Ali wrote:

But, of course, he could be lying (again).

I haven't followed all your and others' posts and commentary, so I might have missed a thing or two. But you're being ironic here, right?

I think you probably had better read everything to understand why, because I am not going to explain why, but I was being sarcastic.

But, of course, he could be lying (again).

I haven't followed all your and others' posts and commentary, so I might have missed a thing or two. But you're being ironic here, right?

I wouldn’t get too hung up on version numbers! With Serif’s original ‘flagship’ DTP application, PagePlus, PagePlus X2 was version 12 and PagePlus X8 was version 18, but (because of their slower pace of development) WebPlus X8 was version 16 and DrawPlus X8 was version 14.

The important practical point here is that — just as DrawPlus X8 can open files saved from DrawPlus X5 and X6 — Affinity version 3 can open files saved from versions 1 and 2.

I take your point but   The Page Plus development was incremental development of the same app with the same file format that was also incremental to contain the extended features.

In the same way Affinity V2 was an incremental development of V1  and the files were incremental extensions.

affinity-studio is a different single app (from the ground up apparently) with a file format that is completely different to the previous V1 and V2 formats. Not an extended V2 format.

Also the marketing is doing its best to retire Affinity (including the forum and original website) and make affinity-studio a Canva gateway to their subscription system,  as can be seen from comments in some of the social media places. Then again most of the users there seem to be Canva people in the first place.

It was interesting comparing the Canva launch video to similar launches I have been to (Microsoft and ARM, for example)

'the intention was always to roll the three apps into one eventually.'

Hmmm, I don't remember them telling me that when I coughed up for the three seperate apps...?

Interestingly the legal Serif documentation says that after the Canva buy out Serif refocused the engineering direction which is why there were fewer updates for V2 [than intended].  Basically the new direction came up after Canva took over and 5 of the Serif directors went.

Also Serif sales of licenses were up 30% yet in 4 weeks from an out-of-the-blue offer from Canva they sold the company and most of the directors went. 

BTW If you know any psychologists (or senior detectives) get them to watch the Canva video where it covers affinity-studio.

'the intention was always to roll the three apps into one eventually.'

Hmmm, I don't remember them telling me that when I coughed up for the three seperate apps...?

It hasn't been shared until now.

The important practical point here is that — just as DrawPlus X8 can open files saved from DrawPlus X5 and X6 — Affinity version 3 can open files saved from versions 1 and 2.

AND that there is no V3 to V2 backwards compatibility, just as there was none from V2 to V1.

'the intention was always to roll the three apps into one eventually.'

Hmmm, I don't remember them telling me that when I coughed up for the three seperate apps...?

No one has said anything about the stated intention!

The important practical point here is that — just as DrawPlus X8 can open files saved from DrawPlus X5 and X6 — Affinity version 3 can open files saved from versions 1 and 2.

Hmmm, I don't remember them telling me that when I coughed up for the three seperate apps...?

Twolane wrote:

from v2 to v3 when I used File / Import Content / From Affinity 2...

Small but important pint:- affinity.studio is not Affinity V3

Well, it is, really. On the About screen in the app, the version number starts with a 3. In addition, Ash (in his video) clearly explained that it has been built using the same architecture as V1 and v2, as the intention was always to roll the three apps into one eventually.

But, of course, he could be lying (again).

from v2 to v3 when I used File / Import Content / From Affinity 2...

Small but important point:- affinity.studio is not Affinity V3