Hi All I did write on line to say that I had contacted APPLE in regards to AFFINITY and whether there would be anyone from APPLE showing beginners how to use the program. The answer was that Technicians are learning the program now to be able to teach Affinity users in the near future. It will be advertised on the Apple site.
Thank you for your replies. Tony BODDINGTON > On 4 Feb 2016, at 7:48 am, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> wrote: > > >> On 3 Feb 2016, at 10:02 AM, Anthony (Tony) Francis <antne...@icloud.com> >> wrote: >> >> Good Morning fellow Mac’ users >> >> I am writing to ask if any of our members / Photo buffs, have heard of or >> are using AFFINITY, it’s a Mac only program that is, according to the >> reviews and the critics, going to give Photo shop Elements a run for it’s >> money. At present there isn’t a lot of information for beginners and I would >> like to learn AFFINITY, from what I have seen it’s a program like Elements, >> it’s cheaper with FREE updates, and it’s MAC ONLY. >> >> I will do my utmost to attend the next meeting. >> >> Thanks to all >> >> Tony >> > > Affinitiy Photo, together with it’s sister program Affinity Designer, is > produced by British company Serif (www.serif.com), and both programs are > taking the design world by storm. Affinity Photo. Live everything else which > is not Photoshop, Photo still does not have ALL the bells and whistles, but > unlike most other Photoshop wannabees for the Mac, is does come with all the > features required for high-level prepress; and of course, price-wise there is > no competition at around $80 (it was about $50 when first released). The > latest version even adds an extensive collection of extensions to Apple > Photos, which greatly adds to the features of that program as well. > > For those of us still wistful over the loss of Macromedia Freehand following > its abduction by Adobe, we also now have a credible replacement in Affinity > Designer. Still lacking a few features of Freehand, but there are other which > go far beyond what Freehand could offer. > > Serif is definitely a company to keep your eye on. There are also strong > rumours of an Affinity Publisher due later this year. > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
