I have been using the Affinity Suite since it’s first release and now that Publisher is out, it covers everything without the need for a sub.
Davici/Smoke/FCP and other web apps cover the void for me, haven’t looked back since switching. I even had adobe CC for free for many years and that wasn’t enough to make me stay.
I’m really hoping they make a DAM client next.
Affinity is just well written on the Mac and not too bad on the PC, and they patch bugs really quickly if you report them, they also discount when there’s new releases.
I just hope Substance Designer and Substance Painter don’t go sub only now they are in the Adobe family, those apps are killer software.
Cheers.
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