All of the pixels are stolen because of the way that AI learns. More importantly, NONE of the pixels are yours. It might satisfy you to churn out this stuff, but it certainly doesn't make you an artist. It doesn't make AI an artist, either.

It's a bit like Eric Morecambe when he said "I was playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order."

My thoughts entirely.

Thanks, Alfred.

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Here's the correct link: https://www.tamworthheritage.org.uk/Magazine/index.html

Why would anybody scan and share a photo ID in a chatroom? All they have is my E-mail address - you don't need anything more than that to sign up. Many forums have data breaches from time to time. It sort of goes with the territory. Look at all the companies that are being hacked these days!

Thanks, Kelly, for sharing this.

For what it's worth, I shall trust Serif until such time as they actually betray my trust. The frenzied speculation and assertions about an unknown future on the Affinity forums and Discord are far, far worse than I have ever seen before. It's not surprising given what has happened over the last few days and I cannot pretend to understand the course that the company is currently taking in making these changes - it is indeed a PR disaster.

However, I choose to remain optimistic: I have felt let down before by Serif, firstly when the original forums were shut down (long ago) and again when they decided not to have a web design package as a part of the Affinity suite. I continued using PagePlus until earlier this year, when I started to switch to Publisher, and WebPlus until last year, when I moved to WYSIWYG Web Builder 20.

Having worked closely with Patrick Connor behind the scenes on the Plus range betas (and having met him), I still feel a very close bond with Serif (it felt like a family back in the day and I still cherish those halcyon days), so I refuse to let go of all hope. If he is happy with what's coming, then hopefully it will be OK.

Let's see what 30 October brings and hope that there will be some small olive branches from Serif between now and then.

Yes, probably.

Just been looking at the forums and Discord - speculation is (inevitably) rife and frenzy is being whipped up. I am not surprised given the way that Canva seem to be handling whatever this 30 October reveal is. I'm still hopeful that it will be a V3 that has some of the missing functionality that's been asked for and lots of bug fixes, but we shall have to wait and see. I'm certainly not going to be getting my knickers in a twist fretting about all the awful things that might be about to happen, least of all the prospect of a subscription model. The die is cast - we can do nothing to change anything. We've all felt this sense of powerlessness before with Serif, so there is some trepidation. All will be revealed in due course. Meanwhile, I hope that Serif is genuinely excited and happy at the prospect.

Dreadful move on Serif's part. Thanks for creating this section!

I'm still alive - can't speak for anyone else. There have been posts since New Year, but not many, and none in this thread.

LOL!!!

Normalcy and normality are different words (albeit with the same meaning). Manoeuvre (French spelling adopted by us Brits and most Canadians) and maneuver (US spelling) are the same word spelt differently. I am being pedantic, but we must not confuse words with various spellings and synonyms.

When did you last hear a Brit refer to the "hood" of their car???