@mygiguser Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@StephenBoothUK Жыл бұрын

I like that the license now appears to be combined and cross platform. If you're just Windows, just Mac or just iPad/iPhone then it probably wasn't much of a problem before but when you could be on any of the three due to the need to switch quickly to a different app (and of course an app that one customer insists on is only available on Mac (iStudio) whilst another is PC only (PSP),e or work desk based or mobile then the price rockets up very quickly. I haven't move my Mac over yet but if I'm understanding the license correctly I've got all three apps on all three platforms for less than the price of 2 of them on one platform before.

@vinr Жыл бұрын

I upgraded it not just because I need those new features, but I really think Affinity should exist , they provide you the best software for very cheap one time price, not like some other so called 'market leaders' who suck every penny every month. We should always support honest companies like Affinity and help them whenever possible.