Also the linux port is (supposedly) decently stable.

Been meaning to test it out (especially now that some time has passed since the new affinity, it's a good time for me to check for sure.)

Hm. Might give it a shot one day.

I loved affinity and was wary after it was purchased and made free, glad to see its still pretty well regarded

Serious competition in this space can only be good for artists too. Even those sticking with photoshop

I'm not breaking news, it's been free for a bit yeah!

You can pry Affinity from my cold, dead hands

I switched from Photoshop to Procreate about 4-ish years ago, then to CSP last year. Best decision I ever made. I'd used Adobe software since the late 90's and I will NEVER pay for their products again.

Became an Affinity user in the last few months and wow. Aside from some bugs on the Mac version, it’s just such a better experience, and so much of the Adobe-esque functions work the exact same way, so transitioning has been a breeze! Love the ways it does away with annoying Adobe quirks too.

Yeah, if I wasn't working commercially I would think about it. As is everyone else expects/needs Adobe, so Adobe it is.

It was a few months ago.

Their current marketing strategy is “the software itself is free but you can pay to unlock AI features”, which is… fine, since a lot of users just were never interested in the AI features anyway.

Pretty sure they did it just to mess with Adobe's bottom line, which is honestly a great move

Affinity is pretty damn good! 👌

First result if you google affinity!
www.affinity.studio/