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This YouTube short was linked on the other, new Affinity forum: CreoFora

https://youtu.be/ybFDm8H5-uE

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It doesn't tell us anything we don't already know, but it's good to know that a group of designers who are Affinity users have been involved in the background.

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Ali wrote:

It doesn't tell us anything we don't already know

except that

Ali wrote:

a group of designers who are Affinity users have been involved in the background.

Which is indeed a good thing to know, albeit not hugely surprising.

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― Eckhart Tolle

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It's not new information, though: there was an Instagram teaser by made.by.James on 08 October that made this pretty clear.

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You’re right, as usual, Ali! Thanks for the clarification.

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Ali wrote:

a group of designers who are Affinity users have been involved in the background.

Hoping they are really designers, and not just influencers.

Said otherwise: if you want your tools to become universal, you involve a mass of contributors into the discussion. Asking to a few of them will just give the opinionated view of the selected ones, that may have been selected after the opinionated view of the product manager.

Paolo

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PaoloT wrote:
Ali wrote:

a group of designers who are Affinity users have been involved in the background.

Hoping they are really designers, and not just influences.

Said otherwise: if you want your tools to become universal, you involve a mass of contributors into the discussion. Asking to a few of them will just give the opinionated view of the selected ones, that may have been selected after the opinionated view of the product manager.

Paolo

Will Paterson has a design studio and, considering all I have watched from him in the past, IMO really knows design deeply, not the usual random person just making some cute logos.  Has a solid business, for all I know. I know less about James Martin, but he has been designing for 20 years, involved in the creation of a thousand brands.

At the very least, I would say they are not just influencers.

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Hoping they are really designers, and not just influences.

Some people just can't see the glass half full ...

"It's being so cheerful that keeps me going." (Mona Lott - ITMA)

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Ali wrote:

"It's being so cheerful that keeps me going." (Mona Lott - ITMA)

Thanks, Ali! I’ve known that aphorism for a very long time, but I didn’t know about its origin until now.

“Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.”
― Eckhart Tolle

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My dad talks about it a lot - he was a big fan! That and The Goons.

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“You can’t get the wood, you know. There’s a shortage.”

“There’s a shortage of shortages!”

“Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.”
― Eckhart Tolle

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Ok, we have two logo designers. An important professional sector for the seething world of small shops, startups and associations.

Isn't the Affinity Suite a bit more than that? Isn't there also publishing, photo editing, creative illustration, and everything concerning visual design?

I really can't be happy in seeing a whole community replaced by a few people whose main interests seems to be their presence on YouTube.

Paolo

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You are getting unhappy about assumptions. All of this is out of your control. Why make yourself unhappy about something that is far from certain?