Affinity Photo now OK!
In the words of Nigel Farage recently……”I’m allowed to change my mind”.
Back in June 2023, I wrote a piece about upgrading Affinity Photo 1 to v2, I liked the App and was using it, Serif had bought out an upgraded Version 2 and I asked for an upgrade price which they refused, instead only offering me the full price version for £67.99.
So, I bought into Pixelmator Pro on offer for £24.99 which I love using, it really is a good photo / design App and highly recommended with AI integration, very regular updates and new features.
Come forward exactly 12 months and an email popped into my inbox from Serif offering me a 50% discount on anything in-store. I sat on the email for a few days. Almost out of the blue a friend asked if I could photograph a bas relief in a local church for her, to be used in an upcoming exhibition.
The lighting was terrible and I bracketed the exposure over 3 f stops, back home I used HDR Merge in Affinity Photo 1 to produce an acceptable print for her. I remembered the offer email from Serif a day later and went to look at the cost, Affinity Photo 2 with a 50% discount was now £33.99, a price I thought acceptable, so I bought it.
Why didn’t Serif consider offering me that as an upgrade price 12 months earlier? Maybe they are now losing too many users to Pixelmator Pro.....You might think that, I couldn’t possibly comment.
